Author: bmcjunkin

Grew up at Flabob Airport with EAA Chapter One. EAA Chapter One newsletter editor for several years. Young Eagle coordinator for EAA Chapter 376 for 14 years. B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering at U.S. Air Force Academy. Design team for C-17 at McDonnell Douglas. Worked as Air Traffic Controller at San Jose Reid Hillview. Warbird restoration with Pioneer Aero, and Planes of Fame. First solo in Art Sholl's J-3 Cub in 1969. My father flew, served in USAF in Korea and at Edwards AFB. Grandfather was a pilot in the Aviation Division of the U.S. Signal Corp (later became the Army Air Service, the predecessor to the U.S. Air Force) 1917-1930, then was a corporate pilot for Conoco Oil after 1930, plus a little bit of instructing and travelling barnstorming on the side. He later served as manager/director for Conroe (TX) Municipal Airport