Mansfield — It was a perfect, blue skies day to fly last week as Kelley Dinneen gazed at the small planes on the tarmac and recalled her early days in the cockpit of a single-engine Cessna.
She has been flying since she graduated college in 1991.
Her father, Donald Dinneen, operated the Taunton airport and flight school.
But he wasn’t her flying instructor and the lessons weren’t free.
“My dad made me pay for them. He said, ‘if you want something badly enough, work for it,’” she said.
She did. And 21 years later, Dinneen runs her own airport.
“It’s peaceful up there – even with all the noise of the engines,” she said.
Bob and Carol Chaples had just landed at Mansfield Municipal Airport on Fruit Street to fuel their Piper Cherokee. En route to Martha’s Vineyard for the day at the beach, the Milford couple watched the plane being fueled and chatted with Dinneen.
Bob Chaples said he had flying for 40 years. His four-seater “doesn’t go very fast – 130 on a good day.
“I learned to fly here,” he said.
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Her father, Donald Dinneen, operated the Taunton airport and flight school.
But he wasn’t her flying instructor and the lessons weren’t free.
“My dad made me pay for them. He said, ‘if you want something badly enough, work for it,’” she said.
She did. And 21 years later, Dinneen runs her own airport.
“It’s peaceful up there – even with all the noise of the engines,” she said.
Bob and Carol Chaples had just landed at Mansfield Municipal Airport on Fruit Street to fuel their Piper Cherokee. En route to Martha’s Vineyard for the day at the beach, the Milford couple watched the plane being fueled and chatted with Dinneen.
Bob Chaples said he had flying for 40 years. His four-seater “doesn’t go very fast – 130 on a good day.
“I learned to fly here,” he said.
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