Air Force vet turned airline pilot enjoys soaring for relaxation PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN As an Air Force Academy graduate and a seasoned commercial airline pilot, Brad Peterson knows about being grounded. So when it happened on Thursday during the Standard Class Nationals soaring competition at the Hobbs Industrial Air Park, and Peterson wasn’t able to take his JS1 glider up for …

Peter Stein/News-Sun As they soar through the clouds, blue skies stretching out ahead of them, glider pilots seem to have it made, living a glamorous life for at least a few hours. But, there are people on the ground who help them live that life, people who worry about them, make sure they have what they need to get into …