Piper Cub Tales
In 1969, Frank Baker restored a badly damaged Piper Cub to like new condition. He received his Private Pilot Certificate in the same year. Since then, he has accumulated over 3,000 hours of flying time in this Cub. Much of this time has been acquired on long cross-country flights to distant parts of the United States, totaling some 71,695 miles. Some routes such as to Denver and Lock Haven, have been flown many times. He also has considerable experience in mountain flying.Over the years, the Cub has become a member of his family and it has been a participant in many family activities. The Cub also has been flown on camping trips within Wisconsin as well as to other Midwestern locations.He is a long time member of the Cub Club and of the Midwest Antique Airplane Club. He has participated in the latter’s Grassroots Fly-in at Brodhead, Wisconsin since its inception.In addition, he is a well-known designer of radio control model airplanes. He has published numerous magazine construction articles of radio controlled model airplanes, specializing in multi-engine WWII bombers.