john smith wrote:
Just curious how much "trickle-down" aviation there is among us?


Great question!
Dad learned in the Navy, later owned a small plane (Cherokee, I think)
with his partner, both engineers (electrical and civil). They traveled
the Dakota prairies a lot and it was better than driving all those miles
to clients in small towns.

He died in 1971 when I was in college. I'd love to know for sure what
kind of plane it was, and the N-number. Anybody know if I can find out,
three decades later?