Writers & Contributors

Sandy Toomer is founder and Senior Editor at PlaneNutz Media. He has been involved in aviation for 22 years, flying professionally for Mission Aviation Fellowship in the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador, S.A. An instrument rated Commercial pilot and A&P he is currently completing an RV-8. He and his wife, Trish, live in Auburn, AL. And of course....WAR EAGLE!

Rob "Smokey" Ray began his flying career riding with his Dad in a Taylorcraft at age three. His Military career spanned 25 years, 20 of those in the in the F-16 and two combat tours in Iraq. He is currently a Captain for a major airline and along with his wife Teena fly their highly modified Vans RV-6 called the "RVX" for enjoyment.

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Lt Col Ned Linch, USAF (retired) is Certified Flight Instructor (CFI/CFII), a 737 airline pilot based in Los Angeles, CA, and a retired USAF F-16 fighter pilot/instructor pilot (IP). He has a diversified aviation background which runs the flying gamut from general aviation to the airlines to extensive combat experience. He earned a Masters of Aeronautical Science degree from Embry-Riddle, and a Bachelors degree in Aviation Management at Auburn University.

Nathan Mackey is a student pilot, aviation photographer, airshow narrator and owner of Low and Slow Aviation, LLC. Nathan's passion is STOL aircraft in which he has 125 hours and 400 hours total time in 25 types of aircraft. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.