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Article: Aeronca Chief: One For The Kids
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- Plane and Pilot
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Werner Publishing Corporation Mar 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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BUILT BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN RIVERSIDE, CALIF., THIS AIRPLANE IS A PRIZE-WINNER AND A PRIDE-WINNER
Sometime in the last century, I was a stereotypical airport kid. In those halcyon days, I used to ride my bicycle down to America's oldest continuously operating airport at College Park, Md., and just hang out, marveling at the wide variety of airplanes and their pilots as they came and went.
I went on to join the Civil Air Patrol as a cadet after moving to Anchorage, Alaska, at age 13; flew a few-dozen flight-hours on search-and-rescue missions (all search and no rescue); and eventually managed to earn a license.
Sadly, general aviation has changed dramatically in the last 40 years. ...
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