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Channel Islands Aviation founder Mark Oberman (Class of 1969) retires from flying after 46 years of faithfully serving community

Channel Islands Aviation’s founder Mark Oberman, retired from flying after 46 1/2 years of serving the island community at the end of last month, his daughter Sarah Oberman Bartush confirmed.

Oberman, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in Agricultural Engineering, founded the charter flights company alongside his wife, Janie Oberman, in 1975, taking his first charter flight to Santa Cruz Island on January 1, 1975.