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Pepsi-Cola Stinson Reliant at Oshkosh

Vintage Aviation News

Under its wings, stood Garry and Janne Ackerman of Plano, Texas, the owners of this magnificent machine, who told attendees all about the story of this airplane and the effort they helped start to return a basket case of an airplane back to its former glory. The last owner prior to the Ackermans was Wilson Cary Selden of San Jose, CA.

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Sanders and the Argonaut

Vintage Aviation News

” [Photo by Mark Watt] Work ahead of the firewall was facilitated by Ezell installation kits. ” On July 30th, 1994, Dennis performed the first flight and once flight tests were complete a “19” was applied to the bare metal fuselage and they took the airplane to Reno. We’ll get them approved.’ The rest is history.

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