Rich Hayes brings an impressive level of experience to the AEROCOR team. His flying career began early at the local airport near his childhood home in Oregon. Rich first soloed at age 16, earning his private pilot’s license at age 17. He joined the U.S. Air Force and spent a decade flying F-111 attack aircraft throughout Europe and the U.S., later returning to Oregon to fly F-4’s and F-15’s for the Air National Guard. Rich continued his flying career in the civilian world, flying for Western Airlines (which merged with Delta Airlines) for another 20 years. He first started flying Eclipse 500 aircraft in 2009 (shortly after it was introduced) and became an Eclipse instructor in 2011. He currently lives in Georgia with his wife of over 40 years
