From the Flight Deck

Summer greetings from Shoreline Aviation!

A hearty beginning of summer to you! One of our favorite experiences is watching and hearing all the various aircraft here at Marshfield Municipal Airport KGHG take off on adventures and land again having experienced something fresh. The transition of time is no more apparent than what our changing foliage paints for us and the planes that zip in and zoom out.

We recall our photos and videos of takeoffs and landings taken in winter, with swatches of boring brown sticks stuck in the background, dotted with the lingering green of pines and surrounded with drab, gray skies. Spring slowly, finally dawned, and dreary days grew less so and started to pop. Hints of green mingled more and more with the brown and gray, and suddenly – rich, full growth filled the backdrop to the planes growling down the runway, and a whole sense of dimension returned.

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Shoreline/KGHG voted Best of the South Shore!

One uplifting moment of spring – of the many – was receiving word in late April that Shoreline Aviation and our airport (www.shorelineaviation.net) were subjects of some marvelous news.

“Marshfield Municipal Airport (KGHG) / Shoreline Aviation” were voted “BEST LOCAL AIRLINE / AIRPORT” in South Shore Home, Life & Style magazine’s annual “BEST OF THE SOUTH SHORE” contest. We like happy news as much as anyone, and hearing this news after weeks of voting put us over the moon! Nominees had been voted by readers, and we congratulate Cape Air / Nantucket Airlines for placing runner up. And cheers to the fine airports stretching from the Cape to Providence to Boston that garnered their fans’ votes.

We gratefully accept! Recognition is always warming. Especially when it comes from you – our many friends, fans and clients. Our big challenge, however, was keeping mum about the news until the magazine’s Summer edition broke the news in early June.

Many fine folks kept up the pace with daily voting over a few weeks and put us over the top, for which we are truly grateful! We’re also grateful to South Shore Home, Life & Style for selecting Shoreline for a super spotlight notice in their Summer issue’s report of winners – reserved for a select few of the 230 winners, most of whom appear in a list. That spotlight is shown in the accompanying graphic.

Here is the writeup that accompanied our win announcement.

“Experienced flight crews, meticulously cared-for aircraft, and a detail-oriented flight logistics team deliver an incomparable experience for passengers who fly out of Marshfield Municipal Airport.

“It was 1947 when WWII Navy pilot Joseph Ford purchased land in Marshfield to fulfill his dream to create an airport. The town purchased the airport in 1967, a new runway was built, and extensive improvements have been made over the years.

“Shoreline Aviation Inc. has been operating Marshfield Municipal Airport for the town since 1981, while growing a vibrant charter, aircraft acquisition and management, maintenance, and flight instruction business. Shoreline offers a full range of aircraft to meet private charter needs and flies its fleet across the country and around the world.

“No matter where passengers are headed, Shoreline Aviation’s unyielding focus on safety will ensure peace of mind on every flight.”

South Shore Home, Life & Style is a superb magazine – highly recommended! The Summer issue is on the stands, so if you’re in the area, please support local business and pick up your coffee table-worthy copy. (And see our ad inside.) It’s published right here on the South Shore and is filled with regional articles and advertisements for area businesses. You can find its website here: https://southshorehomelifeandstyle.com.

So, thanks for the recognition!

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Aviator of the Month – a special anniversary

A popular social media feature that Shoreline engages in is taking a look at a historic figure in aviation, often and early aviator. This month we recognize the 40th anniversary of astronaut Sally Ride’s history-making ride into space in Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983. That June 18, Ride became the first American woman to travel to space.

Sally Ride makes history; photo courtesy of Wikimedia

Ride was born in 1951 and died in 2012 of pancreatic cancer.

• She was one of only six women accepted in the eighth class of astronauts.
• Ride learned to fly a T-38 jet and participated in the design of the remote mechanical manipulator arm during astronaut training.
• She became the first American woman in space aboard STS-7, Challenger, in 1983 where she served as a flight engineer and mission specialist. She used the remote manipulator arm to deploy and retrieve a satellite that flew in formation with the space shuttle for part of the mission.
• She Returned to space on Challenger STS-41G in 1984 when she operated the remote manipulator arm to deploy a radiation-study satellite and to stow the antenna for the shuttle imaging radar system.
• Ride was assigned to NASA headquarters as special assistant to the administrator for long-range and strategic planning. She was responsible for the creation of NASA’s “Office of Exploration” and produced a report on the future of the space program. The effort became known as the “Ride Report.”

Learn more about this famous aviator at these websites, which provided this information: https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/sally-kristen-ride  and https://airandspace.si.edu

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How valuable is your time?

You likely already know many benefits of chartering flights. Such as, when chartering you get to travel with your team where you want, when you want. You can hold private meetings on the plane, and you can get to multiple destinations in just a day!

Shoreline’s charter team can take you to over 5,000 public access airports just in the US. That’s 10 times the locations commercial airlines can go to. Waiting is opportunity cost. Standing in lines is opportunity cost. Accommodating others’ schedules is opportunity cost. Your time, your way is opportunity.

For more info, please visit us online here, or call Shoreline Aviation at Marshfield Municipal Airport KGHG at 888.291.JETS or 781.834.4928 and chat with our Charter Team. And you can click here for a charter quote.

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Here’s to an awesome summer!

Your friends at Shoreline

About Shoreline Aviation

Shoreline Aviation, Inc. has been offering premier aviation services for 42 years. An FAA Certified Air Carrier since 1981, Shoreline operates a versatile fleet of turboprop, light jet, midsize jet, and large cabin jet aircraft. The company is headquartered in Marshfield, MA, where it is the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) at Marshfield Municipal Airport. Shoreline also has an office in West Palm Beach at Palm Beach International Airport. The company offers aircraft management, sales and acquisitions, executive and personal charter services, FBO services, aircraft maintenance, airport management services, flight lessons, and more. To learn more about Shoreline Aviation, call 888.291.JETS (5387), visit www.shorelineaviation.net, or email info@shorelineaviation.net.

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