Douglas Lumgair grew up in San Diego with summers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where his great love for the outdoors took shape through backpacking, fishing and horsemanship. “At age 17, I set out across the country and Alaska, working various jobs and building real-world experience,” he says. By his mid-20s, with some “hard-earned wisdom from his travels,” he pursued a business management degree. A serendipitous vocational placement test revealed his natural aptitude for aviation – a field that promised what Douglass calls, the “perfect blend of adventure and technical challenge.”
Douglas immersed himself in the aviation world earning his A&P license and PPL with love for aircraft restoration. He often traded extra maintenance work for precious flight time.
