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I first saw Connie's planes in 1988, He was a friend of my Father in law. I have climbed in all of his planes an and even drove his Sherman Tank. The day his son Tex turned 17 he got rated in every plane Connie owned, T-6 ,Super cub on Floats, PBY, TBM , HU-16 and it was an honer to brief Tex for his oral exams the night before his check ride. Last year when Tex was killed I new Connie would sell most of stash off. It was some of the best of times I ever had around airplanes.