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A note: I’m reorganizing this site to encompass a wider range of my stories related to aviation. After reading again Uncle John’s “I Flew Them All<\/a>“, I plan to tell my own story about Aviation in My Life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Airplanes and flying have been a part of my life for almost as long as I can remember. I can’t say when or how it started, but it must have been early. Perhaps I was first exposed to an airplane when, as a two year old I accompanied my then new stepfather to the Naval Air Station at Quonset Point just before he returned to civilian life, where he was a pilot on PMY’s and PBMs. Or hearing stories about my uncle John Young flying in the Army Air Force. Or my first -real- memory of any association with airplanes: my first ride in an airplane, a Piper J-3 Cub, which Uncle John had for a short time when I must have been 7 or 8 years old.<\/p>\n

So perhaps it started from those experiences. But the interest grew over time. I had a collection of Revel plastic model airplanes of the day when I was in junior high school extending until graduation from high school. I attempted to get a flying model airplane – U-control versions, without much success (there was no one in Hoxie to be a mentor). I subscribed to the magazine “Air Progress” and looked forward to reading each month’s issue, cover to cover.<\/p>\n

In this web site, you will find a mixture of stories revolving around Aviation in My Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n