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Al Pike: My interest in aviation goes back to a time I cannot remember. Little Falls, MN
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Al Pike: My mother (left) with a friend.
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Al Pike: When I was with the Civil Air Patrol. An aircraft at airport in Little Falls
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Al Pike: Maryann One of my high school girlfriends standing next to CAP Stinson L-5 Sentinel at Brainerd airport.
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Al Pike: This is the aircraft in which I first took flying lessons in the early 1960s. Piper Tri-Pacer PA-22
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Al Pike: Airfield outside Tucson, AZ 1961. Decades later I would be flying at the controls of a B-17.
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Al Pike: With Piper Archer PA-28-180 at MIC
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Al Pike: With friends from Otto Bock at MIC after flight
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Al Pike: Piper Arrow IV at Thunderbird FCM. I really enjoyed flying the Piper Arrow.
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Al Pike: Once in SAC always in SAC - SAC Hq. Bruce and I flew in from Mpls in his plane.
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Al Pike: With EAA B-17 -Aluminum Overcast- and re-enactor crew. Flew right seat with two P-51s on my wing.
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Al Pike: With Beech Mentor T-34B at FCM
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Al Pike: With Robert “Bob” Pond owner of Planes of Fame East
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Al Pike: With Col. Frank Borman at Planes of Fame East FCM