A little romance

What’s more romantic than flight? These pilots know it and share their love with the special people in their lives. Reminder to send us your highest quality images, give your propeller(s) a wide berth, and keep those photos and stories coming!

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2024 Cirrus SR22T

2024 Cirrus SR22TWe met during a Life Flight mission where Ken flew a patient to Jen’s transplant center for a liver transplant. This led to a fairytale destination wedding at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, on July 17, 2022; hence the N number N717KK, with Ken Kelly being the pilot. Our goal was to design an aircraft that embodies our passion for travel, our relationship, and our wedding location. Inside primary trim and seat materials of mocha leather and Anthracite Alcantara provide a matching connection to the beauty of Lake
Louise. Each door handle has an embedded graphic of
our names, Ken Kelly on the pilot side and Jen Kelly on
the co-pilot side.

Ken and Jen Kelly
Sumter, Florida


Mooney M20E

Mooney M20E

Al Mooney famously said, “make it strong, make it simple, make it fast.” We would add efficient and reliable. Our M20E model spends 100 hours per year carrying Angel Flight patients to healthcare facilities, and 100 hours connecting the family around the Southeast. Seen here, direct from ballet class, is our 2-year-old aviation enthusiast, Evie (aka, The Eviator), supervising the preflight and who loves to fly.

Michael Bernhart
Atlanta, Georgia


1980 Piper PA–28 Warrior II

1980 Piper PA–28 Warrior IIMy wife and I love our airplane so much, we even included it in our wedding pictures. Now we love taking it from New Jersey to Tangier Island, Virginia, to have seafood and on a million other memorable trips. One day, as a flight instructor, I dream to teach my wife, Dana Marie, how to fly in our airplane.

Dana Marie and Andre’ DiLouis
West Deptford, New Jersey


David Tulis
David Tulis
Senior Photographer
Senior Photographer David Tulis joined AOPA in 2015 and is a private pilot with single-engine land and sea ratings and a tailwheel endorsement. He is also a certificated remote pilot and co-host of the award-wining AOPA Hangar Talk podcast. David enjoys vintage aircraft and photography.

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