We asked Jim to give us a little history of himself and his flying career.   Here's what he had to say...

"As for flying, it was a burning desire as long as I can remember.  My brothers both wanted to be pilots and one was killed building an airport at the beginning of WW II and the other flew P-38's and P-51's a during that conflict.  I came along later and after going through the USAF program came out a fighter pilot just after the Korean conflict ended.  I flew for 7 years with the Nev ANG in F-86 E's and F's and L's.  We later transitioned into the B-57 Canberra and became a photo recon unit.  After that, I flew various civilian planes for pleasure and family trips.  The Citabria, 182, 206, and owned a Navion for several years taking it all over the central US.  In recent years, it has been occasional trips in mostly 182's with friends on pleasure trips."