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As far as billionaires go, Isaacman is kind of well qualified: 2012, he co-founded Draken International, a Florida-based company that trains pilots for the Uni
by soared 5y ago
As far as billionaires go, Isaacman is kind of well qualified:
2012, he co-founded Draken International, a Florida-based company that trains pilots for the United States Armed Forces. The company operates one of the world's largest fleets of privately-owned fighter jets.
In 2004, Isaacman began taking flying lessons. In 2009, he set a world record for circumnavigating the globe.[6][8] He received a bachelor's degree in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2011. He is flight qualified in multiple military jet aircraft.[4] In his 20s, he flew in many airshows, but by his 30s, he had stopped flying much.
- madamelic 5y agoMy sense of time is warped. When I read "2004", I thought "that's not that long ago" then I read "his 30s" and all sense of time went out the window. How could someone become a pilot in 2004, fly in airshows in 20s and stop being a pilot in his 30s and it only be "a few years ago"
- labcomputer 5y agoYou can solo a glider (with a student license) at 14. So one could be born as late as 1990 and become a pilot in 2004. Someone born as early as 1981 is still in their 30's today. "A few years ago" winds the clock back to 1978ish. So there's about a 12 year window that fit the constraints.
- retSava 5y agoIs that related to the (old) Swedish jet fighter Draken? It has a lovely design, quite iconic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_35_Draken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_35_Draken