Pilot - Founder - CEO, Green Flight International
Douglas Rodante

Doug has been active in the television broadcast industry for over twenty years. He has worked with clientele such as The Discov­ery Channel, National Geographic, Disney, PBS, Oprah and Dr. Phil. He is a commercially rated pilot and former President of the Orlando Apopka Airport, President of Rodante Aviation, Advisory Board Member-American First Bank, Host of the Orlando Challenge Air (a charitable organization giving airplane rides to terminally ill and disabled children) and a member of Air Mobile, a volunteer group which provides international relief aid to disaster victims world wide.

doug@greenflightinternational.com

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Chief Pilot
Carol Sugars

Carol was born in England, in a small market town bordering the beautiful Peak District National Park, an area of huge ecological significance containing over 100 areas of conservation and 50 “environmentally sensitive areas” - small wonder then that she maintains a keen interest in the preservation of the natural world. Her interest in aviation began at around age 5 and developed into a lifelong love affair which has never abated. Carol was educated at local schools and colleges in the UK and specialized in both Mechanical Engineering and Avionics/Aerospace Engineering, skills which were put to practical use when she spent seven years serving in the British Royal Air Force.

In 1989 Carol moved to the USA and is now a naturalized US citizen. Carol has worked as an Air Ambulance Pilot, Charter Pilot, Flight Instructor and Airline Pilot. She holds FAA licenses for Ground and Flight Instructor, Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Engineer. With over 8000 hours of flight time she has flown many different types of aircraft all over the world, from light single engine to four engine heavy jets. In addition to her duties as Green Flight Chief Pilot she flies internationally for a major US airline, is an FAA Safety Team Representative and also Manager of the Orlando Apopka Airport in Florida. Her interests include jogging, history, science and technology, reading and travel, Carol believes in “a common sense and practical approach to doing the right thing.”

 

carol@greenflightinternational.com
 

Chief Science Advisor

Baylor University Institute for Air Science Director

Maxwell E. Shauck Jr.

Training- 1972-1975 - National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow - Bio-Mathematics Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina and Atmospheric Sciences Research Center (ASRC), State University of New York at Albany. Formal course work in air pollution meteorology, air pollution chemistry, applied statistics and air pollution instrumentation. Instrumented and flew airplanes for various projects at ASRC in New York and North Carolina.

Principal Investigator - Chief Pilot - Airborne Sampling for the Houston Area Oxidants Study (HAOS) 1976-1978. This project was initiated by the city of Houston in response to a U.S. federal court order to reduce pollutant levels in Houston. Two major goals set by HAOS were to determine the causes of high ozone and atmospheric haze in the Houston area. Ozone, oxides of nitrogen and back scattering were measured on a total of 72 flights.

Principal Investigator- Chief Pilot - Plume Characterization from Exxon Largo Refinery, Aruba Netherland Antilles. June - August 1978. Ozone, Sulphur Oxides and atmospheric turbidity were measured in these flights. The flights measured the geometry and pollutant concentrations of the plume from the refinery and clear to the mainland of Columbia. The data was used to validate the Turner-Gifford model as well as the levels of the measured pollutants.

Principal Investigator- Chief Pilot - Long Range Transport of Photochemical Pollutants: June-August 1979.This project was initiated and funded by the General Motors Research Laboratories. Patterns were flown over southern Alabama, Louisiana and out into the Gulf of Mexico about 200 miles to verify the theory. The project resulted in confirmation of the theory. Basically this project showed that photochemical pollutants travel thousands of miles and still maintain high concentrations. This altered scientific thinking in some areas of air pollution transport.

http://www.baylor.edu/bias/index.php?id=34701

Airframe and Power Plant advisors

Bill Lear Jr.
Former President and Chairman of the Board of Lear, Inc.

Chris Cordova
Former AIR FORCE ONE flight engineer.

Documentary Camera Crew

John C. P. Goheen
Mr. Goheen is a freelance television photographer and producer based in Denver, Colorado. He is recognized by his peers, as one of the best in the business. Winning more than 300 local, regional, and national awards, Mr. Goheen is the only three-time winner of his profession's top award, the National Press Photographers Association's (NPPA) Television News Photographer of the Year and is a recipient of the prestigious Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award, a lifetime achievement award for the advancement of television news.
 
He is widely recognized for his storytelling skills and for his ability to capture great sound and pictures. His honors, which include 15 Emmy awards, have been granted for all kinds of stories, from spot news and features to sports and documentaries. NPPA also gives a Television Station of the Year award, which recognizes the best television news photography in the business. Stations have received this award three times while he was on staff.