Kevin R. Dingman has been flying for more than 45 years and writing for Twin & Turbine magazine for 12 years. Kevin holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with ratings in the B-737, DC-9 and CE-650 with over 25,000 hours in his pilot logbook. A retired Air Force Major, he flew the F-16 and later performed as a USAF Civil Air Patrol liaison officer. He flies a Citation III for RAI Jets, volunteer missions for the Christian organization Wings Of Mercy, is retired from a major airline, and owns and operates his own six passenger, pressurized Beechcraft Duke private aircraft.