Charles V. Breard

Name:

Charles V. Breard

Location:

Baton Rouge, LA

Email Address:

cvbreard@aol.com

Affiliations:

EAA, USUA, P.A.P.A. (Professional Aerial Photographers Association)

Age:

61

Years in aviation:

42

GA Hours:

1100

Ultralight Hours:

100

Ratings:

Currently PP, SEL. Used to be Commercial, Instrument, Multi, Seaplane and CFII

Home Field:

"Prairieville International" aka Babin on the charts, south of Baton Rouge, LA

Current Aircraft:

Own and fly Kolb Firestar. Rent Cessna 152 and 172

Previous Aircraft:

Owned several 172/175 class, two Bonanzas, Cessna 140. Flown many/most fixed gear single engine GA.

Other hobbies:

Photography (actually made a few bucks with my cameras)

Occupation:

I'm a graduate chemical engineer, worked for Shell Oil, wound up in the industrial instrumentation sales field, my partner and I bought the Louisiana operations of our Houston-based parent company in 1975 and built it up into 8 offices and 80 employees. I retired last year, they have stayed in business without me and the checks keep coming, so I musta done something right, I figure. Anyway, I have a small, part-time (i.e. when I want to do it) photography business, photographing mostly commercial buildings for general contractors. Gets me out of the house. I'm doing more aerial photos lately.

Comments:

Life is good! Thank you, God!