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Dick Starks

Dick Starks
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Dick Starks has written two books about the joy of flying; “You Want To Build And Fly A What?” and “Fokkers At Six O’clock!!” He was the recipient of Flying’s 2001 Bax Seat Award “for perpetuating the Gordon Baxter tradition of communicating the excitement and romance of flight.” Dick and his wife, Sharon, both fly WW-I replica aircraft.

The Dawn Patrol

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Five bottles and counting.

The Dawn Patrol

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Good things come in threes.

The Dawn Patrol

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Road trip.

Raising the Misery Bar

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The Dawn Patrol

The Dawn Patrol

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Take time to peel a banana.

The Dawn Patrol

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Know when to hold em, know when to fold em.

The Dawn Patrol

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Triumphs and disastrophes.

The Dawn Patrol

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Carburetor confusion.

The Dawn Patrol

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After all, this is a hobby.

The Dawn Patrol

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The dropped tool disastrophe.

In Case You Missed It

Rounding a Hole

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Cut large holes in thin material freehand.

Free Flight

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The words "test pilot" conjure images of steely-eyed derring-do, but the reality is often a world away from all that.

Fuelventure 400

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Last years Copperstate Fly-In was the occasion for a race where speed was only one of the factors in winning. By Patrick Panzera.

Fourier Strikes Again

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Ah, the email call for April 15, 2022, just arrived. Michael Zwijacz wrote to...