Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
Serving Midwest Aviation Since 1960
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Old 758B climbed out of FCM into a cloudless sky one Friday in July, and set course for Longville. In the right seat was son-in-law Bill Roberts, his lap full of maps and charts. He was getting his first real lesson in pilotage. The baggage compartment was full of fishing gear, which we hoped to use to some advantage the next two days. Skirting the big lake, we flew over John Reidl's beautiful Crow Wing County airport, then past Breezy and Cross Lake, before reving down for the approach to...
Booen was born in Glenville, Minnesota, and learned to fly at Albert Lea in the Civil Pilot Training Program (CPT) before World War II. In 1942, he was assigned to the Air Material Command at Dayton, Ohio, where he inspected and trained flight crews on the Honeywell autopilot system. In 1945, Booen began a radio and TV career. He created "World of Aviation," a program that aired on WCCO-CBS TV for 28 years. After receiving his Marine Corps commission, he went to Korea as an air traffic...
