Veiled Flight
ZELIENOPLE — Jennifer Schriefer Corll wasn't the type of girl to dream up wedding plans as a child. Even if she had been, it's unlikely she would have guessed she would wear an airplane headset with her veil.
Jennifer, 33, who married Jeremy Corll on Sunday at the Harmony-Zelienople United Methodist Church, was flown by her new husband from the wedding to the reception in a six-passenger plane.
“We loved it. The guests loved it,” said Jeremy, 26, of Ellwood City.
Jeremy, a professional pilot, said the couple came up with the idea when they were planning their wedding. While visiting their reception site, The White Barn in Prospect, Jeremy noticed a windsock in a field next to the building and asked if there was an airstrip nearby. The couple got special permission to use the private strip.
“She liked the barn. I liked the runway,” said Jeremy. “It was perfect.”
Jeremy, who had a lifelong dream to become a pilot, said the profession also helped him find the love of his life.
In 2011, Jeremy struck up a friendship with one of his passengers: the Rev. Donn Ed, executive director at Hosanna Industries. They became friends and later Ed set Jeremy up on a blind date with his bride to be, who is a mission worker at Hosanna Industries.The wedding had a fall theme with red and orange colors. The flowers were roses and orange calla lilies.The plane flight was a secret to the 150 guests.“We were really excited about it, but we knew it would be weather dependent,” said Jennifer.For their honeymoon, the couple plans to visit the southern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, but Jeremy wont be piloting the plane.“We're going commercial,” Jennifer said.
