Gordonsville Muncipal Airport Celebrating 75+ years of service  

Mike Colburn, GAPS volunteer

This is a list of free introductory flights, GPAS member and volunteer, Michael Colburn has completed as of August 26, 2011.

Way to go Mike!

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GAPS Member, Skip Degan 

Tailwheelbasics.com: Tailwheel Basics: "Thanks for the instruction. It paid off, I got the job."- recent U-2 pilot candidate- check it out.

Skip Degan has a Cessna 140 located at GVE. He is a tailwheel instructor and A&P mechanic.

Skip is current LSRM-A, (light sport repairman with a maintenance rating). He works part time at KGVE as an Airframe and Power plant mechanic. He also uses a traveling maintenance trailer to work on SLSA and ELSA airplanes and Rotax or Jabiru engines for annuals and 100 hr condition inspections or repairs and maintenance as well as working on regular certified aircraft.

He volunteers his time helping others with their airplanes, donates his aerial photos of GVE, as well as assisting with maintenance, free first flights for children and basic aviation information. Skip often is seen vounteering his time helping to fix hangar doors, beacon lights and airplanes at the Gordonsville Municipal Airport. Thanks Skip for all your help!

Skip is also working on the restoration of a 1984 Acro Sport II. Click on run-up to view his current progress. It is for sale. It has been reassembled and prime coated- should be ready for final paint and final assembly by late spring '09. Powered by an O-360, has all new hardware.
The engine has less than 50 hours on it and it has been test run on the frame.

GAPS Member Dennis Horton 

Dennis Horton of Horton Vineyards donated a Kobota tractor mower for mowing grass at KGVE.

When Dennis saw Caleb Glick mowing 23 acres of land with this little mower, he offered to donate a Kabota mower!

It now only takes a day and a half rather than several weekends to mow the grass at KGVE with the little tractor mower. Dennis Horton is also building a Safari helicopter at KGVE.

 Mr. Horton of Horton Vineyards and his grandaughter in their hangar with his helicopter project.

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GAPS Member Dan Rogers

Realize your full potential as a pilot. Whether your goal is beginning aerobatics, unusual attitude recovery, or adding a tailwheel endorsement to your pilot certificate...

 Dan Rogers, aerobatic instructor of aero enterprises (http://flyacro.us/acro.html)

Dan is a resident Certified Flight Instructor at Gordonsville Municipal Airport. He specializes in aerobatic and spin training. He is based at KGVE (Gordonsville Airport).

Dan brought home his new Decathlon November 26, 2008.

(No need for words when you take a look at that grin of the new owner!)

Dan competes in several local aerobatic competitions. When Dan is not instructing or cooing over his newly acquired airplane, or teaching is students about airplane spins, he helps our GAPS organization by climbing tall beacon towers and replacing lights and other work as needed at KGVE.

GAPS Member: Frank Isabell