Thanks Willie for sharing that, quite a touching story for sure.
--- In [email protected], "wftopken" <wftop...@...> wrote: > > Gene, > > Thanks for bringing Christina's note on airport-data.com to my attention; I > didn't realize it was there. > > Yes, Christina did make contact with me the first week of February. We > corresponded via email for a few weeks until I was able to fly 78H to > Sacramento Executive with my wife to meet with her. She was a very happy and > emotional young lady, and very appreciative to be able to see and fly in the > airplane her father once owned and flew from 1965 to 1971. > > Christina is a 23-year old college student in the Sacramento area whose > father passed away when she was 8 months old. She has aspirations to get her > private pilot certificate; I believe this experience has been an inspiration > for her. > > It was very interesting to see some old photos of 78H and look through the > old flight logbook. It appears 78H was based at Hayward Muni during that > time, and spent quite a bit of time flying throughout central California. > > It gave me great pleasure to be able to do such a simple thing to give this > young lady the opportunity to make a connection with her father. > > I have added a few photos of Christina and myself with N3378H at KSAC on > http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N3378H.html > > AIM HIGH! FLY SAFE! > > Willie Topken > > --- In [email protected], "diablowilnet" <diablowilnet@> wrote: > > > > Willie, > > Did you ever get in touch with the woman whose father apparently owned your > > Ercoupe years ago? I went to the link to your Coupe in your signature and > > ran across this note at the bottom. > > This was at http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N3378H.html Sounds > > like you could gain some history of your plane and make someone else happy > > at the same time! > > Regards, > > Gene >
