{"id":126,"date":"2024-10-06T08:15:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyboundflight.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:49:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.skyboundwings.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5c7af128 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-79b98a6db5e991ccdb17e7b2652f26b3 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"905\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc01-15747080.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAFI-Master-CFI-Photo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-701\" style=\"width:721px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eadn-wc01-15747080.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAFI-Master-CFI-Photo.png 905w, https:\/\/eadn-wc01-15747080.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAFI-Master-CFI-Photo-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/eadn-wc01-15747080.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/NAFI-Master-CFI-Photo-768x659.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:60px\"><strong>Alexander Sharaf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-354ffdd3265f5a466b0a57f53a62e02d\" style=\"font-size:42px;line-height:1.5\"><strong>Pilot Certificates &amp; 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