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Good morning I found this in my state and wondered if anyone met/knew Cliff? Or his plane?

Clifford P. Adkins - Parkston

(September 2001)

Clifford P. Adkins built a flying flea as a young boy in ~1937, and started pilot training and aircraft maintenance at Mitchell, SD, in 1938. During WWII he taught pilot training in the War Training Service at LeMars and Sheldon, IA, training Army glider pilots and Army and Navy fighter pilots. Cliff later serviced as a flight engineer and copilot of B-26s at Pensacola, FL. Cliff began a flight training and maintenance service at O'Neill, NE, in 1948, and received national recognition on the Ted Malone radio show for his heroism in conducting rescue flights during the blizzard of 1948-49. In 1949 he established an airport with flight training, maintenance and repair, aerial application, and charter services at Parkston, SD, which later became the Parkston Municipal Airport. He received his A&P license in 1961, and over the years has built several home-built aircraft and specialized in aircraft maintenance, repair, design, building, and restoration. Cliff was inducted into the SD Aviation Hall of Fame in August 2000.

Edit: a mutual friend told me he built a Tailwind.?

On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 9:10?AM Brady William Cope via <brady.w.cope=[email protected]> wrote:

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Good morning I found this in my state and wondered if anyone met/knew Cliff? Or his plane?

Clifford P. Adkins - Parkston

(September 2001)

Clifford P. Adkins built a flying flea as a young boy in ~1937, and started pilot training and aircraft maintenance at Mitchell, SD, in 1938. During WWII he taught pilot training in the War Training Service at LeMars and Sheldon, IA, training Army glider pilots and Army and Navy fighter pilots. Cliff later serviced as a flight engineer and copilot of B-26s at Pensacola, FL. Cliff began a flight training and maintenance service at O'Neill, NE, in 1948, and received national recognition on the Ted Malone radio show for his heroism in conducting rescue flights during the blizzard of 1948-49. In 1949 he established an airport with flight training, maintenance and repair, aerial application, and charter services at Parkston, SD, which later became the Parkston Municipal Airport. He received his A&P license in 1961, and over the years has built several home-built aircraft and specialized in aircraft maintenance, repair, design, building, and restoration. Cliff was inducted into the SD Aviation Hall of Fame in August 2000.