Meet Cheryl Morgan -

The code that I live by is:
Don’t live with would’a, could’a, should’a done that - go ahead and do it!

Short Bio:
Grew up in Biloxi, Mississippi
College in Jackson, MS
Dental School in Birmingham, AL
Specialty training in Prosthodontics in Buffalo, NY (if you know what that is without looking it up - you are a rock star).
Joined the military on active duty afterwards.
Spent 27 years on active duty in the military. Retired in October 2020. My career wasn’t the tradition for a Prosthodontist in the Army. I had the opportunity to deploy to Guatemala, Bosnia-Herzgovina, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Iraq. I got to spend three years as an exchange Officer with the British Military. I was the sole American Soldier on the base in Aldershot, United Kingdom (England) - which was the highlight of my career.
My “Air Sports” career started after I finally got of school and had some free time. I started by making a tandem skydive in Louisa, Virigina.

Skydiver History:
United States Parachute Association Member
D licensed Skydiver (the highest license you can obtain)
Pro Rated Skydiver (spent 6 years on a demonstration team - Not the Golden Knights.) Have participated in large formation events - the largest was a 96 person formation Was a member of the North Carolina women’s largest formation (29 way)
Have participated in competitive FS (Formation Skydiving) at the National level for about a half decade now. Have done 4-way, 8-way, 10-way and 16 way.
A few years into skydiving, I became a pilot - why? That is a great question to ask me!! I don’t want to spoil the answer.

Pilot:
Private / Instrument / Commercial Pilot Ratings - Single Engine Land, Single Engine Sea, Tailwheel Endorsement, Complex Endorsement, Gyrocopter rating, Weight Shift Trike rating, SailPlane Rating
Owned a PA24-260 (Piper Comanche) for 10 years
Currently own a Moyes-Bailey Dragonfly C (used in ranching in Australia, and to tow up hang gliders in the US)

BASE jumping:
Have done bridge day in Fayetteville WV several years, so have my “S”. Want to get the others now that I have more time.
Be sure to ask me about my Mom’s experience at my third bridge day.

Paraglider:
Learned to paraglide at Point of Mountain in SLC (thank you Milly for asking me to get in touch with Jade to do this podcast!).
P3 paraglider
Have flown in the US, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Morocco, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Colombia and Brazil.
Ask me about my most memorable paragliding flight - at the Coupe Icare in St Hillaire, France.

Hang Glider:
H2 hang glider rating
Got my H1 at Kitty Hawk on the dunes of NC. Got my H2 at Lookout Mountain in TN.
Neat things I’ve gotten to do and I think others might find interesting:
- Why I learned to fly a fixed wing airplane in the first place
- England and experiences flying overseas - both fixed wing and sailplane
- The story of buying and bringing back the Moyes-Bailey Dragonfly C from Cincinnati,
- OH to Vass, NC.
- My favorite paragliding flight in St Hilaire, France at the Coupe Icare
- My Mom’s first tandem BASE jump
- Wearing pony tails on my skydiving helmet
- Why I am a big believer in the “Color = Joy”
- Why I am deaf in my right ear (don’t want to spoil the surprise on this one....)
- Why my skydiver friends thought I was crazy when I went wing walking on a biplane

My nephew is at the US Air Force Academy and credits his wanting to be a pilot with a flight he took with me on his 9th birthday
Links to videos (my husband Mike gets credit for the videos)

Coupe Icare:
https://youtu.be/Ui0CF51Ini8
Bringing the Dragonfly from Ohio to NC Video:
https://youtu.be/gXYTYvKeqJE

My 70 year old Mom at Bridge Day:
https://youtu.be/2IVCqX8kCqg

Wing Walking over Sequim, Washington:
https://youtu.be/hJWj0cHgzHY

Pigtails on skydiving helmet:
https://youtu.be/SyIYWU6fON8

Fun Paragliding in Costa Rica:
http://youtu.be/AdkrzUzTnOM

What we did for some friends during the pandemic for Easter:
https://youtube.com/shorts/bUw