His name is Ivo Zdarsky and is an escapee from the communist blok - literally. That's how he got his start in aviation. He built his escape machine. Here is a story about him. http://www.heraldextra.com/news/state-and-regional/airport-owner-is-only-res... It says he cleared the airstrip. I think I remember there being an airstrip when I was a teenager. I'll have to check out my old sectionals. But, I almost like your story better, Chuck. Brent From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Concrete Arrows I bet Larry remembers the days when you could meet the Tuesday autogyro at the Lucin airstrip to pick up your mail. The dirigible came one Saturday a month, unless the wind was blowing. ;-)