I've owned the orange airplane since 1996. I purchased it from Jon Maestre, who told me this is the first Grumman he owned. Jon had bought it after it had gone through a couple of owners since his original purpose.
I've written several travelogs, including the first trip back to California after I picked up the plane from Jon in Kentucky.
I got to fly in the Orange Plane with SBW, after he and I did some maintenance on it in Memphis in September 2005.
Posted on 2006-12-24 23:23:23