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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...

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Flying 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...

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Long-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...

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