On the Cover

Terry Carbonell next to her plane on the cover of the magazine

Photographer Lauren Castellana 鈥�13 got a day鈥檚 worth of great shots during her time in鈥攁nd above鈥攕outh Florida with pilot Terry Carbonell 鈥�81. But she still didn鈥檛 think she had 鈥渢he one.鈥� So Castellana waited until sunset to capture the cover shot, which was taken 10 hours after she, writer Rebecca Kirkman and Carbonell arrived at Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport. 鈥淚t came together perfectly,鈥� Castellana says. 鈥淭he blues of the sky, the soft evening light, Terry鈥檚 polo and the Ninety-Nines鈥� compass rose on the tarmac.鈥�


Rebecca Kirkman and Lauren castellana
Photographer Lauren Castellana 鈥�13, left, and writer Rebecca Kirkman in Terry Carbonell's plane, high above the Florida Keys.