There Was Just Something About Michael - FLYING Magazine
Departed dear pilot friend was his own man on the ground and in the air.
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Departed dear pilot friend was his own man on the ground and in the air.
Designed to compete with Piper Cubs, Cessna 120s and other taildraggers of the 1940s, the Chief had side-by-side seating that many preferred.
“I can remember the day I was born” and thus begins the life story of Jim Dick. James Elmer Dick was born April 27, 1930, to Lawrence and Ruby (Hallquist) Dick on a farm near Englevale, ND. A storyteller like his father and immigrant grandmother, Jim enjoyed telling the story he heard so often about his grandma Mary running across the field to her son’s farmhouse, apron strings fluttering in the wind, to deliver her grandson Jim that fine spring morning.
Aeronca’s Chief features side-by-side seating that makes it well suited for traveling couples.
When it comes to aircraft owners in the FAA's registry, men outnumber women, particularly when it comes to vintage aircraft ownership.