Satanta Banker Builds Own Sports Plane To Fly Dream
Anton a 59 year old Satanta banker and aviation enthusiast is constructing a home built sport aircraft in southwest Kansas. He notes rising new plane prices push aviators toward DIY builds with estimated costs of 75 000 to 85 000 dollars versus 250 000 for a factory new four place model. He explains two main paths: a nearly finished RV 8 kit shipped home or a kit in sections paid as each part is completed.
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Anton
Satanta
Kansas
Passion for homebuilt aircraft and the builder’s craft
Anton describes the love of aviation and building homebuilt planes in a cockpit at high speed. Van, with 30 years in aircraft building, is praised as safe and strong and offers kits at 49 percent completion. The FAA 51 percent rule requires the owner to finish the final 51 percent.
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Van
Anton
Federal Aviation Administration
Twin Anton brothers learn to fly and build RV-8 plane
Erick Anton an Air Force T-38 flight instructor at Laughlin AFB Del Rio Texas and captain with eight years of service. His brother Marc a plant manager at Mound Ridge near Newton builds 50 to 60 semitrailers monthly and flies recreationally. Erick drew on Air Force experience to guide their home build of a Van RV-8 with a 200 hp Lycoming engine.
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Anton
Erick
Marc
Erick Anton
Laughlin Air Force Base
del Rio
Texas
Marc Anton
Mound Ridge
Newton
Experi
Bonds career tainted by steroid allegations and looming records
Patrick Murphy from Columbus Neb notes revelations that a new book alleges Barry Bonds used performance enhancing drugs for at least five seasons starting in 1998. The piece argues Bonds may retire to spare dignity yet will likely chase Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, leaving a career forever tarnished by steroid accusations.
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Ty' Dong the Witch
Barry Bonds
Bonds
Babe Ruth
Henry Aaron
Babe
Aaron
Mark McGwire
Sammy Sosa
Roger Maris
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Ence
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Jim Brown
Baseball
Patrick Murphy
Columbus, Neb
The
Telegram
Murphy's Law
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