About me

Started flying in 1972 a standard Rogallo Hanglider. EAA member #99884 and Young Eagle Pilot #04. Volunteered for YE Chairmen Cliff Robertson, General Chuck Yeager and Harrison Ford. Won 3 Best-in-class awards at Oshkosh for restoring a 1946 Ercoupe and won First Place at the National Ercoupe Convention. I have flown antique/classics, warbirds, high performance airplanes, and homebuilt Powered Hanglider. I became knowledgeable in electrical and mechanical processes, tolerances, safety, reliability and quality building and flying RC planes since 1950s. FOR HISTORIANS - Many famous people started out flying in an Ercoupe including John Travolta, Johnny Carson, Sam Walton and Pappy Boyington (Pappy's first GA airplane).

Friday, October 13, 2017

Dreaming about Flying

Dreaming About Flying

I grew up playing on swing sets and jumping off as far as I could at the playground. Growing up as long as I remember I had a dreams of swinging on a swing set and jumping off a cliff hundreds of feet high. I would jump off the swing and fly through the air and I always woke up before I hit the ground. In 1972 I purchased a Standard Wing Jobe Hanglider and jumped off a Mississippi River Bluff across from the Schmidt Brewery in St. Paul, MN. That ended my childhood flying dreams. Here is a link to some of my flying interests. http://scottolson.name/bio/flyi.html