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Sean Lawson, a 310R owner who’s Lawson’s 1979 Cessna 310R, which he purchased in October 2019. commonly known as ‘The Fire Pilot.’
“I love airplanes. Two things have always impressed me since I was a kid: planes and fire trucks. I have always looked to the sky, to planes flying overhead. Now I’m a firefighter and a pilot,” advised Sean Lawson,
La Cessna 310R owner commonly known as The Fire Pilot.
awson thought he could never fly because he “grew up humbly” and did not have the disposable income to direct towards flight
training. But once he began a career of his own, now a lieutenant with a paid fire department and as the owner of an online public safety equipment distributor, Lawson could finally take to the skies.
His first flight lesson, while only an hour long, reassured him that he could fly. He purchased a Cessna 150 shortly after his introductory flight lesson, the first of the three aircraft he has owned. Now, he’s instrument and multi-engine rated, but the Fire Pilot’s early aviation days in the 100-horse- power two-seater piston affirmed his love for flight. And he quickly learned flying was more than just a method of getting around. It is a way that he could foster connections with those that he cares for.
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The Lawson Family.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ‘THE FIRE PILOT’