Howard Pahl, stroke

[Finnegan]

Don't know if any of you have had the good fortune to meet my Dad, Howard Pahl, but if you have, just thought I'd let you know he suffered a stroke about 3 weeks ago and is slowly on the road to recovery.
Up 'til now, he had still flown his Mooney occasionally, although he keeps threatening that this will be his last year. I can't imagine why; he's only 80.

Howard is one of those aviation enthusiasts that has been responsible for many people getting into aviation, mostly for pleasure, but some who moved on to commercial endeavours. (I remember him selling block time in a Champ for 10 bucks an hour to a local kid who was building time for his CPL. Ended up at AC, I believe). He loves fly-in breakfasts and always had at least one passenger with him that he'd invited along. He always invited at least one other person to accompany him to Oshkosh.

He had the infinite patience to teach me how to fly his Luscombe when I was 12, and never seems to be happier than when I'm gainfully employed flying something somewhere.
After 53 years of flying, buying, and selling airplanes (even did some Harvard air-combat stuff when he was around 70), Dad still flies for the sheer, pure pleasure of it, and the satisfaction he gets from planting that little seed in others.
Here's hoping he recovers enough to fly his Mooney next summer.

[Skud Run]

I hope he recovers completely to fly another day.

[Jack Klumpus]

All the best towards a full recovery.

[toelessjoe]

Flying Harvards at 70 years of age! This man sounds mentally unsound!! Quality birddog material for sure!! Tell your dad to be in Dryden in the spring for Commander training. (He'll have to put up with the 415 drivers calling him "kid" though if he's only 80).

For all the tanker pilots reading this - yes, I went there .

[Finnegan]

He'd probably have a hoot birddogging. In fact, I probably would too.