Full Throttle

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Watching Top Gun</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Scott Kartvedt watched Top Gun in 1986 just like many other young men but then went on to be a Navy pilot something many of us just dreamed of. He applied to and was selected to the elite Blue Angels air demonstration team where he served as the number seven six and number five solo pilot before returning to the fleet. There he served during five combat deployments flying 91 combat missions and accumulating over 6300 flight hours 658 carrier arrested landings on eleven aircraft carriers.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Led to a Navy Career</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Throughout his career he faced near-death experiences lost men and women he served with and led squadrons through battle all while developing a culture of excellence everywhere he went.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He went on to command VFA-83 an award-winning FA/18 Squadron and served as the Navy's first commanding officer of the only F-35C Stealth Strike Fighter Squadron in the US before retiring from the Navy and returning to civilian life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Going Full Throttle into Civilian Life</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After that he began his second career as a professional pilot. He became an inspirational speaker and instructor and served and still serves on the Board of Directors for the Blue Angels Foundation. Scott also joined the Patriot Jet Team the only civilian jet demonstration team in North America as their number 5 pilot.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And Onto the Big Screen</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Through that position he had the opportunity to train some of the actors and fly as a stunt pilot in the new Top Gun Maverick movie bringing his journey full circle.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You'll laugh you'll learn you'll cry and you'll soar at full throttle through Scott's story of a life lived at high-G and you won't want to stop reading until you get to the final page.</span></p>