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	Mike and Charmian Larson's 2009 Summer Vacation On June 16 Charmian and Mike left Houston for Denver, Colorado. This was the first leg of their annual Cessna 195 vacation and eventual arrival at Oshkosh 2009. Please enjoy this documentary of their travels.

	Flying the Hudson River Corridor Bill Crooker and his family fly up New York's Hudson River viewing the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, USS Intrepid, George Washington Bridge and much more.

	Mort Brown's 100th Birthday On July 29, 2008 Mort Brown celebrated his 100th birthday. Mort was Cessna's Chief Production Test Pilot for nearly 35 years and test flew approximately 850 out of 1,200 Cessna 190/195s. (Shockwave required)

	Benton, Kansas or Bust! Lloyd Sorensen writes "This is the story of a perfect flying vacation. That is no weather, no hurry, no problems ... experienced in our 1948 Cessna 195 Businessliner jokingly crowned 'The King of IZA'."

	When You Fly a Cessna 195 You Meet the Nicest People Mike Larson writes "Since I have retired, Charmian and I have flown over a hundred hours around the country exercising the privileges of American life to it's fullest."

	One Golden Moment Mal Shipton writes "Behind me to the west lay almost a thousand track miles already covered in the day...Ahead the last of the mountains surrendered to the coastal plain which in turn slid into the inky sea."

	Der Gourmet Pilot Club member Heribert Schwab is a very active pilot living in Rodgau, Germany. He has written the first culinary guide for general aviation pilots and featured in many German newspaper and television spots.

	On the Way... Mike and Charmian Larson's flying trip through Monument Valley, Zion National Park, the Reno Air Races, down the California coastline and ending at our Club's 2006 Fly-in in Santa Ynez, CA.

	Tales of the 195 Mike Larson writes "I'll never forget Bob Haskins throwing the keys to N3451V and telling me how much I was going to like this airplane. It didn't start out that way!".

	Around the USA in a Cessna 195 Jeff, Kathryn, Emily and Sarah Ward spent seven weeks flying their Cessna 195 across and around the USA visiting the Midwest, Dakotas, Big Sky Country, Yellowstone, Pacific Northwest, California, Grand Canyon, New Mexico, Kentucky and many stops between.

	A 195 Story Mike Larson writes "We would wander around the airport before class started and look at the Super Cub sprayers standing on their noses in the Quonset hangar...A little further down the line though, someone had parked a Cessna 195..."

	When Did You First Fall in Love...With the Cessna 190/195? Coyle Schwab writes "The swooping tail, the blistered cowling. That tiny little windshield...That step that swung down when the door was opened...The sounds and sights of their startups. Well, these 195s just looked and sounded and smelled (and oozed) like real airplanes!"

	An Uncle's Gift Acknowledged Mike Larson writes "I remember that cool fall day back in 1952 in Wichita, Kansas like it was yesterday. I was 6 years old and I had just been told I was going for my first ride in an airplane..."

	Mike and Charmian Larson's N8266R It was late in 1998 and things were going pretty well at the Larson household. I was talking to a friend who was looking for his own airplane. Tom wanted a Bonanza but I casually made the statement that I would rather have a Cessna 195.

	St. John's to Cabo San Lucas Occasionally life presents the opportunity to do something very special. For Ron Gruner that opportunity came in the summer of 1991 when he flew his Cessna 195 from St.John's, Newfoundland, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.