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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:

1939 first soloed at Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio
1939 – 1942 and 1948 – 1951 Taught aircraft maintenance at Cincinnati Vocational School
1942 Helped set up Army Aviation Program at Fort Sill, OK
1946 – 1948 Served in Korea as an Army pilot
1948 – 1951 Flew in the Army Reserve
1951 Recalled to active duty
1955 – 1957 Activated Helicopter Company of H-34s at Fort Sill, OK
1957 – 1960 Advisor for U.S. military aid to Turkey
1960 – 1965 Assigned to Army Material Command – St. Louis
1965 Retired from the Army as a Lt. Colonel
1965 – 1994 Flew as a private pilot
1982 – 1990 Built a homebuilt plane – a “Rutan Variviggen”
1990 – 1994 Flew homebuilt plane
1995 Homebuilt donated to the “International Sport Aviation Museum” in Lakeland, FL
Organizations affiliated with: Q.B., E.A.A., Silver Wings, Cincinnati Airmans Club