This great man, with a special charm, a charismatic figure, was a fierce warrior with the hardships that stood in his way, especially during the 1950-1965 period when he did the impossible to maintain the Romanian aviation manufacturing, during the reorganization and abolition period. He made the Ghimbav units internationally famous, through his outstanding performance, supported by a team that understood and appreciated this great builder and organizer. Unfortunately, the tragedies did not spare him. He assisted, one by one, at the loss of his two sons, the first student in Medicine in Bucharest, died at the earthquake on 4 March 1977 and the second, Cristian, student in the last year of high school, glider pilot, victim the stupid Sânpetru minibus crash of 4 July 1978. He manly survived the unjust blows, until the beginning of February 1981 when his heart ceased to beat, after a fatal lung disease, contracted on Ghimbav airfield. After almost two decades after his disappearance, the planes built by him, continue to be the basis for Romanian gliding.