Norman, I really like that Green One

You're probably correct (you usually are). The new owner has the original logbooks so I can't verify. I had Don George rebuild mine in high-compression and make it 135 HP (140 for 5 minutes). He installed an O-320 crankshaft, too, since the ones on the O-290 tended to crack at the flange where a hole was drilled. It was a good engine.

You're probably correct (you usually are). The new owner has the original logbooks so I can't verify. I had Don George rebuild mine in high-compression and make it 135 HP (140 for 5 minutes). He installed an O-320 crankshaft, too, since the ones on the O-290 tended to crack at the flange where a hole was drilled. It was a good engine.

This one?

OSH ‘21

A warbird, who knew?

Bought this one in 2004 so our sons could get their pilots license. Sold it on Craig’s List. Great little plane.

Rocky, that more modern paint scheme really erases that 1950s look!

I stumbled across these pictures, so I figured I would post them. I wonder what I would be doing if uncle Pete‘s airplane had not been flipped by the wind. I remember telling my dad that I thought the rectangular rudder looked better than the round one, and he chuckled. I am the oldest of the pictured children, number three of seven. The brother pictured also became a pilot, and recently got back into it after a 30 year hiatus.