A Brief History of Roscoe 1991 - 2020 - Grumman Style

A Brief History of Roscoe 1991 - 2020 - Grumman Style: Inspired by the GPA post "Who is this Roscoe anyway?"; Here is my Flying history from 1991 to 2020 to you as a 2020 Holiday Gift.


User comment from David Feinstein:


"What a lovely "Christmas card." Thank you.

Barbara and I went to our first AYA convention at Laconia in 2000. I had read about all the great cameraderie at those things, and we stopped by the hotel lounge every night. Crickets.

Two people went out of their way to talk to us, which really lit up the experience. You, and Roy LoPresti.

Thanks for drawing us in. Best wishes for the Season of Dark Months, and I wish you well in whatever we're supposed to stay tuned for."

Inspired by GPA post, ‘Who is this Roscoe anyway?’

Most of you do not know all of this mostly because when we are together we talk/work airplanes.

1991
• Education
o (Prior flunk out of college), 10 years later,
o Multiple BSs,
o 2 master,
o 2 PHDs,
o post doc work NRL
• CAC Project Moving Map Military aircraft
• Over budget, behind schedule, went to airport to buy aerial map of base area, rent flight, etc.
• Working on A&P since Charles Alexander
• 22 days later License, 92 Instrument, Commercial, 94 Multi (cougar) 98 ATP
• Bought AA5
• 780 hours first years

1992
• Started SurveyAir – left NRL government service, now contracting company with NASA
• Camera port Field approval FSDO shared with Grummans

1993
• Wright Brother Hangar,
• Airport Manager OF PCU, PICAYUNE MS
• Board member many offices
o President
o VP
o Archivist,
o Parliamentarian
o Past president
o Regional director (2 regions)
o Equipment Director
o Volunteer to be Web guy on 2005, but no joy!
• Award winner
• Trophies (you’ve seen only half of the ones I have on the wall of my hangar.
• Chaired 3 convention
o 1998,
o 2001
o 2010
• 3 co-chairs
o 1997
o 2003
o 2013
• If you have been to any of them, you had a great time. Loaned 23JK
• Brought Precision Taxi to the games 1995 Rough River
• Served on First air Boss Team (5 years)
• On back on many old printed Stars (126)

1994
• Thinking of moving
• Flying NO to I62 3 weekends a month so move
• All my flying buddies for formation in Ohio

1995 Leave south, move to Ohio

2001
Started web security business Sentential Network 2001 with Walkman

2003 Buy house on Airpark.

2005
• Work software jobs up to CTO in 2005.
o Austin
o Dearborn
o Boise
o Huntsville
o Hattiesburg
• Get A&P then IA
• Silver parachute and retired, sell all properties in US except Carpenter Road.
• Buy Luann a Yankee,
• Start Yankee Aviation
• Work with AirModsNW and Fletchair over the years
• Did many Kindnesses
o Garner
o Xmas party all Grumman shops
o Thanks top all who contributed money
• My old boss from the late 70’s sent me Xmas money.

2012 Moved to KHAO

2013
• Ejected out right before convention 2013 and forbidden by Charlie to attend Arlington even as co-chair or guest (already paid)
• Might add, attended over 20 conventions in a row (unbroken chain), Thanks Charlie! Give list

2014
• Bob Steward Hangar
• Join GPA 2014

2016
• YouTube channel now over 1000 videos
• Don’t need a memorial service for me, just get folks together and stream all my Videos (over 100 hours total time.

2018
Accident
• Lucky
• Let me thanks those of you who came and helped me after the event
Blackout of 2 months (being lots of others) means I missed many bad procedures and other stuff (swelling) glad not to remember
• Memory intact
• Came back as me! Verified
• Alive!

2019
• Rescue stuff from Ken’s
• Selling bits to the fleet

2020
• Finally back to old health, no fevers, etc. Since summer, infections under control, need only 2-4 hours of sleep again.
• Grumman info for you as
• STCs (Ken’s) to support the fleet.
• Enjoy the time I have left
• Have really enjoyed meeting all of you who helped me enjoy and expand my life, thank you all.
• What now?