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cm tribune august 24 1988 radio naeii thetandy 1000 hxs weal for home and school use ihe 1000 hx comes with bu2rin msdos in rom just insert your program ond start right away with bumin 3 720k disk dme 2s6k memory and ffersonol oeskmate ii 64n1 sotrware program and if s eosity expandable k cbwalkle4alkielets you keep in touch on j all hunting trips backyard airstrip keeps skies blue for local pilot by bruce staple y while most people use their backyard for a garden ed elward uses his as a landing strip the whitchurchstouffville sixth line resident owns a 100acre farm north of the stouff- ville road he is a selfconfessed flying freak who parks his cessna 182 at the rear of his house whenever he has the urge to take off into the skies he simply taxis the fourseater onto his own 1600ft airstrip and readies for flight i only use half of it for taking off and landing he claims its a powerful little plane ed has his own real estate holdings company and is able to establish his own schedule in summertime that schedule leaves plenty of time for flights to sunday breakfast with flying friends and longer jaunts to places as far as mexico ill never retire but i always have time for flying he states looking out of his living room win dow at his favorite toy the farm one of two he owns was once the property of hockey legend lionel conacher he mov ed there with his wife jean in 1982 previously they lived in don mills they have four children both properties are rented to the same man who works the land ed has nothing to do with either farm operation and the arrangement suits him fine it gives me a place to take off with the plane and we enjoy country living he says his interest in flying dates back to his six years spent as a test pilot for the royal canadian air force in the second world war i took my service flying train ing at camp borden he says we started with 40 in the pro gram but by the end of the eight- week course there were only 32 of us still alive ed didnt fly again until 1965 when his investigation of a helicopter accident that killed his brother also a pilot served to rekindle his interest he went out and bought himsell a cessna 172 and stepped up tc the 182 model 15 years ago he flies strictly for pleasure i guess you could call it sport flying he says i travel with my friends the flying farmers ive even gone to mexico and the west coast he recently returned along with copilot jean from the american experimental aircraft association fly in at oshkosh wisconsin there were seven of us from the local area he says and 12000 to 15000 aircraft in all the concorde was there along with united states military planes warbirds and home builts ed and jean flew to expo 86 in vacouver along with three other area pilots ed claims the ex perience of flying across the rocky montains was unforgettable i it was awesome thats the only word for it you dont actual ly fly over the mountains you fly through the passes he says the flights are riot always long distance though a recent weekend saw them travel to elmhurst lodge on rice lake for a flyin with fellow enthusiasts well head up to sault ste marie to visit our daughter its a twohour flight he notes all we talk about is flying ed says of those he accompanies on his flights were from all dif ferent age groups and occupa tions but the common thread is flying he claims his enthusiasm is as strong now as ever hes never as happy as he when hes up in his cessna youd think by my age id be getting tired of it but im not he smiles ed parks his aircraft at button- ville airport during the winter or in florida he and jean are avid land travellers as well some winters will find them towing their argosy trailer to the sun shine state while spending half their time flying in their plane he gives his wife much of the credit for contributing to the suc cess and the overall enjoyment of his flying experiences despite the fact shes not a licensed pilot jeans the copilot he in sists id never get the plane off 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