I grew up in the heyday of postwar aviation near the LA Airport. My father, Chuck Graham, was a production test pilot for North American Aviation and schmoozed with famous pilots like Bob Hoover, Chuck Yeager, Frank Tallman, and the Doolittle Raiders. So I guess it's in my blood. In 2012, after retirement, I joined Civil Air Patrol to get back into flying after a hiatus of 30 years. It's  a great community service opportunity--in addition to the occasional search and rescue missions, we transported thousands of test samples during the COVID response effort. In partnership with two other people, I own a RV-7A and had a hand in building it. It was completed in 2018 and is great fun to fly. 

The RV-7A, "Finder," with new paint job at Santa Fe airport; camping at AirVenture (Oshkosh WI); Judy and me on a sightseeing flight; with a Civil Air Patrol plane; leaf-peeping; winging back home.