AIN Blog: On the Wings of Christmas Elves
Business aviation volunteers helped make the holiday season special.
Caroline Lopez, her mom Janna and siblings are welcomed by pilots Alex Franz and Ben Petersen and the Snowflake Princess for their flight to visit Santa's Headquarters at the North Pole.
Caroline Lopez, her mom Janna and siblings are welcomed by pilots Alex Franz and Ben Petersen and the Snowflake Princess for their flight to visit Santa's Headquarters at the North Pole.
Matt Thurber
Editor-in-Chief
About the author

Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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