Taking To The Skies 605.665.7762 2701 Fox Run Parkway Yankton, SD 57078 Growing up in Tyndall Christina Gravill often heard the stories of her father, Scott Weber’s, time as a surgeon on Army Black Hawk helicopters. That led to her love of flying and after graduation from high school, heading off to college at the University of North Dakota to pursue her degree in flight aviation. “I just loved flying and knew that it was what I wanted to do for a living,” Gravill said. “I did my college training on fixed wing aircraft and that is what my degree was in. Then a few months before graduation the opportunity to learn to fly helicopters came up and I took it.” Gravill said from there her path in aviation was pretty set. “As soon as I finished flight school on helicopters I moved right into being a helicopter flight instructor,” she said. “I was a student and a flight instructor.” From there Gravill moved on to train helicopter pilots for the U.S. Army, an experience she said she proudly shared with her dad. “When I was going through my flight training he would get very excited, she said. “He doesn’t have a degree or license to fly but he knows enough about what is going on. He was really excited when I was training for the army because he had gone through it 25 years ago at the same place.” Currently Gravill is working in Haslet, Texas at Alliance Airport. VISIONcare ASSOCIATES PROTECT YOUR EYES HARMFUL UV RAYS FROMTHIS WINTER Styles available from: Oakley . Ray Ban . Maui Jim . Costa And many more... The winter sun sits lower in the sky and at a different angle than warmer seasons This means more harmful UV www.visioncareassociates.net 14vHERVOICE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 exposure to your eyes... Call today to schedule an evaluation