My name is Doug Denny, and since I was 14 years old, I’ve been flying. Originally from Connecticut, I spent my youth working as a detailer and lineman intern—anything that kept me around airplanes and helicopters. I had one dream in life: to fly everywhere in the world. Over time, I became captivated by the fighter pilot lifestyle, which inspired many aspects of Overflight. I was fascinated by state-of-the-art avionics—like the F-35’s ability to let pilots “see through” the cockpit regardless of outside conditions—and I wanted to bring that kind of innovation to the general aviation community. I started my aviation career as a ferry pilot, putting ads on Facebook offering to move any single-engine airplane anywhere in the Lower 48—for free. Most of these aircraft I’d never even seen before, so I created custom checklists from whatever documentation I could find, ensuring I was never dependent on an unfamiliar cockpit layout. My flight bag became my constant—a tool that told me everything I needed to know no matter the airplane, aside from the legal essentials (“ATOMATOFLAMES”). At first, I was a kid trained by old-school aviators to master everything on paper—I flew through my CFI courses without touching ForeFlight or any other EFB. But eventually, they became more than just a convenience; they became the nerve center that never changed, regardless of the cockpit I stepped into. They made it possible to safely fly alone in unfamiliar airspace, and I became hooked on maximizing their potential. Flying eventually took me west, where I began experimenting with overlays for places like the Grand Canyon and California transition routes. I realized overlays could be to airspace what custom checklists were to unfamiliar airplanes—a way to prepare beyond the bare minimums. That was the spark. Now, as a 2,000-hour Embry-Riddle graduate, dual-rated airplane and helicopter pilot, and bush pilot who’s spent the past three years living and flying in Alaska, I’m launching this idea in the most challenging, uncontrolled airspace in the country. Since arriving here, I’ve “cowboyed” across the state—from landing Caravans in Anaktuvuk Pass between the icy peaks of the Brooks Range, to the shores of Tununak on the Bering Sea, to the rugged, white-mountain country of Eagle on the Canadian border. Along the way, I’ve been collecting knowledge, talking with locals, and learning everything I can to make personal EFB data centers more powerful than ever. And it hasn’t let me down once. The future is near—and at Overflight, we’re at the forefront of bringing it to every cockpit in ways the GA community has never experienced before.