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<\/a>Fred has interviewed some of the world\u2019s great pilots over the years \u2014 Joe Foss, Jim Stockdale, John McCain \u2014 the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n
He also happens to be married to one of the world\u2019s better-known woman aviators, Ana Camberos Province. She\u2019s in The Ninety-Nines, the international sorority for female pilots. She\u2019s received an Amelia Earhart medal, and a number of other prizes and recognition.<\/p>\n Fred isn\u2019t just a pilot and TV host \u2014 he has two advanced college degrees, and has in the past been a schoolteacher and school principal. But it\u2019s flying that really flips his switch.<\/p>\n He always knew he wanted to fly, and started by building his own glider at his home in rural Missouri when he was only 14 years old.<\/p>\n \u201cI was about to try to fly it, when the local county sheriff showed up and ordered it broken up and burned. When I asked him why, he said \u2018We\u2019ll think of a reason.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Fred finally was taught to fly a glider by, of all people, Hans Busch. Busch was actually a former German Luftwaffe pilot who made it to the United States after World War II.<\/p>\n Thus was born the lifelong addiction to flight.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t all an easy education.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was one plane crash where I was really lucky. I\u2019d fractured my skull in five places, and I was actually pronounced dead at the hospital. Two guys were taking me to the morgue, but I woke up and said, \u2018pain \u2026\u2019 The two guys were shocked, but decided the morgue wasn\u2019t the best place for me right then. Real glad they made that decision.\u201d<\/p>\n Fred met Ana in college, and she decided she wanted to try flying. She ended up soloing in an Ercoupe \u2014 a tiny two-seat plane that\u2019s very easy to fly. From there, she and Fred pursued time in the air whenever possible \u2014 and it was possible a lot.<\/p>\n We wanted to talk with Ana for this story, but Fred said she didn\u2019t want to be interviewed.<\/p>\n \u201cAna is just painfully shy,\u201d Fred said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t mind me talking about her, but would just rather not talk.\u201d<\/p>\n Ana herself has a couple of degrees in accounting, both American and Mexican college degrees. She was born very poor in Tijuana, but got away from that life.<\/p>\n Nowadays, Ana busies herself as the producer and aerial photographer for \u201cCaptain Fred\u2019s Aviation Theater\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s real simple. She tells me what to do, and I do it.\u201d<\/p>\n Fred has a lot of \u201cAviation Theater\u201d episodes in the can, but he\u2019s always looking for new and different topics. You can contact him through Spectrum Cable, and he\u2019ll be happy to talk to you \u2026 and talk to you \u2026 and talk to you \u2026<\/p>\n He has lots of stories to tell.<\/p>\n<\/a>