FOUNDER & CHIEF WORRYWART: K. O. Eckland

STAFF: Peter Bergen
Walter J. Boyne
William T. Larkins
Dennis Parks
Raymond L. Puffer
RESEARCH: Joe Baugher
Ron Billman
Ed Drury
Jack Erickson
Jos Heyman
John M. Jarratt

MEMORIAM:  K.O. Eckland : Peter M. Bowers : Lennart Johnsson : Frank G. Tallman : Edward J. Young

MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS:  Drina Welch Abel : Brian Baker : Vincent J. Berinati : Eric Blocher : Jim Bohannan : Roger Cain : Pat Carry : Dr Ralph S. Cooper : Ron Dupas : Kaj Ekman : Tore Ericsson ; Jim Graves : Andy Heins : Jay Hendrickson : John K Lewis : Marty Maisel : Joe Martin : Richard L. Meister Jr : Ralph Nortell : Leo J. Opdyke : Tom Parramore : Eric Paslick : Ron Reuther : Eric Rearwin : Frank Rezich : Christian Santoir : Clark Scott : Andrew Seybel : Dan Shumaker : Cristopher Toth : Johan Visschedijk : Gary Williams

EMAILS TO: AEROFILES  

LANDMAIL: Aerofiles, Dan Eckland 5566 Wilson Ln Paradise, CA 95969-6141



What you see on our 360+ pages is the result of a half-century of research, note-taking, and data-gathering that began one evening in Frank Tallman's retreat at Orange County Airport and rapidly got out of hand. The full story, unexpurgated, uncensored, and really not all that exciting, is only a finger-click away.

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