My name is TJ Shembekar and this is my aviation blog. I’m a US commercial pilot (with instrument rating).
Like many people, I thought about flying off and on my whole life ; but never did anything about it. There seemed to always be an excuse. When I was in college, I didn’t have the money. Later when I started working and having a life, I didn’t seem to have the time. Then in 2005, I woke up (on my birthday) and had an epiphany. If I was ever going to fulfill this dream, I needed to “just do it”. That day, I started looking into the process and it has been an extremely rewarding experience ever since.
Since I retired from a successful IT career in 2023, I have been focussed, flying, content creation and of course dreaming up the next big travel adventure.