Pilot Biography
Captain Ed
Ed was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey. He attended the University of Connecticut, received his dental degree from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and received his periodontal training at New York University College of Dentistry.
He served two years as a Captain in the United States Army Dental Corps stationed at Fort Hood Texas.
He was clinical assistant professor at The New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry (now known as Rutgers University, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences). He is a past president of The New Jersey Society of Periodontists and a current member of the American Dental Association, Middlesex County Dental Society, New Jersey Society of Periodontists and American Academy of Periodontology.
He had a dental practice called Woodbridge Periodontics, specializing in periodontics and implantology, located in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He is also on the staff of Hackensack Meridian Health JFK Medical Center.
On the aviation side, he is a member of the AOPA, EAA and Ye Anciente and Secret Order of Quiet Birdmen. He has over 6,000 hours of flying time since receiving his pilot license in 1970. He holds a commercial license, instrument rating, CFI, CFII, multi-engine and sea plane rating. He flew his Cessna 210 N2160S with his family in the 1980’s to the United Kingdom and flew to Australia in 1986 and then flew his plane around the world in 1988. He flew the Atlantic in 1997, stopping in Libson, Bordeaux, Paris and London. His second around the world flight was in 2004 with stops in Peru, Easter Island, Tahiti, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and Trinidad (www.aroundtheworldagain.com). His third flight around the world occurred in 2018 (www.aroundtheworldagain3.com) in support of the Alzheimer’s Association.
He is married since dental school to Bobbie who is a Real Estate Agent at Re/Max Agency Competitive Edge in Metuchen, New Jersey. He has two children — Michael and Marcie, and five grandchildren.
Captain Zvi
Zvi was born in Israel. After going through the 1967 “six-day war,” his parents decided to move the family to Brooklyn. His family started a successful retail business in Manhattan. The family business thrived and began to acquire real estate holdings in the tristate area. After attending Baruch College in Manhattan, he joined the family business and has managed the family business real estate holdings for over 30 years. Zvi has 3 children and 2 grandchildren and looks forward to turning the business over to them.
Zvi took a keen interest in flying and received his pilot license in 1979. He holds an Instrument rating and is a member of the AOPA and EAA. He has flown throughout the East Coast, Caribbean, Canada, Russia and Mexico in his Cessna 210. Zvi enjoys traveling the World, riding his Harley, boating, and is an avid scuba diver. He currently spends much of his time on the West Coast of Mexico, where he enjoys the sea, the people, and the weather.