It Floats!
My dad was a nut about airplanes like I am about guitars. In 1958, we were living in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Dad bought a brand-new Piper Super-Cub, had it fitted with pontoons at the Piper...
View ArticleFlying Boats
My dad was in love with the idea of flying boats; we’ve seen photos of his small float plane earlier in this blog. In this photo, taken by him in 1958, we see a Catalina PBY flying boat which was then...
View ArticleLong-Lived Mooney!
Here are a couple of shots of what was, to me, one of the prettiest planes my dad ever had: a Mooney Mark 20C. These photos are from 1962. You can easily spot a Mooney by the 90° leading edge of the...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....