One Of Sport Aviation's Most Exquisite Biplanes Returns To Life

It's hard to explain my affection for the old Great Lakes... I've flown the bird in a number of versions, ages (some much older than I) and generations... with round engines, inline engines, and the more recent Lycoming iterations... and I have loved them all. There was a unifying thread in each and every one of those birds... no matter how they were equipped or maintained. They were all the sweetest of flyers... with solid manners, an agreeable spirit, and the ability to make the worst of my early aerobatics look not so bad (especially when I was trying to impress one particular redheaded wonder of the female persuasion that I was the best aerobatic pilot she ever saw... and I think God for the fact that she had su