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Mike is based at Deer Valley Airport (DVT) in Phoenix, AZ, and by his own words has been a long-time "lurker" -- and occasional poster -- on the aviation newsgroups.   He and his son, Steve, flew into their first Oshkosh in 2003, and enjoyed the Newsgroup Party in the North 40!

Mike's Cessna Skylane -- those Horton speed mods net him 150 KTAS!	Parked in Marble Canyon, AZ (L41), between Page, AZ and the Grand Canyon	Mike & Steve at their OSH 2003 campsite. They're hoping to return in 2004.	In Pagosa Springs, CO (2V1) in March of 2003 looking North into the Weminuche wilderness area.

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Updated 4/9/05

Updated 5/9/05

Updated 6/5/05

Jack Allison -- 1971 Piper Arrow -- N2104T

Jack lives in Sacramento, CA and is now the owner (with two partners) of the most beautiful '71 Piper Arrow on the planet.  As you can see from the pix, below, this bird is a "10" from stem to stern.  The interior is perfect, and the panel is replete with a Garmin GNS-430, JPI Engine analyzer, and many other goodies.

The other pix are of his former favorite rental steed, N8240L, and of the almost-new 2000 172 he flew into OSH '03.  Jack earned his PPL in January of 2003, and flew into Oshkosh in July -- a 3000 mile round trip! -- with his brother, Steve. Jack is a prolific contributor to the .owning and .piloting newsgroups, and plans to complete his instrument training shortly.

Jack with his new Arrow!	Is that an awesome looking Piper, or what?	Another great shot, taken on his journey home with his new bird...	Oooooo...leather...
New interior...	A view from in the hangar -- yes, that's a DC-3 in the background!	Another angle...	Nice panel!
200 HP in a Skyhawk!	Camped in the North Forty at OSH 2003	Is it heaven? Nope -- it's Oshkosh!	Added 5/9/05 -- WOW -- what an awesome picture!
Added 6/4/05: The B-17 Sentimental Journey passing by our plane at the Watsonville air show. Yes, the left wing passed over every plane!

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Gail and her husband Jim reside in Grass Valley, CA, and fly their beautifully restored 1958 182 all over the country together.  Jim is a long-time regular on all of the aviation newsgroups, and they both put on a terrific forum at Oshkosh every year.   These photos are from their visit to Iowa City in July, en route to OSH 2003.  They also own RST Engineering, makers of outstanding (and affordable!) kit aviation electronics.  See them at www.rst-engr.com. 

Jim & Gail pose with the Iowa City terminal as their backdrop...	Jim & Gail with Mary in the hotel lobby...	Untying the 182 under leaden July skies...

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Updated 6/4/06   Paul Anton -- 1946 Ercoupe -- NC2273H

On the 100th anniversary of flight Paul & Winona Anton went flying together, with Mr. Rainier towering over Puget Sound.  With Mt. Hood, Mt. Baker, and Mt. St. Helens visible in the background, it was a perfect way to celebrate 100 years of flight.  (Paul also has a certificate signed by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle attesting to his having flown on the 50th anniversary of flight, too!)

Paul and Winona have sold their Ercoupe, and are now flying a lovely '51 TriPacer out of 1S0, Thun Field, in Puyallup, Washington. (See the new pic, below)

Paul's new bird -- a 1951 O-320-powered Tri-Pacer!	There they go...	...in flight for 50 years!	On a picture-perfect day!

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Steven lives in Tadcaster, England (near York) but has an FAA private pilot certificate with helicopter privileges.  He keeps his helicopter(s) at his home (he also owns an ex-RAF Westland Gazelle), and has owned 4 piston-powered Enstroms, 2 turbine-powered Enstroms, and a Hiller 12C.  See more of his stuff at  www.hometown.aol.co.uk/stevenatherton/index.html

Steven's MD600	A cool shot -- landing in the snow!

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Ken, now based in Kissimmee, Florida, is a long-time reader of rec.aviation (since 1989, when there was only one group!), and helped organize an early rec.aviation event, a fly-in to the New England Air Museum back in 1991.  He is very involved with sport aviation, and completed his RV-8 in 2002.   The RV has been to Florida twice, and Oregon once.  

Ken and his beautiful bird...	Ken doing formation flight training!	Close-up air-to-air...	Neat view from below...

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Steven bought his first plane last October, along with his partners Bill Eves and Randy Cox.  They are based at Springfield, IL (SPI), and are also members of the Springfield Flying Club.  (To find out more about the flying club, go to www.tropicalbits.com/spi)   Steven has been flying for almost three years, has about 200 hours, and is currently working on his instrument rating.

Bill, Randy & Steven	A sharp looking '64 Cherokee!

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Doug is based in Colorado, is a regular contributor to the aviation newsgroups, and sent in these four beautiful pictures of his Husky.   On floats, on wheels -- what a great plane!

Husky on floats, with Doug and his crew	Now that's my kind of camping!	Colorado is gorgeous and unforgiving	A sweet panel in a great plane!

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Eric is based in Toledo, Ohio, at Metcalf Airport (TDZ), and has been a long time "lurker" on the rec.aviation newsgroups.  He just became a first-time owner this month, when he purchased his 1959 Pilatus P3 warbird.  It was registered as A-848 in the Swiss Air Force from 1959 to 1990.  After "retirement" it was reassembled in the US in 1996, and Eric is now its third US owner.  The plane is similar to a T-34, but with a much heavier structure and slightly lower performance (due to almost 500 lbs more aluminum!).   Cruise speed is about 135 knots, and Vne is 270!   The turboprop Pilatus PC-7 and the current T-6 Texan II are descendents of the P3.

Now this plane rates high in "cool" factor!	A rear view...	A great shot!	Better yet!
A warbird's cockpit...	...Times two...

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Added 10/28/05   Alan Bloom -- 1960 Cessna Skylane -- N8565T

Alan and his wife, Sue, are based in Boulder, CO (1V5), and fly all over the Southwest.  Alan grew up in Chicago, but came to Boulder to attend college in 1968 -- and never left.  Sue prefers "destination flying" to places like Taos, Santa Fe, and Sheridan, and usually passes on Alan's weekend site-seeing trips.  Because of this, their two Flying Mutts, Simon and Idgie, have more flying hours than Sue!   Because the dogs are 15 and 13 now, respectively, Alan bought them them a ramp, shown with lovely Sue, to make entry and egress easier.  (The dogs wouldn't cooperate!)  He's also included "before" and "after" pics of the 182's interior.  Read more about Alan & Sue at their website, www.flyingmutts.com

The Skylane at Steamboat Springs...	A "before" shot of their interior....	And an "after" shot!	Sue and Alan in the German Alps...
The "Flying Mutts" in Leadville...	Sue with the doggy ramp...

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Updated 12/16/03  Updated 12/24/04 Updated 5/2/05  Chris Blythe --  Piper Tri-Pacer -- G-ARCC Hailing from the United Kingdom, Chris gets to REALLY fly over the white cliffs of Dover once in a while!  He belongs to a flying club with about 20 members, and three different planes, including a Vagabond and a Wassmer (a French 3-seater.)   The club is based at Popham Field, home to a couple of Yaks, a Pitts,  a raft of ultralights, and a DH Hornet Moth.  Read more about it at their website,  http://www.popham-airfield.co.uk/ 5/2/05 Update:  "Here are two more planes I have a share in.  The blue plane is a Wassmer 52, French Built with a 180 hp Lycoming engine and VP prop. Very slippery and one of the first production glass fibre aircraft.  Unlikely there are any like it in the US as there are only two on the UK register." "The Warrior N registration allows me to use my FAA IR here, although as you can see from the other picture it likes to be in special places. On this occasion it was at Cardiff Wales airport, the day the Concordes left service. The Concorde here left Cardiff and joined up with the others to make their final arrivals into Heathrow after their farewell tours." Chris and his outstanding Piper TriPacer! Aerial view of Popham field... Another shot of Chris with his clean Tripacer... Many people say it's the best plane Piper ever built... Right downwind for Popham... September 2004 This is Chris with the Cessna TR182 in which he completed his IR. Chris was there the day the Concorde departed the skies... Chris' Warrior... A Wassmer 52 -- one of the first fiberglass airplanes... Back to Top

Added 12/19/03   Andrew Boyd -- Pitts Special  -- C-GKPS From Merricksville, Ontario, Canada, Andrew and his Dad, Tim, fly airshows in their Pitts Specials all over North America!   Andrew has his ATP rating, and Tim is a former CAF pilot.  Andrew has been on the newsgroups for many years, and "was especially active back in the 'Old Days Before the Big Split', when Geoff Peck was running things..."  To find out more about their flight demonstration team, click www.pittspecials.com . Tim, Mr. Curtiss Pitts, and Andrew Tim's in KPS, Andrew is in TPS... Hang on tight! Tim in his F-104 Starfighter days... Back to Top

Residing in St. James, MN, Greg is active in all things aviation.  Greg came to our "First Annual Fly-In Oshkosh Pool Party" in July 2003, made it to the "rec.aviation" party at Oshkosh, and stopped in at Montblack's Anoka, MN gig for the "National Air Tour" in September!   He's a regular contributor to both "owning" and "piloting".

Three quarters view of Greg's 57 year old beauty	Greg and his bird!	A different angle of a classic bird	A panel straight from the 1940s...

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Updated 3/7/05   Jim Burns -- 1966 Piper Aztec -- N6205Y

Jim is a CFI,  farmer and prolific poster on the 'groups.  Based in Wisconsin, he and his partners fly their gorgeous Aztec all over the Midwest.  

That is a sweet-looking Aztec	Better than new!	3/6/05 Jim spotted taxiing out at Lone Rock (LNR), WI	3/6/05 Jim rolling toward the runway at Lone Rock....

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Dave Butler is based in Raleigh, N.C., and says "After owning a couple of ragtag airplanes, finally I have one I don't mind showing off in pictures!"  N1701D is a 1981 Mooney M20J that Dave shares with three other partners. That beautiful paint and interior were done by John & Adam Hudson of Grace Air in Kingstree, SC.

Dave has been a private pilot (with instrument) since 1988, and is working on his commercial (He says "It's about time.") at this time.  He's been to Oshkosh every year since 1996, although he says it looks like he may miss 2004.    

Dave & Becky Butler	What a gorgeous Mooney!	And an equally awesome interior!	Mile-deep paint really looks good...
Nice panel, too!

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Bryan Chaisone -- 1996 Robinson R22 - N1964J

Bryan obtained his helicopter certificate in '96, and has been lurking in R.A.H. ever since.  Based in Manassas, Virginia, Bryan was born in Laos, and has been a U.S. citizen since the age of nine.   He's one of the few pilots we've seen that can actually get good-looking chicks to share the expense of the ride!   Not bad for a guy who says he recently spent three months as a monk, getting in touch with his roots... 

That's Bryan in the black hat, pre-flighting	A rock-steady hover...	Coming back home...	Mind-flying!
At the airport with Bryan, Ana, Grandpa, niece Amour, and Emily.	The cousins!	Emily, Ana, and Dad's finger...	Airport in Frederick, MD
Nieces visiting from France with Emily & Ana	Nieces from France -- helicopter ride!	At St. Alexander Bay	Winchester Fly-In -- Cool Gee-Bee!
Bryan at the Winchester Fly-In...	First off-airport landing!	Added 5/9/05: Bryan flying his brother (the groom) into his outdoor wedding!	Added 5/9/05: The helicopter in St. Alexander Bay...
Added 5/9/05: Another view.

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Bob & Susie reside in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and have been married for 37 years.  They have three adult children (all born in Wales, while Bob was in grad school), one grand child, and enjoy flying their Archer all over the country.  Bob is president & CEO of ViewPoint Medical, LLC (see it at http://www.geocities.com/viewptmd/ ), a biomedical engineering firm.  Bob has put together a website memorial for his late father, Lt. Col. Jess Chilcoat, at Dad.html).

Bob & Susie at St. Hubert airport in Montreal, Nov '03	Bob & Susie Chilcoat	The Statue of Liberty just months before 9/11.	Bob overflying the Arecebo Observatory in Puerto Rico in 2002
The hills of Puerto Rico	The whole Bob Chilcoat Clan, minus grandson Trystan, who was "in utero" at the time the pic was taken!	A bittersweet sight: The Trade Center towers

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Added 11/26/03   Aaron Coolidge -- 1968 Piper Cherokee 180 -- N9376J Aaron makes Marlborough, MA his home, and bases his beautiful 180 at Mansfield Municipal (1B9).  He's owned 76J for just over three years, amassing over 500 hours in the air in a very short period of time! Brrr... Aaron on the ice in Alton Bay in New Hampshire The other temperature extreme in Cedar Key, Florida! At First Flight -- where it all began... Aaron's panel before he yanked the old ADF Air-to-air shot of 76J! Back to Top

Tony lives in beautiful Las Vegas, NV, and has been an aviation newsgroup contributor for at least five years.  He enjoys flying in the gorgeous VFR weather of the desert southwest.

Tony flies over the Valley of Fire	N3083F over the Colorado River	Tying up in Kidwell	In Bullhead City

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Jer/ (that's NOT a typo) has been a contributor to rec.aviation* since 1984.  He is an FAA Aviation Safety Counselor, Civil Air Patrol check-pilot and a CFII in airplanes, seaplanes and gliders.  He flies the mountains and backcountry of Idaho, Utah and Colorado for adventure, fun and specializes in mountain flight training.  His web site is at: www.frii.com/~jer and he also is the Chief Flight instructor at Poudre Aviation:  www.poudreaviation.com  

That's Jer/ on the right with Dan & Nancy Griffin	At Bullfrog Basin Airport (U07)	Looking to the north at Lake Powell, Utah.	"Wild Wind II" -- a 64 foot houseboat that sleeps 14!
Soaring at Owl Canyon Gliderport (4C02) in Wellington, Colorado

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Based at Spruce Creek Fly-In, in Daytona Beach, FL, Orval is a regular contributor to the groups, and owns arguably one of the coolest planes of all, a 1946 Johnson Rocket.   Every Saturday morning 20 - 30 planes (!) from Spruce Creek get together and fly somewhere for breakfast, in formations of 2 - 5 planes, according to performance.  Orval is also active in EAA Chapter 386, which has launched 15 planes into the air this year alone!

What a clean design...	That looks like Oshkosh farmland in the background!	You can see its fighter-inspired design...

From Inyokern, CA, Stu and Kathy get the honor of listing the first "Fling-Winger" in the Rogue's Gallery -- their beautiful, award-winning "Baby Belle"!   He and his "Last Mate" Kathy enjoy flying "Baby" all over the desert Southwest. 

Who needs a runway? They've got a personal heli-pad!	At the Mirage Dry Lake Fly-in	Flying at Trona airport, near Death Valley.

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Jim has been a regular on the groups for years, injecting his down-home Alabama take on both current events and aviation in equal doses.   Although he keeps promising to visit Iowa, and to attend Oshkosh, real-life keeps getting in the way.  Jim has recently sold his bird,  but he assures us that he'll be back in the saddle soon! 

Jim and his son, Ben...	Tammy & Connor in the back, where it's safer (!)	Jim expresses his true feelings toward pop-up TFRs!

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Jim bought his RV-4 "very used" and rebuilt it to his requirements.  He designed that cool paint scheme on his computer, and painted it in his barn!  It has a Lycoming O-360 with a Sensenich fixed metal cruise prop, a full vacuum panel, plus a GPS-guided Navaid Devices autopilot with altitude hold.  "Special Equipment" includes a smoke system, "electronic" machine guns, and both wings wired for functioning "flour bomb" racks! 

A "Beach Barbecue" -- on a frozen lake! Brrrr....	Nice panel!

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Tom has been around the rec.aviation groups since he began flying in 1992, posting occasionally, but "mostly lurking, reading, and learning." He holds a private pilot certificate ASEL with an instrument rating and is a member of the Westchester Flying Club, based at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY (KHPN).

Tom & the Archer	The club's V35 Beech Bonanza...	The Club's '63 Beech Debonair

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Dan is a long-time contributor to the newsgroups.  He is also a prolific free-lance writer, with many published books and magazine articles.   Dan says "Zero Six Hotel is a 1946 J-3 beautifully rebuilt a few years ago as an L-4. It has the green-house glazing and the star, but retains the Cub Yellow paint for the sake of visibility in the pattern.  It belongs to Hampton Airport, New Hampshire (7B3).  I am one of the few students who stuck with J-3s throughout my training, and therefore got a recreational license, and I am one of only a couple of regular renters today.

I soloed at 67 after 48 hours and got my license a year later with 102 hours--none of those being a field record!

Last year I realized there was no central place for Cub knowledge, so I started the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com."  

Dan with his beloved Zero-Six-Hotel...

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Updated 4/27/04    John Forster -- Grumman AA5B Tiger -- G-TYGA

John flies out of a "very expensive Biggin Hill" (of World War II fame) in Kent, England.  The AA5 is rented by the Civilair Flying Club, and is owned by one of the members.  The first picture shows one of those all-too-infrequent "must fly" days, with his Great Nephew.  The second photo is at the Duxford Air Museum with John's son.  (Added 4/27/04) The third picture is from a trip to Shoreham, one of the nicest airports on the southern coast of England, near Brighton.

Grand nephew's first flight in a light plane!	At the Duxford Air Museum.	Trip to Shoreham

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Based at Reid-Hillview Airport, in beautiful San Jose, CA, Ron has what surely must be the prettiest Navion on earth.  The engine has been upgraded to the IO-520, and they have won a couple of "Lindys" at Oshkosh with this stunning aircraft.

Ron and his gorgeous bird...	You could eat off of those valve covers!	What a pretty sight!	That's a clean interior...
And how about THIS for a panel???

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Updated 9/11/05

Updated 11/13/06  

David Gamblin -- 1976 Piper Warrior --  C-GDQT

Hailing from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, David has been on the newsgroups since 1993, and has been flying since 1983.  He has built and flown model aircraft since 1963, and is slowly working on his commercial.  He co-owns his aircraft with two partners, and hopes to fly into Oshkosh some day!

9/11/05 update:  Out with the old, in with the new!  Dave now has acquired a Piper Warrior!

9/11/05 The new Piper!	9/11/05 Another view of a fine looking aircraft...	David with his former steed, a fine Skyhawk...	A side view of C-GTHL...	Another view...
And the tail-feather-view!	Added 11/06: Here's the final paint job!	Added 11/06: Another shot of the beautiful paint!	Added 11/06: What a great looking plane!

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Bob's been flying since 1960, and has his Private, Instrument, Commercial, MEL, CFII, ATP, and Lear type-rating.  He instructed until 1977, then flew 400-series Cessnas as a freight dog.  He ran an AST-300 simulator business on Boeing Field from 1980 - '88, when his writing took over his life.  He's been on Usenet since around 1999, and regards it as an invaluable tool in his career as the author of several books (that many of us regard as "The Bibles" of aviation).   See his published books at www.ASA2Fly.com

Bob with Karl Gruber's Cessna 185 on floats.	That's a great looking, go-anywhere plane!

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Hailing from Spokane, WA's Felts Field,  Al owns his gorgeous Skyhawk with three partners.  He wanders around Washington State and Northern Idaho with his two sons.

N3082U at Grant County Airport in Moses Lake, WA, with its 13,500 foot runway	In Al's hangar at Felt's Field.	Al's kids in Sandpoint, Idaho	A beautiful shot of the Cascades...
Al in Ione, WA, not far from Canada...	A great looking panel!

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Updated 12/4/04      George & Fran Graham -- 1998 EZ -- N4449E

George and his wife Fran hail from Bradenton, FL, and built their canard pusher over the course of four years.  Their first flight was in November of '98, in Niagara Falls, NY.   It is powered by an RX7 Wankel Mazda rotary engine, and tools along at over 200 mph!  They have enjoyed its long (over 1000 nautical mile) range for family visits to Western NY, Florida, and Tennessee.   Since moving to Florida they now fly primarily for fun -- and food!

George & the EZ	A quarter view...	A good side view...	Fran & George...
The EZ is a cool-looking bird...

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Updated 12/3/04   Mike Granby -- Piper Saratoga -- N8096J

Mike is based in York, PA, and normally flies about 100 hours per year.  His first plane was a 180 hp Arch-Warrior that he purchased in 2000.  During his ownership he had it re-painted and had new avionics installed.   In the fall of 2004 he purchased his new ride, an awesome 1980 Piper Saratoga.  The chap studying the chart (below) comes along for the ride and appreciates all that extra room!!  To see more pics of Mike and his bird, click  here

The new Saratoga on the ramp...	I don't think Mike has enough gadgets to play with now...	A cavernous cabin...	...with club seating for the whole fam damily!
Mike's son checking out the flight plan!	Mikes old Arch-Warrior, in the paint shop...	THAT was a great looking Warrior...	Another view of his old (and somewhat rare) Arch-Warrior....

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Ben Haas, from Jackson Hole, WY, is a regular newsgroup contributor, and is in the final stages of building his beautiful Zenith 801 STOL aircraft.   Ben is using an aluminum block Ford V8 auto engine conversion based on NASCAR technology, so this plane will really GO when it's done!

Updated 4/25/04     An Update from Ben:

Hi Jay, the plane has flown and it is perfect. Well, except the motor might be a little too big. It takes both feet on the right rudder to keep it out of the sagebrush., ha. Pick through these new pics and post the ones you think are good. And yes. that is Air Force Two in the background.  He lives in Paradise too... (All the new pics are in the 2nd and 3rd rows)

That's a NASCAR motor in there!	The empennage...	A sharp interior!	Topped off with a great panel!
Post-flight pic #1 -- THAT is a high visibility plane!	Post-Flight Pic #2	Post-Flight Pic #3	Post-Flight Pic #4
Post-Flight Pic #5	Post-Flight Pic #6

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Roger, from Midland, MI, is a long-time newsgroup contributor, and the proud owner of the "World's Oldest Deb" -- N833R.  It was the second one ever built, and the first off the assembly line.  As such, it has 30 hours of "pre-production flight testing" in the log book.   Roger started flying back in 1963, but a wife, two kids, and a new home in the country put a temporary end to his flying in '87.  At that point he quit working as in instrument technician, went back to college full-time to study Computer Science, and with two pilot "wannabees"  bought a share in his first plane, a Cherokee 180 (N6360J).   He's owned 833R since 1991, and has flown it over 1000 hours with his wife, Joyce.

In flight over a beautiful fall backdrop...

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Bela bases his beautiful Cessna 170B at Crest Airpark in Covington, Washington, and has been a contributor to the newsgroups since 1995.  He says that he appreciates the Rogue's Gallery, and has a lot of fun "browsing through all the rec.aviation folks' airplanes & bios."   Bela has a commercial license with instrument rating, and has been flying off and on since 1976.  

Over Eastern Washington after a weekend of trap shooting	At Cold Meadows airstrip in the Idaho back-country.	At Cabin Creek in Idaho. A gaggle of 7 planes came in and bruised the strip!	Bela's long-term project -- a North American T-6! He's been working on it for 8 years already...

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After Paul saw Jack Allison's beautiful new Arrow in the gallery, he knew he couldn't let Jack steal all the glory -- so he submitted these pictures of his beautiful Piper retractable!   Living in Chicago without a car presents some unique flying problems, especially since the Arrow is hangared many miles away in Gary, Indiana!  Paul solves this problem by catching the train and walking a mile from the airport station to his hangar whenever he needs to fly.  Until King Daley bulldozed Meigs Field in the middle of the night, Paul was able to watch air traffic going in and out from his living room window....

Nice panel!	A clean looking Arrow, indeed...

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From Salinas, CA, Jav is directly responsible for the existence of this webpage!  By providing the web server space, he has enabled all of us to see (and lust after) each other's aircraft -- thanks a million, Jav!   And his plane happens to be one of the best of all -- just check out that panel, ladies and gentlemen!   Jav has taken a good, solid bird and -- with the addition of new paint, new lighting, and new avionics -- turned it into a real gem.  See more of this beautiful airplane at http://www.kjsl.net/~javier/phpix/index.php?album=fly

Look at that paint gleam!	Shiny? Nope -- that's GLISTENING!	THAT is a panel, boys and girls!	Enough digital gauges to keep you happy?
The youngest A&P in California!	Dad's big helpers!	The look says it all -- flying is FUN!

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Active on the newsgroups since they bought their first plane -- a '75 Piper Warrior -- in 1998, Jay & Mary live in Iowa City, IA.  Along with their two children, they now fly "Atlas" -- their 1974 Pathfinder -- all over the U.S. on both business and pleasure! 

"Atlas" -- our 1974 Cherokee Pathfinder -- basks in the sun at the National Cherokee Fly-In	New and old -- Atlas parked next to our old Warrior, "Baby" at OSH 2003	The whole fam damily at OSH 2003	All of us with Atlas in Afton, OK
Nov. 2003 -- Panoramic view of Atlas' new interior	Nov 2003 -- New interior, left front

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Greg and his partner base their beautiful 150 in Columbus, Ohio.  They've added all sorts of nifty goodies, including an oil sump heater, Hooker harnesses, and dual PTT switches.  Greg has followed the .student and .owning groups for several years.

He says "It's nice to put a face with Jim Weir's name" and is planning to come to Iowa in the summer of '04!

That's a nice 150, folks!	Greg and the "Pride of Ownership" pose!	Look at her go!	Off into the wild, blue yonder...
Tucked safely away...

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Neal is based at Wichita Valley Airport (F14), in Wichita Falls, TX, and has been on the groups for about four years.  He started flying lessons in 1999, but quit after only 9 hours due to money troubles.  He resumed in February, 2000, and got his ticket in August of that year.  His longest flights, to date, have been to Iowa (to pick up the Checkerbird), and to the Pinckneyville Rec.Aviation 2002 Fly-In.   He's also explored the central plains of Colorado, and the Hill Country of Texas.  

The Checkerbird at the 2003 Southwest Regional Fly-In	Coming in to land at the Pinckneyville Rec.Aviation fly in!

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