Al Pike: My interest in aviation goes back to a time I cannot remember. Little Falls, MN
Al Pike: Airfield outside Tucson, AZ 1961. Decades later I would be flying at the controls of a B-17.
Al Pike: This is the aircraft in which I first took flying lessons in the early 1960s. Piper Tri-Pacer PA-22
Al Pike: My student pilots certificate from the 1960s
Al Pike: With USAF Aero Club Tri-Champ at Torrejon AFB Madrid, Spain
Al Pike: When I was with the Civil Air Patrol. An aircraft at airport in Little Falls
Al Pike: As a CAP Cadet in Little Falls during my high school days.
Al Pike: With Piper Archer PA-28-180 at MIC
Al Pike: With Beech Mentor T-34B at FCM
Al Pike: Piper Arrow IV at Thunderbird FCM. I really enjoyed flying the Piper Arrow.
Al Pike: With friends from Otto Bock at MIC after flight
Al Pike: With EAA B-17 -Aluminum Overcast- and re-enactor crew. Flew right seat with two P-51s on my wing.
Al Pike: You cannot see me but I am riding in the jump seat behind the pilot.
Al Pike: Once in SAC always in SAC - SAC Hq. Bruce and I flew in from Mpls in his plane.
Al Pike: With the Pond Racer during its inaugural introduction at Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites Mojave Airport, CA.
Al Pike: With Col. Frank Borman at Planes of Fame East FCM
Al Pike: With Robert “Bob” Pond owner of Planes of Fame East
Al Pike: At the Ponderosa in Palm Springs California (home of Bob Pond)
Al Pike: Col. and Mrs Al Pike
Al Pike: Carol Ann and Al Pike
Al Pike: With Elizabeth Wall (Betty) Strohfus WASP pilot
Al Pike: With Col Francis -Gabby - Gabreski top American fighter ace in Europe during WW II, and jet fighter ace in Korea.
Al Pike: Cockpit checkout in a F-4
Al Pike: Al Pike as Air Show Boss for one of the Planes of Fames Memorial Day Air Shows
Al Pike: On the job at AirExpo
Al Pike: Al Pike Photograher at work. Photo by Gary Chambers
Al Pike: With Playboy Bunny at the original Playboy Club – College Days at Northwestern
Al Pike: With Terry Supan at Space Center Russia / USSR 1990
Al Pike: With Mary Novotny President of the Amputee Coalition of America.
Al Pike: With Kim from Motion Control