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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Ms. Barbara Kerper

Primary and Secondary Flight Training and experience:
* U.S. Army Air Corps (1943-1946)
* Civilian Pilots License in 1946 at age 21
* Logged 2488 hours as Flight Instructor
* Charter Pilot
* Ratings include: Airline Transport; Commercial Airline; Single Engine and Multi-Engine Land and Glider; Instrument Rating; Flight Instructor - Airplane and Link Trainer Instructor
* Typed in:
o DeHavilland Dove DH-10
o Beechcraft King Air Series
o Various piston and turboprop twin aircraft -- Piper, Cessna, Beechcraft, Aero Commander twins: AC500, 520, 560, 680 & 720; Jet Commander; Westwind I & II; Cessna Citations; Falcon 50 and Falcon 900B
* 24,426 accident-free flight hours over a 49 year aviation career

Fixed Base Operations experience includes 24 years service with Reading Aviation Service, Reading, PA
* Aircraft Mechanic and Maintenance Department
* Aircraft Sales Department
* Flight Training Department
* Chief Pilot, Reading Aviation Service. Instrumental in development of commuter service with routes to Buffalo, NY; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia, Allentown, and Pittsburgh, PA. Service later purchased by US Airways.

Awards Director for Reading Air Show, second largest aviation trade show in the world. Show participants included the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the Golden Knights, Mary Gaffney and Bob Hoover.

Corporate experience includes the start and development of the VF Corporation Aviation Department in Reading, PA in 1970. Served as Chief Pilot and Director of Aviation over a 25-year period. Department grew to four bases of operation in Reading, PA; Monroeville, AL; Kansas City, MO; and Greensboro, NC with 30 pilots and eleven aircraft including Falcon 900B, Falcon 50, Westwind II, Piper Chieftain, Piper Navajo, Beechcraft King Air, and Cessna Citations. Traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Central and South America, Europe and Israel