JUST WANNA FLY #125- Deb & Jim Hayden, Essex Illinois - SkyDiver Instructors/retired, PPG Pilots


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Streamed live on Oct 11, 2023 🪂Just Wanna Fly 🪂Meet Deb & Jim Hayden - Jim and I married 53 yrs, 3 kids. Neil, wife Melody, Michael, wife Kristy, Alli and Alli’s partner Zac. 5 grandsons, Nic, wife Natalie, Luke, wife Katie, Jake, wife Jazmin, Josh, girlfriend Jennie, Westley. 4 great grand kids Logan, Brynlee, Noah, Nina. Deb: Nurse , returned college MSN Neonatal & Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Jim Worked at Exelon , in charge of Nuclear Simulator , Training operators. Jim is pilot, over 2000 skydives, parachute rigger, road bike in 100 mile event several yrs, PPG, competition shooting: glock, 3 gun. Built Flightstar ultralight. PPG, 30 hrs 73 flights on parajet, miniplane, muse 3, first flight June 2016, haven’t flown since total knee replacement. Scott Baxter and Steve Reed our instructorsI also have over 1000 skydives, we owned Kankakee Skydiving Center at Koerner Airport in 1980’s. We are USPA instructors but are not active any longer after selling business. Interesting jumps , demo jumps, 727 jet and C130 , hot air balloon. I sew clothes, costumes, embroidery, started quilting, like to garden, grow flowers and indoor plants, we travel some in motorhome. Volunteered at our children’s school, in PTA and booster organizations, boy and girl scouts. EAA. Volunteer 27 yrs, have gone 33 yrs, every yr since Alli was 3 months old. Chairman of volunteers on flightline then special events AKA ..party girl.. Jim parking chairman. Retired 2 yrs ago from chairmen, Alli is now volunteer coordinator chairman. Carrying family tradition. Deb is on a women’s precision pistol team, and a competitive shooter. We belong to a group of seniors that went 3 mornings a week for coffee and conversation and I volunteer my medical knowledge. Enjoy most spending time with family and friends.. eating sushi, saki and chocolate. I am the “ on call” nurse for family and friends., which I love Once a nurse.. always a nurse.

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