Uncle Ron Socash from Valencia, PA
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Uncle Mike socash from San Mateo, CA
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Peter Schwab from Germany
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Jim Branch from Denver, CO. Spent New Year's at the bottom of the ocean in a bathysphere.
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Building a plane is work, and it's also fun!
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After putting in a rivet or two, everyone gets to sign the plans as Jim is doing here.
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Neighbor Johnny joins us from afar.
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Joe Cress
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Bill Bower
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John Holst
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Don Long of Boulder, CO(By the way, Don Long was Bob Hoover's crew chief and is the only person we know personally who has flown supersonic.)
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Gordon Page of Louisville, CO (Gordon is the president and founder of Warbird Recovery and has lived to tell some amazing stories about recovering aircraft from abroad.)
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Krista Socash
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Paul Cress
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Tom Edwards of Boulder, Co (Connie's first flight instructor and friend)
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Cousin Jimmy Huber of Texas
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Stewart Kershaw of Seattle, WA. Director of Seattle Ballet
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Yvette Rivera of Peru and Boulder, CO, Spanish teacher extraordinaire!
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Matt Oetting
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Eric Gilleland of Boulder, Co (the only person we know who has learned the language of Friesland.)
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Ted Santuae
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Kurt Noltensmeyer of Erie, CO (hard at work!)
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Fr. Herman
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Cole Kugel of Longmont, Co. As of 2007, Cole was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the oldest living pilot in the world at 104 years of age and has lived through both World War I and World War II!
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Cole's caretaker Martha
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Brian Butler
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Rod DeZafra, Major, US Marine Corps., Harrier Squadron commander
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Rod's friend
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