09/22/2024
Happy Tears!
I built the Loening Amphibian when I was 16 years old; and after competing and winning many contests, I donated the airplane to the Pensacola Historical Aviation Naval Museum in 1968.
Over the years, I assumed the plane was in storage or pushed aside by many others; however, I have tears of happiness to recently see my award winning Loening OL-8 Amphibian still sitting on display at the Pensacola Historical Aviation Naval Museum.
My Loening Amphibian won 8 - first places (never placed second) with only one test flight.
Competitions:
The Dallas Nationals
(I beat the space ship designer Burt Rutan),
South Western in Dallas,
Pensacola Nationals,
Miami Internationals, and Olathe Kansas Nationals.
This has been such a blessing to me to see her after all these years.