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Interesting Characters in Aviation.

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PMD

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I have done the Forest Gump thing for decades, and run into some of THE most interesting people on the planet. In aviation, I have the phenomenal good luck to be well acquainted with Canada's highest time pilot (ever, I believe, at about 48,000 hours!!) and good friends with THE most prodigious "amateur" designer/builder with 12 designs flying (our very own "craftsven"). Have known a fair number of the guy's who built airlines - and a bunch of "good old boys" with WWII experience and airplanes (pretty much all gone now) and did a lot of business with the guy who dragged Rotax kicking and screaming into the aircraft engine business (Ron Shettler) - all with some good stories and has been a blast to get to know them.

Went over to Ontario this weekend (since I could drive into OSH!) and visited friends and family. One of my cousins has retired into a small town - Blacklock - NE of Toronto near Skugog Lake (couldn't make up THAT name!) I asked him if he knew that "Father Goose" (the late Bill Lishman) was from the same town - to which he added "and that's his house 50 yards thattaway". Apparently he was quite a character and lived life large. Sadly I missed the opportunity to meet him in person by a couple years, but IMHO a noteworthy figure in aviation - particularly ultralight av.
 
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