Pandemic Helps Drive Student Pilot Count To Highest Point In 50 Years

Cessna 172 aircraft
The Grundahls with one of their Cessna 172 trainers.
Credit: William Garvey/AW&ST
Yet another PC-12 settles onto the pavement, and both Julie and Scott Grundahl take notice. The Swiss singles, along with King Airs and even Citations are now surprisingly frequent visitors to Mount Pleasant Regional-Faison Field (LRO), their home base. A suburban field 15 mi. east of South Carolina...

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