aa1bflyboy
Joined: 23 May 2008
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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:40 am Post subject: My instructor/Grumman early adopter gets the W. B. MPA toda |
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Thanks Doug. I wonder if he ever worked on my AA1B??? I recall in my 337 papers the extended tanks were installed waaaay back by a shop somewhere in the midwest. Back then the "N" number was N9664L...
Steve Roberts
AA1B - 641HY (at) ILG
AYA Region 2 Director/Forum Admin
Almost anything you do will be insignificant,
but it is very important that you do it.
- Mohandas Gandhi
| Quote: | Subject: My instructor/Grumman early adopter gets the W. B. MPA today
From: 39marinette(at)gmail.com
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 07:25:59 -0800
To: teamgrumman-list(at)matronics.com
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: "Doug Doty" <39marinette(at)gmail.com>
Going out to the airport today to be with my instructor, he is receiving, from the FAA, the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for 50 years of safe piloting. He was in the Air Force from the mid 50 through mid 70's and consistantly owned grumman airplanes since the original 1969 Yankee that he flew back and fourth from Spokane Wa. to Bedford In. during leave time. When he retired he was an FBO at his home airport aa well as the Madison airport which he flew between and also become a Grumman dealer during this time, through the end of the production in 1979. He has consistantly flown and taught in these wonderful airplanes from their inseption straight through today and even used them to fly charted small automotive freight packages for many years. I seriously doubt if any pilot has more Grumman hours. I know he has in excess of 30,000 PIC but will ask if he knows how many in type. I want to thank him for teaching me in a AA5A in 1994 and being a friend ever since.
Please give a hand for Ralph Rodgers in Madison Indiana on this special day.
Doug Doty...
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1977 AA5B N28454, Fuel Totalizer, Lopresti Nose, Red Rudder Cap, 4 cyl. egt, stock otherwise.
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