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By Lisa Vandiver
Reporter
After selling insurance, running
his own business and experimenting
in hotel management, Gerald P.
“Mark” Kynett found his niche in
life — he became a pilot for the
Goodyear blimp “America.”
About five years ago, Kynett was
one of only 20 blimp pilots in the
world. Since then other companies,
such as Pepsi, are catching on to the
blimp idea and his field is beginning
to open up.
The addition of other pilots in the
field doesn’t bother Kynett because
he believes his lifestyle is as exciting
and eventful as ever.
Kynett and the other four pilots
of the “America” spend six months
of the year in Houston and the rest
of the year fulfilling other duties on
tour around the country.
Although the air base has its own
public relations representative, the
pilots serve as goodwill ambassadors
for the company both in Houston
and on tour.
“In Houston, when you’re not flying,
you’re escorting passengers to the
ship, making sure everyone is safe
on the ground, answering the
phone, answering questions and
even signing autographs,” Kynett
says as he jumps into the pilot’s seat
and begins to turn switches and di
als, preparing for lift-off.
While on tour, however, Kynett
has a variety of responsibilities.
“On the road you have to get in
touch with airport managers, contact
the place where you will greet the
passengers and set it all up so that it
will run smoothly,” the pilot says.
Kynett says the weather some
times causes him to land short of his
destination.
But where does a person land a
192-foot-long aircraft on the spur of
the moment?
you’re doing the right thing until
you actually get there. That’s the
thing about flying this — it’s very un
predictable.”
The nice thing about the hectic
tour season, he says, is that the pilots’
families may accompany them.
“We take the wives and kids most
of the time,” he says. “Some wives
who don’t work travel the whole
time with us. Others come out when-
which led to the roundabout way he
fulfilled his flying dream.
He was born and raised in Wal
lingford, Pa., where his father was
an investment banker. After high
school, he continued his education at
Stetson University in De Land, Fla.,
and later enrolled in flight safety
training at Vero Beach, Fla. It was
here he received his commercial and
instrument ratings in only six
months.
Obtaining the 250 hoursrqJ
to complete his blimp qualifcl
was f airly easy, he says, consc-f
the total amount of time lilt:
spend in the air.
“Sometimes it’s hard to
know if you're doing the
right thing. . . it’s very un
predictable. ”
— Gerald P. Kynett,
Goodyear blimp pilot
ever the kids get out of school.”
Kynett says traveling with family
makes long trips a lot nicer.
But traveling in the blimp is not
always pleasant. Navigating the big
ship is based on the wind, he says, so
flying it is not always a breeze.
“Landing the ship has to be done
directly into the wind,” he says. “The
whole side of the envelope (the bal
loon) is like a big sail. You have to
make sure you don’t get into the
wrong position or you could have
some trouble — the ship could be
tossed side-to-side in the wind.
Charles Dawson of the Federal
Aviation Administration said it takes
the average person about two to
three years to accumulate the 250
flight hours to get this rating.
Kynett decided to change his ca
reer after receiving a bachelor of sci
ence degree in aviation technology
from Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
This is usually a five-year degree
program — he finished in two years.
“1 went straight through,” Kynett
explains. “I Figured if I was going to
do it, I might as well keep on going.”
Although the blimp offersm
year-old Kynett many opponJ
living what the military callsa'i
her Rocket” with its mammoii^
surements — 192 feet long.iSj
high and 50 feet wide — led
limit the energetic pilot inhisj
nautic activities.
“After a couple of yean(J
this, you get a pretty good feels
and the initial intimidationofj
ing to fly something of this size!
to go away,” Kynett says, “lia
you start wishing that you could!
few more things. You can't dl
much iu something that doesn I
seatfielts."
“Probably the most im
pressive sight was Hying
over the Fourth of July
celebrations last year at
the Statue of Liberty. ”
— Gerald P. Kynett
But the lack of seatbelts da
limit the excitement that Kynq
serves from his perfect aerialse j
"Probably the most imprs
sight was flying over the Four
July celebrations last year a:
Statue of Liberty,” he recalls.“iJ
were just thousands and thod
of boats and all these tall ships!:
dress with flags flying and sails.;
was just amazing to see ailoftU
tivity down there. That wasmi
memorable flight.”
“It’s nothing of major concern,
you just learn to handle it with expe
rience. It gets to be pretty exciting
and you have to pay special attention
during the landing. That’s the most
critical part.”
But, he says, rain also can be a
critical factor.
Upon graduation, however, he
couldn’t find a job.
“One job did come up, though,”
Kynett recalls. “It would’ve been fly
ing from Fort Lauderdale to the
British West Indies.”
He says the job was tempting but
the plane had too many mainte
nance problems.
T he next big trip for Kynctii
his hefty lady of the skies, Hess
to New Orleans for a golf tor
ment.
For now, this type of lifeissi
ing to the small-statured mao
operates the “Queen Mother’:
crafts.
“It’s hard for people to imagine
how much area we need,” Kynett ex
plains, while his hands and feet stay
in constant motion operating the
vessel. “You have to put up a mast
and have enough area for the ship to
swing 360 degrees if necessary.
“Sometimes it’s hard to know if
“If we get rained on, we pick up a
tremendous amount of weight. It
doesn’t take too much rain to make
us 500 pounds heavier. Once you’re
airborne, though, it’s no problem be
cause the ship can handle up to
7,000 pounds of extra weight.”
Kynett’s lifestyle hasn’t always
been so unusual. He decided to
change his career when he was 28,
“I had to say no,” he says. “It
would’ve been a real nice job if I
didn’t have to worry about losing my
license or my life.”
That’s when he found a job work
ing on the ground crew of the “En
terprise,” Goodyear’s airship based
in Florida. Soon, through extensive
training, he worked his way up to pi
lot.
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doing now," he says. “I donf
whether I'll make a careerouu
or not. There’s a good chancel
because 1 enjoy the lifestyle ari
traveling.
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around between jobs alread'
feels real nice to be in one place
while. I may not be getting
doing this but I’m having al
fun. As long as I’m enjoyingrr
I’ll probably stick around.”
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AUSTIN (AP) — Legislation to
give victims a stronger voice in the
criminal justice and parole systems
was introduced Wednesday by law
makers who said they were respon
ding in part to last year’s slaying of
three Hawkins teen-agers.
“Since we do afford — as it
should be — constitutional rights to
those people accused of crime, we
also have a responsibility as a state
to protect and maintain the victims’
rights,” said Rep. Gerald Yost, R-
Longview.
Yost and Sen. Buster Brown, R-
Lake Jackson, said they will intro
duce seven bills designed to make
sure crime victims are informed of
and able to participate in the crimi-
naljustice process.
Among other things, the bills
would require that victims be noti
fied of a defendant’s release from
prison, informed of parole proce
dures and guaranteed the right to
take part in the parole process.
One bill would give the victim the
ability to request that the district at
torney explain other victims’ rights,
such as the right to police protec
tion from threats of harm.
“This series of legislation ... is
designed to give the victims of
crime a higher profile and a larger
role in the process,” Brown said.
The two lawmakers said their
bills were based on recomnw
lions made by the We, the Pc;
Organization, a victims’ advoc
group.
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last year after the slayings of il
Hawkins teen-agers.
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