From a young age, Christopher Gersch has had a fascination with airplanes. Growing up in Rolling Meadows, Ⅲ., northwest of Chicago, he had a direct line of sight to O'Hare Airport every day. "I would see 747s turn above my house toward their final approach and 1 would wonder where they had been, where they were going and what it was like to fly for a living." A certified pilot with a multi-engine commercial license to fly, he attended the University of Illinois (U of I) on a Navy ROTC scholarship. His goal of flying military jets was on plan during his first year, but then things abruptly changed. "I found out [in my sophomore] year physical that I had an eye issue that prevented me from flying jets. It was heartbreaking."
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