This morning one of our team members had the opportunity to take an early morning flight over O'ahu with Lt. Col. Mari Metzler.

We met Mari earlier this year in Red Lodge, Montana when the Mayor of Red Lodge, Dave Westwood, very generously took several of us flying in his Zlin N242MP.

Mari happened to run by and stopped to chat with the womens team, She is originally from Red Lodge and is presently based at the US Air Force Base in Hawaii. She very generously offered to take one of us for a ride with her when we come to Hawaii.

You can find the report from 5 July 2026 here.