"Oly" Olson

Flying the RV-8, Oly is our St Louis contingent to KC Flight. During his 23 year military career, Oly has been stationed at numerous worldwide military bases. He has a Bachelors and Masters degree from Embry Riddle University. His flying background includes the US Army OH-58 "Scout", the UH-1 "Huey", the AH-1 "Cobra" helicopters, the Air Force A-10 "Warthog" and the F-16 "Falcon". His flying assignments included roles as a Safety Officer, Flight Test Pilot, Instructor Pilot, Flight Examiner and Standardization Officer. Since retiring from the Air Force in 1998 he has owned an assortment of taildraggers including the single seat RV-3, RV-4 and the RV-8. Oly is a retired Air Force Officer and United Airlines Captain. He's logged 1500 hours in helicopters, 3000 hours in fighter jets and has a total flight time of 25000 hours.  Oly is married to his wife Cheri of 40 years and they have two sons and a grandson. They live in Wildwood, Missouri just West of St. Louis.