Inventor Florian Becker of Dyersville Shares Creative Patents
Florian Becker, a 72 year old retired farmer from Dyersville, develops a range of farm related ideas with a focus on a safety powered takeoff coupler. He has ten patents, earns modest monthly royalties, and now employs a draftsman to push new concepts while noting the challenges and risks of invention.
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Florian
F.B.) Becker
P.T.O
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Gerald
Becker
Hopkinton
Randy Bockenstedt
New Vienna
Northeast Iowa Technical Institute
Florian Becker
Veteran Collins G I airplane retires as Chuck Hall bids farewell
Chuck Hall reflects on No 144 the Collins Gulfstream I once called N70CR N860E and later N70QR a long time flying testbed for Collins avionics The G I delivered NASA demonstrations and carried astronauts families entertainers and executives over 19 800 flight hours 5 702 400 miles and 8 000 landings The aircraft set a 20 000 hour inspection milestone and is remembered as the Queen of the Fleet.
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Chuck Hall
Collins Radio Company
Rockwell International Corporation
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
Bethpage
Long Island
N.Y
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Ind
Hall
No. 144
Cedar Rapids
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Addison Field
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Bill) Roadhouse
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Donald R. Beall
Martin D
Skip) Walker
Clare I. Rice
James L. Churchill
Houston
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General Aviation
Grumman
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp
Addison
FAA
Dave Selzer
Dave Tschudi
Bottled homes rise from a retiree’s craft in North Carolina
In Shelby, Charlie Yelton, 63, spent five years crafting a bottle house from nearly 12 000 bottles. After finishing the big structure in 1975, he built two more bottle buildings, a wishing well and bottle flower beds, drawing many visitors to view his unique creations.
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Stern Dixon Shelby
N.C
Charlie Yelton
Yelton
Cone Mills
Texas
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