About Us

About Us

I was born in Kansas City, Missouri In 1924.  I got interested in airplanes at an early age and built many model airplanes as I grew up. While in high school, I learned drafting, and I designed some of my own model airplanes.  I soon had a basement full of model airplanes; some were trophy winners. 

WWII started in 1941, and I enlisted in the Army Air Corps at age 17.  I got my first airplane to crew soon after. I went from a BT-13 trainer to being a crew chief on a B-24 Bomber before the war was over.  I took advantage of riding on every possible type of airplane while in the Army Air corps. 

After the war, I started working for Shell Oil Co. as an instrument tech. During that time, I learned to fly at La Porte, TX airport just east of Houston, Texas.    

While working at Shell, I built my first home-built airplane.  It was a Junior Ace, a two-place high-wing plane. The Junior Ace was the first of 14 airplanes I ended up building. After retiring from Shell, we moved to Sport Flyers airfield on the west side of Houston.  I built my 60ft by 80ft hanger and moved in the attached apartment.

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