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John Adams Picture
Issaquah, WA
Retired electrical engineer
I am the owner of a Kitfox LITE which I built in the fall of 1999. I would
welcome other LITE builders to make e-mail contact: jmpjadams@aol.com

Jay and Ed Akerstrom
Location: San Jose, Ca.
Email address: Akerstrom@worldnet.att.net
Profession: Webmaster; Machinist/Designer, A&P
Hobbies/Interests: auto repair and hot-rodding, ceramic collectibles, skiing,
hiking, and, of course, building Outback N71KF

John Allen
Location - Courtenay Vancouver Island B.C.
E-mail - cfymf@shaw.ca
Work - Parks, City of Courtenay
Hobbies - Ultralight airplanes - use to have a dealership in American
Aerolight Eagle and Falcon
Motorcycles - had a motorcycle shop for a few years .
Favorite bike - CBX 1050 Honda .[claim to fame - I
once put 12000 miles on a 750 Honda in 5 weeks .]
Kitfox - Model IV 1050 ser.1613 582 Rotax After
all my canard wing tri-gear ultra lights a tail
dragger was a definite learning curve .
Boating - great boating and fishing off the coast
two boys 10 and 13
did I mention my wife Lynne who says there is no money
left over for her to have a hobby .

John Anderson
janderson412@hotmail.com
New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Aviation 30 years, crop dusting till 76. Helicopter ever since, ag, logging EMS and now offshore oil support. Rebuilt vintage/classic vehicles and motorcycles and own a 30 Model A and 74 1303 VW. Wee farmlet and run a few cattle, run 40klm a week. Building a Series 5 TD, Subaru EA81Turbo.

Mark Anliker
Sadorus, IL (12 mi SW of C-U)
home: (217) 598-2924
work: (217) 333-5383
S5 TD, readying wings for installation.

Allan & Nancy Arthur
(four children, seven grandchildren)
Location: Martinez, CA
e-mail address: alnan@ncal.verio.com
Profession: Allan: retired Electronics Engineer & Nancy: retired Nurse Practitioner
Building a Kitfox Series 5 Speedster (long wing), 912S
Nancy is helping with upholstery, covering and rib lacing.
Other Hobbies/Interests: Flying, camping, traveling, reading and cooking.

Roger Augenstein
Location-Florence, Ky (Cincinnati area)
Profession-veterinarian (Equine only)
Hobbies/interest-flying-golf
Project-Kitfox series 5 subaru Legacy ser# 55 Being painted-soon to be
ready for final assembly.
E-mail raugvet@choice.net
Phone-606-371-5853

Norm Beauchamp   KM5QC
nebchmp@wcc.net
Home: San Angelo Tx.
Project: Kitfox Safari   Subaru EA81
Bio:   Age 63. Born 9/28/36 Crawford Co. Illinois. After high school
entered USAF. Lackland AFB. (Basic Training)   Keesler AFB (Radio Oper.
flying status) Andersen AFB Guam. WB-29s WB-50s, 54thWea. Recon. Sqdn.
Typhoon Chasers. Then to Mather AFB Calif. T-29(Convair 240)   One
hitch only. Served three year hitch in the USAF Active Reserves 66-69
HU-16B Grumman Albatross.
Married Marty in 1959, married 41 years. Four children five grand
children. 31 years Telephone Communications. Mt. Bell, Ariz., GTE
Ill., Mt. Bell Wyo., Pacific Northwest Bell Ore., US West Ariz. Worked
as a Lineman, Combination man, Installer Repairman, Cable Splicer, Cable
Repairman. Retired Feb. 98, moved to San Angelo. Licensed Jan 99 age
62. Kit delivered June 96, completion date------$umday

Peter Belan
Location: Sudbury,in Northern Ontario
E-Mail: Belan@Cyberbeach.net
Flying since 1958,a bush pilot, retired Technical secondary school teacher
of Automotive and small engine certification with 31 years of
service. Wonderful wife Velma and two children, both in the Aviation
industry, Brad an AME, in Yellowknife the Northwest territories, and Wendy
with an aviation company in Winnipeg.
Aircraft: Kitfox 11 with a 618 and all the options, on skis and
floats, finished in 1995,serial# 625.Great plane for our small lakes and ponds.
Hobbies: Flying, Fishing, Hunting, Camping in Gogama, our north country, in
that order. Love to have Visitors anytime.

Dan Black
Glenns Ferry, Idaho

Job: Kind of a manager ? TLK Farms (sugar beets mostly), Kind of a
computer consultant (if I can't get out of it)
Plane: 1984 Avid model A bought from a friend who might qualify on this
list for longest build. Just got it and am learning a lot from this
list. The two companies were both near here and have been to both
factories. Wanted a Fox but this was a buy.

Ralph Boling
Location: Kirksville, MO.
email: forfun3@aol.com
Prof: OB/GYN doctor, masters of chemistry, ex LTC Army med corps
Hobbies: Hunting, camping, canoeing, skiing, FLYING, building model IV.

Jonathon Brent, 34 today. Wife (Liz) and 2 strapping Boys. One cat
(queen of the manor). One Guinea pig (corners well).
Location: Benicia CA. (North San Fran Bay area). Have lived in central
Jersey, Boston area, and Greenville, North Carolina.
Email address: jonathon.brent.b@bayer.com
Profession: Engineer & automation system tester (and general trouble maker) at
pharmaceutical/biotech plant. Just starting to do more 'get it working' hands
on time, and transitioning out of the previous Software Validation career.
Hobbies/Interests: Playing with the Boys. Addicted to Kitfox list: Building
a Kitfox Series 5 in garage, have the firewall back kit with most options,
arrived Jan 95. Will upgrade spars to have 1550 lbs gross, buy spring gear.
No engine yet. Have made lots of smaller assemblies, but frame is still bare :
(. Around 370 enjoyable hours invested to date. General tinkerer. Constantly
working on house/yard. Have built and flown many RC planes, but focused on
gliders (thermal and slope) mostly. Would love to fly indoor RC, but have too
many hobbies already. Just built a new PIII PC for flight sims. Its up to 780
today, faster possible I hope.

Charles Broschart
Home: Ulster Park, NY (N20)
Classic 4 582, Built 1996, 250 hrs
retired
Background: 8 grades in one room school (painted white not red)
no collage 2 yrs navy 34 yrs IBM computer manufacturing
6 yrs airplane maintaince, no ratings 1500 hour, PVT, SE, inst
when 16 yrs old (no power tools) cut a tree and made a pair of snowshoes
using hide of old horse for lacing
built wooden kayak, 22 ft ply wood sail boat, 28 ft ketch with 3000 lb
ballast, broke leg in motorcycle race
owned 1978 piper warrior, for 10 years, took 3 trips to twenty nine
palms CA. in it
NRA life member, Golden Eagle, hunt, trap
can make anything except money

Milt Clary

Jim Corner
Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada
email-- jcorner@home.com
webpage-- http://members.home.com/jcorner
Professon:
Now Retired
Ex - 7 years RCAF Navigator: 2500+ hrs in P2V7, CF-100, T-33 and many
others.
Ex- 30 Years Jack-of-all-trades in Packaging Industry duties included
Sales/Technical Service incl. management, Lan Computer installations,
Manager Quality Assurance etc.
Hobbies:
R/C aircraft, successfully flew r/c in the fifties, still have a few r/c
aircraft left
Golf & Skiing keep me busy when I am not flying. Since 1991 I have averaged
100 hrs./ year on my kitfox, while rebuilding a Nesmith Cougar. Parts of an
RV3 await in the shop
Electronics- Currently developing low cost auto-pilot for the Kitfox 2
Metal working- shop includes mill, lathe, & tig etc.
In short I don't have any problems keeping busy!!

Kirby Cramer
kitfox@mcn.org

I just moved to The Sea Ranch from Seattle with my 1993 Kitfox 4 NSI/CAP.
I am building a house now and have my Fox disassembled at Ocean Ridge AP.
I hope to get it flying again late next summer after the house is done.

Dan Crowe & Lisa Modlin, married just use different last names.
Both of us are retired USAF, that's where we met.
Dan was a Crew Chief, then cross-trained to First Sergeant.
Lisa was an Environmental Control Systems Technician, then cross-trained to
Personnel.
We moved to Oxford, Mississippi after Dan retired and was picked up by the
Law School here at Ole Miss. He will graduate in less than 2 semesters.
2 kids, 17 & 13, boys
4 dogs, one Golden Retriever & 3 Mini dachshunds.
Just moved into our new house we had specially built with the attached
hangar space to complete our Outback.
Bought the kit when we went to OshKosh 2 years ago. Dan has been involved
with flying since he was 16 years old, a long time. I became interested
because my father was a pilot in the USAF. I can't pass my medical to be
able to get my pilot's license, I have MS, but that's okay because Dan and I
still fly. And at least I have taken the lesson's. I have my A.A.S. in
Aircraft Accessory Systems, B.S. in Professional Aeronautics & my M.A.S. in
Aeronautics, both from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Phil Cowley
Location: San luis Obispo & Santa Cruz, Ca
Email address: Philip@cowley-engineering.com
Profession: Experimenter/ Product testing & development/Mechanical Engineering/Small business owner/
History: Oldest of 3 boys (two of which in engineering to date)
Finishing my degree at Cal poly San luis Obispo
5 years of Product Testing and Development for West Marine
20 years of R/C modeling (Born 1982)
5 years small business owner
4th year of Mechanical Engineering at Cal poly, SLO

Hobbies and interests: Remote Control Aviation/ Experimental Aircraft/ Mechanical engineering/Alternative energy/Hybrid vehicles/

Currently working on my Kitfox 5 safari with my father who has wanted a kitfox since the late 80’s – Purchased 70% complete from New York in Feb 2004 – late 1995 kit – almost ready to cover & install engine & avionics. I am installing a Subaru EJ22 engine, on a custom mount, Naturally aspirated, Aftermarket ignition & efi injection controller.
I guess its no surprise that I’m a certified aviation nut – My grandfather has been into RC since its beginnings in the 1930’s and has been doing it ever since – he passed it on to my father and he onto me from the first stages of consciousness. I got my first flight box for my second birthday …..

18 years later on my 20th birthday, I received my first hour of flight time in a Diamond Katana out of Watsonville, Ca. I’ve been hooked on “the real deal” ever since. Completed Ground school last year at Cal poly, SLO, and am looking forward to having the time (and money) to complete flight training and get my certificate.
Born in British Columbia, Canada & then spent the first 11 years of my life growing up on the big island, Hawai’i. Moved to Santa Cruz at 12 and then to San Luis Obispo in 2000 to attend Cal poly. I love all the places I’ve lived and spend as much time traveling back to Hawaii and Vancouver as possible. I spend just about every other weekend in Santa Cruz and the weekdays in San Luis Obispo.

I’ve worked at West Marine Products in Watsonville since 1999 doing product Testing and development. Great Company and fun projects to work on. I’ve designed & executed test protocols for inflatable boats, motors, anchors, Bilge pumps, Electrical systems products, 12V chargers, 12V Batteries, VHF radios, flashlights and more. Designed & developed several new products in this time as well.

I spent most weekends in Hawaii fishing offshore, and never miss a chance to get back out on the water. I run 30 miles offshore in Santa Cruz for Tuna and the fishing is eerily similar in a lot of ways to being 2 miles off Kona. I started sailing at 12, and sailed competitively in high school for 3 years. Purchased a Nacra 5.2 (like a high performance hobie cat) last year and am convinced that it takes two to really dance on the water. I have skippered a Santa Cruz 40 racing yacht in a few regattas and am looking forward to the chance to crew on the Pacific Cup ocean race from Honolulu, Hi to San Francisco, Ca this summer

I worked on the Future truck Hybrid vehicle design team at Cal poly in 2003, which was very educational and exciting to be involved in. We took a brand new ford explorer and turned it into a Hybrid vehicle running a 2003 VW TDI diesel from a bug, spinning a APU generator from a 727, doing the power management from 3 phase 440 to 300 volts DC, into a custom 600 peak hp electric motor designed for Electric drag racing. Power transmitted through a 1998 suburban transmission & transfer case. The whole truck runs national instruments hardware and software for control and monitoring.

I really look forward to meeting other list members and talking about kitfox (and other assorted) projects. I have a friend who needs hours towards his commercial rating – if you are 2-4 hours from San Luis Obispo by air and want to meet sometime please get in touch !

Happy flying !

Randy Daughenbaugh, Wife Mary.
Location: Ranch near Rapid City, South Dakota. Have air strip hidden in a field at N 43 degrees, 58' 52" W 103 degrees 22" 40" or just five miles north of Mount Rushmore. It's a "tight" strip. Contact me before you visit. But visit. This is a great place to fly. - Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Devils Tower, Custer State Park, Sturgis, and Badlands all close.
Email address: rjdaugh@rapidnet.com
Profession: Retired Chemist
Hobbies/Interests: Kitfox Series 5 with Series 7 firewall forward and 912S.
N10NH "Night Hawk" Wood working, motorcycles, Bobcat, and trying to learn ranching.

Rod Davis
Location: Sacramento, Calif.
Plane: Kitfox Vixen, with NSI Turbo 140hp Subaru @200hrs TT
Profession: Computer Engineer 25yrs Hardware/Software MVS 390, Sun Solaris,
Windows NT
Other Interests: Building things (cars, planes, carpentry). Previous built 2(mine
and Dad's) Quickie Q2's, latest Kitfox Vixen Series 5 700hrs construction time,
flying it for 2 years. Wife of 9 yrs and 2 boys age 5 and 9. The young one an
airplane nut like Dad. Wants to fly for the Navy (carrier) when he grows up (boys
never do!)

Ken Davy
Location:              Aurora, IL.
Email address:         davyken@Aol.com
                        Kitfox Classic IV / Rotax 912 N1701S (90% Done!)
Profession:                Software Application Consultant
Hobbies/Interests:     Astronomy, Scuba, Photography, 3D Computer Graphics

Born England, 1948. Live in a village called Pyrford
('purr'ford) some 20 miles SW of London. Married to Lynne and have two sons,
27 & 24, (Not Lynnes, just picked them up along the way somewhere!)
First flight in an Auster when I was 9. Have since flown everything from
hang glider to fast jet. I spent 17 years in the Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Visited several US bases here including, Bentwaters,Upper Heyford,
Mildenhall, and one in Germany who's name escapes me.

Most of the questions I had while re-building my Kitfox III
were answered before I even asked them. I now have over 100hrs on G-BTSV and
the only disappointment I have is not buying one years ago. Sierra Victor
currently has 400hrs behind a 582 but I am currently converting to a BMW
80hp twin for that little extra speed and economy.

Bob Ducar
Location: Owasso, Oklahoma ( one block west of Gundy's airport)
Profession: Research Manager, Sr Materials Engineer.
Company: NORDAM, Nacalles and Thrust Reverser Division, Tulsa, OK.
Back Ground: 23 years in advanced composite materials design, development, manufacture and repair in military and commercial A/C. Have responsibility for materials design and characterization for business jet nacalle systems at NORDAM. Specialize in Repair and Thermographic NDI of composite structures. (remember, friends do not let friends fly plastic airplanes!). Guest lecturer at UCLA, School of Engineering and teach basic composites and aircraft repair at Tulsa Technology Center.
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Current Hobbies: Building my Kitfox IV 1200 with 582 engine(75% complete-half-way covered), and trying to complete the electronic fuel injection system for the 582.(Yes, no more bing carbs and fuel/air mixture problems

Maxwell Duke.
Wife: Kelly.
Location: Dublin GA
Email: n981ms@yahoo.com
Profession: Physician
Other Hobbies: RC aviation. Woodworking. With a little luck, we will be maintaining our own grass airstrip within the next year.

Kitfox N981MS: Series 6. IO-240 B1B. Built a shop in my backyard for the build.
Extras: IFR Garmin Avionics. Fairing package. Adj Rudder pedals. Bubble doors.
Empty Wt: 1003# (ouch).
Cruise: Appr 130 mph TAS at 8000
Photos: Panel and completion photos have been posted
Next: RV7? RV10? Relax?

David Estapa
Wife: June
Kids: Kelly & Brian (both old enough to be out of house)
Home: Woodstock, Georgia 35 miles NW of Atlanta
Age: Big Five O
Building: Series 5 TD, plan on using 912S
Background: General Contractor building shopping centers in Southeast
USA. First saw Kitfox @ Oshkosh 85. Decided later that's what I wanted.
At time couldn't afford and didn't have time to build. Finally received
Kit Feb. 97.Should start covering in about 60 days. Started flying
lessons Dec. 98. Will take private practical 12/29/99. Been aviation
Buff all my life. Dad worked for Chicago & Southern, then Delta.

Picture Here

Location: Virginia Minnesota
32 years old,
Flying for 10 years. About 200 hours total, mostly in TraumaHawks at Concord
Calif.
Moved to high wing flying in Minnesota.
Hobbies are Playing piano and composing music.
I also roller blade, skydive and build computers.
I work in the logging industry and build websites for local area business.
Flying a model 4-1200 with a NSI EA-81 and Warp drive. Currently 41 hours TT
First flight was on 10-10-2000.

Lowell Fitt
Location: Cameron Park, California
email lcfitt@innercite.com
1.Dentist - 2.Load Planner United Airlines - 3.Dentist (again)
Kitfox Mod IV-1200 - 1993 version - Rotax 912 UL 109 hours
Hobbies/Interests: Kitfox, Auto restoration, Ham Radio - not active,
Sailing, Anything using tools

Ray Gignac
Location: Lanham Maryland
Email address: RGKITFOXPILOT@AOL.COM
Profession: Police Officer, Prince George" County Maryland
USAF Retired
Second owner of N2BH Model IV 1200 with Speedster options, 912S, Grove gear, and a full IFR panel.
Original builder: Robert Hynes, Temple Hills Maryland.
Member of EAA chapter 4 College Park Maryland

Joe George
101 Davis Road
Home, PA 15747
724 397 1111

Kitfox model 3 with 912 and 337 hours.
Based here at my private airport PN08
This is my 29th year teaching high school drafting, electronics, and
graphics.
The last bunch of years have been spent building our house, shop,
outbuildings, Kitfox, and airport. Lots of 'heat and beat' and wrench
twisting mixed in also.
Current project is a steel frame hangar.
Been on the kitfox list since colorado. edu maybe five years or so.
started with an IBM PC with one 360K floppy and a 1200 baud modem. Have
learned a lot from you folks.

Jeff Golias
EMail: jefferyg@att.net
Location: Simi Valley, CA
Aircraft: Series 5 Outback
Status: Building fuselage
Website: http://www.eaa723.org/builders/jeffgolias
Background: ERAU Class of 88. Working as Web Designer
for telecommunications company. Have flown R/C powered,
slope and helicopters since '78
Ratings: Com/Inst ASMEL ASES RH
Hours: ~1100TT

Sam and Chris Goodall
sgoodall@mail.chorus.net
Two daughters, Heather 15 and Jenny 12
Golden retriever, Misty 5
Oregon, Wisconsin (outside of Madison)
608-835-5603 Ph
608-835-0051 Fx
Series IV 1200, N95WF. she's been flying since 95, Soob (Formula
Power)118hp, Aerocet Floats. Winner, Reserve Grand Champion-Seaplane,
Oshkosh 1997. Partner in Aero Marine, Inc. Mfg's of Aerocet Experimental
size floats. (Yeah, I liked them a little too much!) Also work for the
Nikon Microscope distributor managing the UW Campus accounts.
Hobbies incl: Digital Photography, Fishing-parents have place on Lake of
the Woods in Ontario (hence the floats), Hunting, daughters BBall and
Soccer. And HUGE fans of Wisconsin sports, Hockey, womens BBall,and
especially the football badgers. We ARE going to the rose bowl this
time!!! GO BADGERS!

Born in Sudetenland, I was one of many "ethnically cleansed" people thrown out by the Communists right after WW2. The flying bug caught me early. Having obtained a private glider license in Germany in '56 and a private power license here in the US in '58, I had a four year stint in the US Air Force as a machinist in the aircraft maintenance section of the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, serving in France and Germany from '59 to '62. I joined a glider club during that time and got a commercial glider license. Chuck Yeager was a member of that same club, but he was transferred two months before I got there.
Upon my honorable discharge I took a job as a machinist/machine builder with a company who's president had a Mooney. This was as close to a dream job as anybody could get. I married a German girl "Heidi". We have a son and a daughter and now two grand children. After 26 years of flying for free, Westinghouse bought the company and shut us down. With one partner I started my own small machine shop, specializing in the repair of industrial equipment since 1987.
Suddenly I had no airplane to fly. Renting was not for me due to associated (at least in my mind) maintenance issues. On my first visit to Oshkosh in '91 I fell in love with the Kit Fox line and I bought a model 4 kit with a 912UL engine. The relatively low cruise speed was really a welcome change. Flying on business from point A to point B can become a job, considering the time constraints often bordering on "get-there-itis". I wanted to fly for pure pleasure, with a slow stall speed for safety. It took five long years to finish my Fox. First flight was in September of '97.
During '98 and '99 I gained the confidence in this wonderful airplane to undertake longer trips.
With John King as the organizer and leader of the second Alaska trip in 2002, I had no reservations whatsoever to join this group in an instant. And what an adventure it was! It was the greatest experience of my lifetime. In my mind this sounds like an understatement. All pilots bonded wonderfully. Miguel's tragic death does not diminish this experience; we will never forget him, and I am thankful and proud to have known him.

I was born in 1934 and grew up in Schweinfurt, Germany. My dad flew JU-87 "Stukas" during the war on all fronts. After his return from the war he founded one of the first post-war glider aero clubs in Germany. This is where was first introduced to building and flying full-sized flying machines.
Until that time I had only built glider models. After high school I served a four-year apprenticeship as a machine builder. I immigrated to the US in 1957 with the goal of making flying my career. After building tire plants for one of the large US tire companies in various parts of the world for
twelve years, I accepted the offer of a German manufacturer to represent them in the sale of their equipment in North America. This gave me the opportunity to get my pilot's license and utilize flying (mostly single engine) in the pursuit of my business.

I have been happily married to Jackie for over 44 years. We have two children, Tim and Chris, both well established in their careers. We have had various dachshunds for many years. Presently we have Annie a miniature
longhaired female.

I am retired now and spend most of my time flying and maintaining N10PG, as well as riding/maintaining my R1200C BMW motorcycle. I built N10PG at Accipiter Aviation in Longmont CO in 1996. N10PG is a Kitfox 5 tail dragger equipped with NSI Subaru SHO (120 hp) engine and CAP. The airplane is equipped for IFR, day and night. The airplane was built in 100 days and won
awards at Oshkosh for "Outstanding Workmanship" in 1996 and a Bronze Lindy for "Best Kit Built Airplane" in 1997. Previous to that, I built a Christen Eagle. I flew it for twelve years; mostly aerobatics, competition and fun. Before that I built a BD-5 equipped with a turbo-charged 1200 cc Honda Civic engine. I stopped logging building time after 7,000 hours. I donated the
airplane to the Smithsonian, where it is now on display.

Keith Grimm
Location:   Charleston, SC
e-mail: Kitfox86@aol.com
Profession: US Navy Dentist
Interests: Flying, skydiving, SCUBA, motorcycles, NASCAR

Kevin Grimm
BS degree in management, currently an ER nurse trying to
get on the local Life Flight air evac service. Building a Model IV-1200
Speedster with my twin brother. 31 years old. Private pilot. Other
interests are motorcycles (can't decide which is more important - a new
Harley or to finish our Fox :-) )

Living and building in Lock Haven, PA

Maggie Hastedt
location: College Station, TX
email: hastedt@odpemail.tamu.edu
Private pilot, glider-rated with tailwheel signoff.

Profession: marine computer specialist for the Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University. Sails on research vessel 4 mos./year as computer geek.

Project: 1997 Kitfox Classic IV long-wing with Soob EA-81 ("semi-NSI version"). Wings & fuselage mostly done, starting engine rebuild now. Swept wings forward 1 degree for heavier power plant. LRI installed on wing. I'm building out at Coulter Field (CFD) airport in Bryan, TX... a nice friendly little airport so come on down with your 'Fox and lend me encouragement please!

Jeff Hays
Location:
Colo. Native transplanted to Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Email address: jshays@interaccess.com
Profession: Chronological order:
Avionics technician US Navy Grumman E-2C's on USS Independence
NASA Flight Assembly Tech. Space Physics Research Lab
Unix Computer Systems Administrator (present)
> Hobbies/Interests:
Kitfox, Kitfox, Kitfox, no time for anything else anymore! Used to build
RC Sailplanes, and sometimes play guitar (Martin OM-28)

Jerre M. Hill
City: New London (near Charlotte)
State: N.C.
Email:hill@uncc.edu, jmhill@vnet.net (home)
Profession: Mechanical Engineering Professor at UNC-Charlotte
Homebuilding history: Have been working on a Model II (with Mod IV wings) since
1988!
Other aircraft: part owner in Cherokee 235 and Cessna 150.

Floran Higgins
Email address: rwcrgwc53.attbi.com

As some are telling their bios I thought I would offer mine for what its worth.
I graduated from high school in 1952. Entered USAF pilot training in 1953. Received my wings and commission in 1954. As the Korean war had ended, I was sent home to finish my military commitment in The Air National Guard. I flew with the Guard until 1964. During this time I flew T-33s, F86s, F89s. C45s and C47s.
In 1957 I went to work for The Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks as chief pilot. During my time with the Dept, I was involved with all phases of the Dept, from game surveys, to fish planting, and personal transportation. I flew most everything from super cubs to king airs and helicopters. I retired from the Dept. in 1987.
In 2000, I purchased a Kitfox model 4 Speedster. I have flowned it about 320 hrs, and really enjoyed it.
I have about 16,500 hrs total time.
Model 4 Speedster
912 ULS.

Tom Holden
Location: St. Cloud, FL
Previous Flying Experience: USAF C-130
Building: KitFox Classic 5 since July 1996 (took a year off to work in England,
1998)
Current Status: Waiting to move into new house (2.5 car garage for me, swimming
pool for her)

L. V. Howell

Location: McAllen, Texas

Age: 64

E-Mail Address: n296h@juno.com

Profession: Retired Farmer, Ag Pilot, Air Charter Pilot, and Kitfox
builder.

Hobbies: Flying my Kitfox Vixen ( 275 hrs.) Square Dancing, R. V.ing

Fred Howes
Airplane: Kitfox Speedster w/912 and CAP140 First flight 11-2-98 194
hours TT
Location: Georgetown, Texas
Email address: fhowes@aol.com
Profession: Retired Formerly owned commercial printing business
Hobbies/Interests: Kitfox, woodworking, travel, soaring, flying glider tow
plane

I've had some great cross countries during the past year to Eastern Canada
and the Utah Canyon lands as well to the Bay Area. Am looking forward to a
lot more during the coming year and hope to meet some of you Lister's as I
travel through your area. Have just about decided to fly to Alaska next
summer and hope that a few Foxes will join me. Also plan flights to
Sun'n Fun, Oshkosh and the SkyStar fly-in.

Mark Hunter
Veazie (near Bangor)
Maine 04401
email: Mark735BW@AOL
Recently retired - 28 yrs in Paper Industry (Engineering, Production
Management)
600 hours, mostly in Cessna's; instrument and Seaplane rated
Kitfox Model 1 (SN 68) upgraded over time with various mods including "web"
spars;
currently on floats. Had a Rotax 532; now have a Jabiru installed,
re-doing W&B, should be ready soon.
Hobbies: family (wife, 2 teens, 3 dogs), camp, R/C aircraft for many years

Tom Jones Pic-1 Pic-2
La Pine, Oregon,
bkjones@bendnet.com
Classic 4, N503TJ, 99.9% complete
50 years old, married with no kids. After 31 years as a fire fighter (fire
behavior analyst) with the US Forest Service, I took an early retirement
last Jan. I plan to finish my kitfox then see what comes up in the way of
employment.
Hiking, snow shoeing, fishing, snowmobiling, wife likes photography and
astronomy, both love winter.
Think Snow

Picture Here

Chris Kainz 46 y/o Firefighter/EMT
Location- Tomahawk , WI (north central WI)
Wife Julie,3 children Jessica 14, Natalie 11, Nathan 8 (copilot)
email cjkainz@newnorth.net
Phone 715 453-7589
Kitfox IV-1050, SN 1653, Rotax 582, Warp Drive prop, Full Lotus floats,
219hrs on 01/08/2001
Fly the floats on water, ice and snow
Hobbies- Flying, hunting, fishing, x-country skiing , biking, travel,
canoeing

My Kitfox is in hanger that I built on the waters edge at my house on
the Wisconsin River in Tomahawk , WI. Flying has been exclusively on the
Full Lotus floats on water, ice, and snow. Living on a river in a northern
climate required floats that could transition from ice along the shore to
water and back onto the ice. The Full Lotus floats do the trick and allow me
to fly year round. Anyone that wants to stop in when passing through
northern WI is welcome.

John Kerr
Logan UT
Classic IV with many speedster mods added
912 (3 for 3 in required modifications; cams, rocker arms, and stator)
    When ever I get frustrated I review the AD's on Conta-Lyc's
460 hours since June '96. Completed my private license in the 'fox. I
    had accrued 175 hours when I took my check ride (a 30-minute
non-event). Part of that time was a solo cross country to the Skystar flyin.
    Have assisted, in varying amounts, in the construction of 2 other
'foxes, and an RV6. I am an EAA technical counselor. There is another 'fox
in the works along with a complete set of Hatz Classic wing ribs. It has
been suggested that I fly to support my building habit.
    Had a youthful interest in things that moved/flew that was heightened in
VietNam. Got an air medal as a advisor/airborne commander in the Mekong
Delta-flying in back of a Huey with a stick of cobras flying shotgun of
contested territory.
    Masters Degree in Econ/Finance-Have been in real estate
development/sales for 30 years, taught marketing and finance occasionally at
USU.
    If you have read this for you might be interested to know that Barbara
and I (together 33+ years) have 4 children, 2 grandchildren and are enjoying
the adjustments to an empty nest. It is fun for the kids to visit, but after
Thanksgiving their car taillights looked pretty good.

BIOGRAPHY
The Korean War was in full swing the year I graduated from Point Loma High in San Diego, CA. I had two choices, get drafted in the Army for two years and get shot at, or join the Navy for four years and see the world. Not fond of getting shot at, I joined the Navy, and besides my Dad was a career U.S. Naval Officer, so I did the family thing. I wound up as an electronics technician on a U.S. Navy submarine. During yard overhaul at New London, CT a General Dynamics engineer came on board to checkout the boats raiders. I was so impressed with his job and annual salary that I decided to exit the Navy and go to college on the GI Bill.

After two years of college I got married and hired on with GE overhauling radar systems (AN/FPS-8 & AN/FPS-6) for the U.S. Air Force in the Far East. With two years in Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan (tax free and full expenses) I returned to the States to complete my BSEE. On graduating from the Milwaukee School of Engineering I hired on with IBM to join the Saturn Space Program at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
After the Saturn Program phased out, I worked on the ATS F&G Satellite Program in Gaithersburg, MD and then on the Trident Submarine Sonar Systems in Manassas, VA.

On retiring from IBM in 1991 I received my pilot's license (paid for by IBM) and built my first Kitfox. IBM retirement benefits did not cover the cost of the Kitfox. :>( As most of you already know, I have had a lot of fun flying to far of places in my Kitfoxes; first in 1998 with seven other Kitfoxes to Alaska, second in 1999 to Eastern Canada with four other Kitfoxes, and third to Alaska again in 2002 with six other Kitfoxes, this time in my new Series 6. This year on November 1st I have planned a trip to the Bahamas, as far south as the Caicos Islands and Grand Turk. End of Bio.

Now it's my turn to nominate the next Bio candidate. Chuck Tippett is a good friend of mine who loves to fly. He'll fly anything, anywhere at any time. He was one of those 2-strokers until I sold him my Model IV.

Fred Kirkland
City: Amarillo
State: Texas
Email: fdkirk@arn.net
Profession: Health Management Analyst
Flying history: 1000hrs over 27 years, 600 in homebuilt of my own making.
Some mild aerobatics.
Homebuilding history: 1st project - Single place Spacewalker from plans.
2nd project - rebuild of Polywagen. Current project: Series 5 with C-0200
engine.

Thomas Lee
Location: San Mateo, CA
Email address: thomasleehk@home.com
Profession: Retired. Working 30 years in OR as registered
nurse in Hong Kong hospitals. Emigrate to this
country 3 years ago to learn to fly and to build the
Vixen.
Hobbies/Interests: flying (15 hrs in the Kitfox
now) photography, traveling.

Tony Lewis
DeFuniak Springs, Fl.
email: kitfox@aic-fl.com

Bio: Age 62, married 42 years, one wife, one son, one grandson, and two
spoiled dogs.
Profession: Electronic Technician. Retired from USAF (25 Years ago)- now
working for the 46th Test Wing , Eglin AFB Fl.
Hobbies: Flying the Kitfox-Flying R C Planes-Ham Radio WB4FNI- Fishing with
the wife-and Motorcycle riding .(I keep busy)

One day I realized I was 50 and had always wanted to fly. So I went and got
the Private and bought a Spam Can. After 4 years I figured out that they
(Spam Cans ) are expensive so I built a KOLB and flew it 130 hours.
Then I got bit by the KITFOX BUG and I was hooked. I finished N101XL
in April of 1997. I now have 220 hours on it and love every minute of it.

My Home Page- still under construction.
http://www.freeyellow.com/members7/kitfox101xl/index.html

Ron Liebmann
rliebmann@comcast.net

Model 2/582 July 1991 1st flight
Schaumburg, Illinois (near Chicago)
Firefighter/Paramedic for 31 years( soon to retire)
Hobbies: Aircraft restorer (antique), Scale R/C planes, EAA 36 years (FA/TC)
Chairman of EAA Pavilion at AirVenture and
soon to buy a 1949(?) ChrisCraft mahogany runabout.....Got to keep busy in
retirement ya know.......Enuf....Ron.

Mike Logan
(43) single, living on a 2500' paved & lighted private airstrip
(everyone is welcome to come visit, MD50 is the designator, runway 31/13
with the grass strip on the north side of runway).

Location: 939 Crystal Rock Rd, Lusby, Maryland 20657 (southern Maryland
across the Patuxent River from Patuxent Naval Air Station)

E-mail: LoganMS@navair.navy.mil

Occupation: Contracting Officer for Naval Air Systems Command spending
billions of your hard earned tax dollars on the F-18. Currently shutting
down the F-18C & D production line. Wish I could retire at 55 but can't
until I am 60 because of medical retirement from the Army not counting
toward civil service retirement.

Other interests: Bicycling, both trail and road. Should finish my series 5
in the next month or so, don't know what I will do with my time after the
test plan is flown off except to visit as many out of town friends as I can.

BIOGRAPHY:
I grew up in an Air Force town and joined the Army out of high school in 74. I worked in secure communications repair for the Army Security Agency for three years. I decided to get out of the Army and go to school. I got my commission and stayed in the reserves working in an air delivery company leading a platoon of guys repairing parachutes and rigging loads for air delivery. I worked training as an air traffic controller while in the reserves until I took a header out of a plane while on a combat equipment training jump. This caused me to have to quit being a controller because of the pain (I was kinda glad to get out of that). The Army decided to retire me so now I get a little bit of money each month plus the benefits. I came to the Washington DC area in 86 to work for Naval Air Systems Command as a contract specialist. In 1989 I was preparing to get a familiarization ride in the back of an F/A-18 when the new F-18 program manager decided he did not want any more civilians on his airplanes. Since I already had my medical from getting ready for that flight, I decided to go ahead and get my private pilot certificate. One of the guys in the program office was a flight instructor at the Quantico MCAS flying club so I joined and a little more than a year later I got my certificate. A couple of years after that I decided I wanted my own plane and needed something with folding wings so I would not have to pay the high tie down fees in the area. About half way through the building process, NAVAIR moved down to Patuxent River Naval Air Station so I bought a lot on an airstrip in a private community in Calvert County. John King's beautiful Model 4 was the first airplane to sit in my hangar. Of course the hangar was not finished yet but the frame work was there.

Just about the time I was getting close to finishing my Series 5, I met a young engineer at my EAA chapter Christmas party who was building a Pulsar. She had her Pulsar in the chapter hangar while working on it and Michael Harter was renting her hangar. Michael introduced the two of us and I will be forever grateful to him. My pickup line was "you can use my paint booth." In less than a year we were married. That was the same year (2000) that I finished my plane in March and she finished her plane in November. She hated southern Maryland and my house so she wanted to move to some place in New Hampshire where she had a good job offer. You know the kind of place that the only thing between it and the North Pole is a barbed wire fence. They offered me a job at half my current salary and the closest airport was 40 minutes away with no hangar space. I grew up in Georgia and feel that Virginia and Maryland are waaaay to cold so I nixed that idea. She ended up getting a job at a small electronics/sensor building firm at the end of another private community runway in Fredericksburg, Virginia. So now we are building another house and hangar in Dogwood Airpark (VA42) in Fredericksburg, VA. We broke ground in August last year, the drought broke at the same time (has not stopped raining or snowing) and if we are not in the house by the end of May, my wife, Suzanne, has a hanging tree picked out for our builder. With the house there and my job in Southern Maryland, Suzanne has a 7 minute walk for a commute and I had an hour and a half drive each way. That's fair isn't it? I could not stand the commute so after working at NAVAIR for 17 years I got a job at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Alexandria, VA just around the corner from the house I owned while working at NAVAIR in Crystal City.

On August 11, 2002, my wife gave to me a beautiful daughter, Erin Shea Logan. She is the light of my life. That light and building the house has kept me from working on my plane which is currently at the back of a friends hangar. Both of our planes are out of condition inspection but we should be getting back to them in about a month and a half. We are really itching to go flying. Of course my wife gets to fly every now and then when she is testing some of the sensors that her company makes. This weekend she is GETTING PAID to go to a fly-in with a friend so she can test the sensors. This will be the first flight for my little girl too. I don't get to go since I will be finishing off the apartment we have at the back of the hangar.