I grew up inDenver Colorado, moved to Central Illinois in 1984, and received my pilotslicense in December 1986. My reasoning behind my license, was to spend timewith my husband and to have something in common with him. We have two childrenwho have since moved on to their own lives. Life has been great, as it hastaken us all over the world, where we currently have several friends inaviation across the globe, and has allowed us the opportunity to fly in severaltypes of airplanes.
My first NationalStearman Fly-In was in 1984; I think I have only missed one. We purchased ourfirst Stearman in April 1991, a 1941 Army model. We currently own a 1943 E75custom Stearman, 1930 4-E, and “The Beast”, a Stearman converted to a cropduster which we intend to keep as a duster to preserve it in history.
