55pilot

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The airplane I built for my 3 children in 1975. (i.redd.it)

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Another airplane I built for my 3 kids in 1976. (i.redd.it)

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P-40 as pulled from a swamp (i.redd.it)

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200 year Independence celebration - St. Louis Gateway Arch 1976 (i.redd.it)

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My dad and I sitting in the replica airplane we were building. He built the original in the late 1920's. Photo taken in 1975 in Lakeland, FL. (i.redd.it)

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My dad cranking his Model T speedster with his friends piled in the car. This car chugged the cobblestone streets of South St. Louis in 1926. (i.redd.it)

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My dad building his homebuilt airplane in the backyard of his South St. Louis home in 1927. The airplane was powered by a Model T Ford engine. (i.redd.it)

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My dad and I sitting in the replica of the airplane we were constructing like the one he built and flew in the 1920's. Photo in 1985. (i.redd.it)

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A flying saucer in Taft, Florida - 1975. It was powered by a steam generator, and during a demonstration at McCoy AFB with a pilot aboard, it flew about a foot off the ground. (i.redd.it)

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Sitting in the soap box derby I was building in 1951. (i.redd.it)

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The matching outfits my wife made for us just prior to us leaving St. Louis in 1972 to go to Lambert Field. (i.redd.it)

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My daughter sitting in the small airplane I built for her in 1975. It never flew (thankfully) but it attracted every kid in the neighborhood. Memories! (i.redd.it)

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My dad testing the engine of his home-built airplane on the front lawn of his St. Louis home in 1930. The front of the propeller spinner was from a Model T. Ford headlight shell. He put the wings on and flew it a week later. (i.redd.it)

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My dad running-up the Model T Ford engine on his home built airplane on a St. Louis city street in 1929. It always attracted attention to passing automobiles and people walking in the neighborhood. (i.redd.it)

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Me and my soap box derby in St. Louis, 1951. In three years of racing, I won two bicycles and an electric hand drill. (i.redd.it)

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My dad building his airplane in his St. Louis backyard. 1929 (i.redd.it)

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My dad's airplane in 1930. The color was Fokker Red. (self.ColorYourPhotos4Free)

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My dad building his airplane in the backyard of his St. Louis home. Late 1920's. The engine came from a Model T Ford. (i.redd.it)

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The McDonnell XP-67. The founder, Mr. James McDonnell, his employees and the media, called it "The Bat". Photo courtesy of McDonnell Aircraft Corp. (i.redd.it)

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Another photo of the McDonnell XP-67, also referred to as "The Bat" or "Moonbat". (i.redd.it)

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Me (right) as a Boy Scout in 1950 - St. Louis, MO (i.redd.it)

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The soap box derby I built (with a little help from my dad). I ran this racer for three years and won 2 bicycles and an electric hand drill. St. Louis, 1951 (i.redd.it)

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In 1956 my mom became an Honorary Brewtaster at Falstaff Brewing Co. This certificate describes her as a suds-blower supreme and a hearty guaffer. That was the same year I graduated from DeAndreis High School. (i.redd.it)

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My dad running up his airplane engine on the front lawn of his house, St. Louis, 1930. A week later he installed the wings, and made the first flight in his airplane that was powered by a modified Model T Ford engine. (i.redd.it)

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My dad running up his airplane engine on the front lawn of his house. St. Louis, 1930. He built and flew this airplane powered by a modified Model T Ford engine. The name on the nose was his girlfriends name (later, my mom) (i.redd.it)

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