Colleen Loustalot ✈️

I think I need to introduce myself to the new people here… hi! I’m Colleen, a Captain on the PC-12 & second in command on a Citation XL! I currently fly for a part 91 corporate company out of south Florida. Welcome to my plane spotting account. Happy to have you here 🥂

Two legends in one photo. My buddy who still flies caravan cargo ops in NM sent this to me. He gave me permission to share with yall. I miss the van.

I went to MIA to pick up my husband (yeah, HUSBAND!!) from his LIR>MIA route and saw Lufthansa was pushing back… he was happy to take me to see her depart! I love being closer to Miami, I see the Queen often now.

Well today was my last day flying for a bit! I’m taking some time off to be a bride and a wife. I’ll be back soon. I’m very thankful for the support from my company and my family during this exciting time. Safe skies and tailwinds to you all! See you on the other side 👩🏻‍✈️ Also I still haven’t figured out an easier way to put engine covers on than over the wing. Guess I’ll have some time to research other techniques. 😂

How do you celebrate the start of your birthday week (yes, birthday week 😂) as a pilot? Well, you go to an FBO and you go to their vending machine, and you put this little sweet treat on the expense sheet! Thank you Lord for the safe skies for my 30th year!

Do you ever wonder what qualifies an airport as an “international airport”? Because I’ve been to some international airports and I’m not so sure they should hold that title.

Would you have asked to be towed a few feet forward to avoid the puddle for your passenger? 😅 cuz I did.

To the sweet girl in the upwind on CTAF at the non-towered airport we left this afternoon who wished me a happy friday and a safe flight, I’m sorry I didn’t respond. I was busy doing our takeoff flow. Happy Friday and safe skies chica!

Another beautiful morning! I love these sunrises, reminds me of my freight days.

What is this loud girl! I could only stand so much before I had to put down my phone and plug my ears.

Sadly the air & space museum wouldn’t let us in the last 30 minutes they were open… even told them we were pilots on an overnight last minute. Wouldn’t budge! But we took the Lime bicycles around the city, which was actually a great way to navigate the Mall, and saw a lot of the monuments. Ended up getting dinner at the Old Ebbitt, which was a great recommendation. Definitely need to come back and spend a few days here, there’s just so much to see! 🇺🇸

Landed in Washington DC today, heading to go sight seeing (of course) we want to hit the air & space museum, but Abe might be the move. Where should we go to dinner?

When it’s so busy you gotta park on a taxiway for passengers access.

Yesterday was a special day, my first trips to the west coast in our bird. We flew direct over ABQ VOR, I recognized all the terrain out there from countless hours of flying the caravan out there. I’m a very sentimental girl, it meant a lot to me to see it all again. I was tempted to call up Roswell approach and say hi to my friends there, but I resisted the temptation. I was flying with a new contract pilot & I didn’t want him to think I was weird 🥸 There are some moments in life where you realize how far you’ve come, yesterday was one of those days. Thank you God.

Just keep waiting just keep waiting… fuel fuel fuel, where are you?

I love short days like today! Finished by 12:30p, headed to the butcher to get a nice cut of meat for dinner (celebrating my soon-to-be husband’s APD ride for Captain!!!! 🥂🎆) and headed to go get a manicure. Tomorrow is similar, done around 5p which means I get to snag one of the last Pilates classes before the day ends. Life’s good. Thank you Jesus!

Two of my favorite things, the Corgi Westwind (she’s only 44) and the Ocala backdrop! I was joking that I need to find an operator out of here I can fly with in exchange for horse board & training fees… you know, cuz it’s horse land and I’m a horse gal. 🤓

Which one you taking? Personally, the purple had this beautiful pink undertone, so that’s a clear choice for me.

Hi 😁

Another pet peeve… expensive landing fees for no apparent reason. Try charging me $695 to land when the fuel minimum is high and roughly $200 more, plus a $200 GPU and not let this landing fee cover two landings in the same day! I’ve gotten better deals in less popular places 😂

I’ve got a serious bone to pick with the recliner chairs in FBOs. If your chair reclines, don’t make it one of those that you have to hold pressure on the back to keep it flat. Have it be an old school recliner, where I can leverage it into position and it won’t try to fold me like a taco. Also, what’s up with these narrow chairs with zero cushion? We aren’t traveling with blankets and pillows anymore like in my freight days. Please provide a comfortable seat where I don’t wake up feeling like I was a T. rex- signed a girl just wanting a good nap who was seriously considering going into the plane and falling asleep in the back. Even tho the seat sucked, I did take a 4 hour nap in an fbo with 5 people in the pilot room. God bless them all. They were all extremely quiet as I passed out. You’re the real MVPs of the nap.