{"id":78692,"date":"2026-09-14T13:17:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T17:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirrusaircraft.com\/?post_type=cirrus_ambassador&p=78692"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:07:44","slug":"howie-dorough","status":"publish","type":"cirrus_ambassador","link":"https:\/\/cirrusaircraft.com\/zh\/ambassadors\/howie-dorough\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Dorough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Best known as “Howie D” of the Backstreet Boys, Howie Dorough has spent more than three decades performing around the world. But beyond the stage, he is a husband, father, entrepreneur, and now a Cirrus pilot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, Howie grew up in a close-knit family that encouraged him to chase big dreams \u2014 a mindset that eventually took him from local theater productions to one of the most successful music groups of all time. Today, he is pursuing another lifelong dream: taking flight.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Aviation has always been part of Howie’s story. His father earned his pilot certificate while working as a police officer, and for years, Howie imagined the two of them flying together. Though his father passed away before they had the chance, that dream never disappeared. Today, Howie sees flying as an opportunity to carry that connection forward \u2014 this time by sharing it with his own family and inspiring his oldest son to experience aviation alongside him.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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For Howie, becoming a pilot was nearly 30 years in the making. After years of talking about learning to fly, a flight in a friend\u2019s early-generation Cirrus SR22 finally made his dream tangible. He could see himself doing it. Soon after, he began training in a Cirrus and started turning a longtime bucket-list goal into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPeople often refer to Cirrus as a time machine, and I couldn\u2019t agree more.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a career that has taken him around the world, time at home has always been precious. Personal Aviation\u2122 gives Howie the freedom to turn hours on the road into more time with the people who matter most \u2014 whether that means a spontaneous lunch with friends, a weekend getaway with his wife, a father-son trip, or simply getting home sooner after work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a lifetime spent entertaining people around the world, Howie’s priorities are increasingly centered on where, and with whom, he spends his time. Cirrus gives him another way to get back to those people faster.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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For Howie, the destination has never mattered quite as much as the people waiting there.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Check out Howie on Socials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n