This page attempts to describe the essense of those that are permanent fixtures (or are wannabees) at the hangars in and around Felts Field. Every year the webmaster of this site asks the regular fixtures at Felts for interesting pictures and bios, but everytime he asks, he gets blushes and feet shuffling. Maybe one of these years...

Mike "Gas Man" Scalera

One of the original members of the 'Sky Blues Acrobatic Team' (flying wing). Born the son of a poor Italian immigrant, Mike started his relationship with speed and danger at age 9 when he raced his first Formula Ferrari and it's been non-stop since. Mike has always been enthralled with speed and at age 12 Mike won the International Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. Unfortunately, he was disqualified when it was discovered that he had a team of 128 hungry hamsters underneath his racer to pull the car to a winning speed. He amazed the world in 1988 when he flew his aircraft inverted at over 200 MPH through a giant Pepperoni Pizza suspended just five feet above the ground.

We're all hoping that his handle comes from the fact that he manages the field avgas co-operative - and not because of any biological processes (hmmm, maybe that's why nobody will fly in the same aircraft as him...)

Mike currently indulges his split personality by punching holes in the sky with either a Pitts Special or his Cessna 180 Skywagon.

Addison "Sugar Bear" Pemberton

Known locally as 'Addie', Addison with his sons run Pemberton and Sons Aviation, where they take seemingly innocuous piles of scrap and struts and turn them into wonders of the sky. Check out the link - you WILL be amazed.

Addison has bragging rights to a Cessna 185, a Super Cub, and a Stearman 4DM and E75. Saving the best for last, Addison restored what is the only flying Boeing 40 in existance. Sweeeet.

Corey "Why Run" Wirun

Corey started flying at the tender age of 8 months when he first solo'd the formidable Flying-Ducky 25A outside the local K-Mart. Since then he has spent thousands of hours in the 'Duck, eventually moving up to the Dinosaur PM6 until it was decommisioned in the late '70's due the high cost of maintainenance. However, local sources at the time said it was because he "was creeping people out" and not because the Dino' was in need of repairs. This part of Corey's history is a little, umm, foggy.

Corey is the token Canadian in the Felts aviation community. He is based out of Okotoks, Alberta (CFX2) and flies a Cessna 177B Cardinal.