Max Powers
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March 9, 2008
Aaron Sohacki
Posted: 11:25 PM ET
Aaron Sohacki fell in love with planes at an early age.
Like a lot of kids, Aaron Sohacki’s dad took him to watch airplanes take off and land at the airport. Like some kids, his love for watching planes turned into a love of flying, and he got his pilot’s license before his driver’s license. Uniquely, his love for flying turned into a passion for running a business that flies other people.
When Sohacki was 20, he started ImagineAir. It’s a regional company that lets regular folks fly privately. Along the way, he has flown some not-so-regular people like one of his first clients, the former mayor of Augusta, Georgia, who needed to fly to have dinner with Rudy Giuliani.
The charter service takes people 300-500 miles from the headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Considered a new version of a taxi service, the “air taxi” often costs less than commercial travel. Now age 24, the CEO still flies customers and often gets asked, “Are you even old enough to fly this plane?”
Be sure to watch Sohacki’s interview on CNN.com Live Friday, March 14, at 3:30 p.m. ET. In the meantime, send questions for this high-flying CEO. You can submit questions as comments below or send a question on video to I-Report.
Can anyone shed some light on whether this individual did this with help from his folks or on his own? I'm guessing the former.
Aaron Sohacki
Posted: 11:25 PM ET
Like a lot of kids, Aaron Sohacki’s dad took him to watch airplanes take off and land at the airport. Like some kids, his love for watching planes turned into a love of flying, and he got his pilot’s license before his driver’s license. Uniquely, his love for flying turned into a passion for running a business that flies other people.
When Sohacki was 20, he started ImagineAir. It’s a regional company that lets regular folks fly privately. Along the way, he has flown some not-so-regular people like one of his first clients, the former mayor of Augusta, Georgia, who needed to fly to have dinner with Rudy Giuliani.
The charter service takes people 300-500 miles from the headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Considered a new version of a taxi service, the “air taxi” often costs less than commercial travel. Now age 24, the CEO still flies customers and often gets asked, “Are you even old enough to fly this plane?”
Be sure to watch Sohacki’s interview on CNN.com Live Friday, March 14, at 3:30 p.m. ET. In the meantime, send questions for this high-flying CEO. You can submit questions as comments below or send a question on video to I-Report.
Can anyone shed some light on whether this individual did this with help from his folks or on his own? I'm guessing the former.
