Chapter 122

Hang Glider Pilot 15 years, A few hours of glider time. Private Pilot since 12/98.

Building a Zenith 601XL with Corvair Motor.

Build Link Page: http://www.zenith.aero/profile/DavidLong

Regularly rent Tom Harry's Aeronca. Love the tail dragger experience!

Have flown C150, C172, PA28 140 and 180.

Air Force Veteran, Vietnam Era Veteran, A/C Fuel System Technician 42470 SAC

Electronic Technician

Building a Wittman Buttercup.

You can follow my build here...

Graduated from Bermudian Springs High School May 1964

Graduated from DeVry University March 1967 AAS EE

Worked in Aerospace  Lockheed Missiles & Space on satellite systems AGENA, GAMBIT and HEXGON recon satellite programs USAF / CIA stateside and overseas.

Later worked as a Software Systems Consultant ; UNIVAC, NATIONAL ADVANCED SYETEMS, EDS and Hitachi.

Member of EAA, AOPA, Harrisburg Pilots and Keystone Flight.

Joined EAA 122 in the summer of 2007 after flying right seat in the Ford Tri-Motor, been flying as a Sport Pilot, since Oct 20, 2012.  Enjoy every opportunity to fly that I can.

On July 27, 2015 I took ownership of N70189.  My daughter Leslie took the profile photo above..

I started building a Zenith 601XL from a kit in 2005 which I completed in 2009. I received my airworthyness certificate in August of 2009. After a few months of flying my Phaze 1 requirements, I was hit with a major modifcation to the wing spares in November of 2009. It took me until August of 2010 to complete this modification and resume flying. I courrently have 32 hours on the plane.

West Perry High School, 1971: HACC, Western Iowa College, Sioux City Iowa, 1976: Started The Horn Hospital, musical instrument repairs/sales school music business 1979. Building model planes since age 8, hang gliding, built a Challenger ultralight, flew it for 10 years, 4 hours in sailplanes, PP in a Cessna 150, bought a 1946 Champ 7BCM, love the plane. Built a Rans S7 Courier, the best plane I have built and flown to date, cruse 110mph, stalls at 25mph, 4 hour cruse. Best kit plane I have built. Love to camp at Oshkosh camp ground for 1 week of aviation overload.

Best things that have happened to me: My wife Lynn and our 3 daughters.

Life is good!!!

 Hi, I am retired and been married to Henry Wenger for 42 years in Nov. 2011.  We live near Mechanicsburg PA.  We were moving to Fort Scott KS but changed our minds are staying in PA.  Henry had a Piper 150 for about 5 years.