My name is Doug Denny, and I have been flying since the age of fourteen. Originally from Connecticut, I spent my early years working as a detailer and lineman intern, doing anything that kept me close to airplanes and helicopters. From the beginning, my goal was simple: to fly.

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Early in my career, I became fascinated by advanced avionics and the fighter pilot mindset, particularly the concept of delivering complete situational awareness regardless of external conditions. That philosophy became a foundational influence behind Overflight and its mission to bring higher-level information integration to general aviation.

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I began flying professionally as a ferry pilot, relocating single-engine aircraft throughout the Lower 48, often in unfamiliar airplanes. To operate safely, I built aircraft-specific checklists from available documentation and relied on a standardized flight bag that remained consistent regardless of cockpit. While I was initially trained using traditional paper methods and completed my CFI training without electronic flight bags, EFBs eventually became a critical tool for safe single-pilot operations in unfamiliar airspace.

That realization led me to begin building custom overlays for complex operating environments such as the Grand Canyon and California transition routes. I saw overlays as a way to prepare beyond regulatory minimums, much like tailored checklists for unfamiliar aircraft.

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Today, I am a 2,100-hour Embry-Riddle graduate, dual-rated airplane and helicopter pilot, and Alaska bush pilot with three years of operational experience across the state. My flying has taken me from remote villages and mountain passes to coastal and border regions, operating in some of the most challenging conditions on earth.

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Through these experiences, I have worked closely with local pilots and communities while continuously refining personal EFB data systems designed to enhance safety, efficiency, and situational awareness. Overflight represents the next step in that evolution, delivering advanced, practical tools that bring the future of cockpit information management to general aviation. Our goal is simple: to make it easy for pilots to bring in-depth planning directly into the cockpit before every flight, in a way that is, fast, repeatable, ergonomic, and, most importantly, effective.