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After many years of dreaming of flying I had an opportunity to start to learn in J3’s in the early 50”s,and acquired several hours, but that was interrupted by the Korean War. A couple decades, and a Chemical Engineering Degree later I found time (and money) to resume my flying. I soloed at Vandenberg Airport, got my private ticket and my instrument rating there. Also it was at Vandenberg that Tyke and I got our first airplane, A Short Wing Piper Colt (PA22/109). While I was based there, I had the opportunity to rebuild and fly a triple tail Bellanca, tail dragger. That was followed by a Bellanca Viking, a Mooney Exec. and finally back to the short wing Pipers; N3108 Z, a PA 22/160