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Sparky Barnes

Billy Miller’s eye-catching Thatcher CX4

By Sparky Barnes · July 30, 2020 ·

Billy Miller says the Thatcher CX-4 he built is “real slick.”

Aviation author still flying high at 87

By Sparky Barnes · July 20, 2020 ·

“I’ll be 88 this year, and I really get a lot of pleasure out of owning an airplane and being able to fly it.”

The Air Mail 60 Luscombe and its caretakers

By Sparky Barnes · June 24, 2020 ·

“When you fly a vintage airplane, you meet other people with the same heart for that kind of flying. They’re passionate pilots — it’s a love thing, and no amount of money is going to change that.”

How a Piper Cub and a P-40 model inspired a lifetime aviator

By Sparky Barnes · June 8, 2020 ·

“My Cub gives me the true feeling and freedom of flight.”

A 1928 Pheasant H-10’s remarkable homecoming

By Sparky Barnes · April 5, 2020 ·

It may have seemed a bit outlandish to ask the people of Memphis, Missouri, (population about 1,800) for $75,000 to bring the Pheasant home.

A Staggerwing with less than 200 hours

By Sparky Barnes · February 24, 2020 ·

NC80309 has flown fewer than 200 hours since it came off the Beech production line in August 1946.

The Spirit of Octogenarians

By Sparky Barnes · February 13, 2020 ·

It took 57 years from first solo to getting his certificate, but 84-year-old Larry Long has fulfilled his life-long dream of flight.

75 years since his first solo and still flying

By Sparky Barnes · January 13, 2020 ·

Dave Stevenson soloed 75 years ago, and is still flying.

Beech Party 2019: From Staggerwings to King Airs

By Sparky Barnes · November 14, 2019 ·

More than 620 people made the journey to the 46th annual Beech Party.

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