Adam Aircraft

[O. Lynn Justice]

After the FAA got finished with them, they fell short on range and payload. Except for looks, I still feel that the later model 337's had more to offer when new. We Skymaster owners have to admit that we find our planes attractive because of the engineering concepts. We stick with the practical. There are not many out there that call our Skymasters pretty. I suspect that the only thing that kept the model alive as long as happened, were the military orders.

[hharney]

I believe that there has always been Skymaster lovers and this will continue. Aircraft owners are unique and each one has their own tastes. Most all the pilots I talk to always say "oh a push pull, those are neat airplanes" but until you really know the Skymaster you don't have the disease that we have. Once you really understand the abilities and versiticity of the Skymaster it's just a "neat airplane". My dad had his first Skymaster in 1969, it was a 66 model. He owned many other planes around the 2 Skymasters that he loved most; Cherokee 6, Comanche, Cessna 320, C172, and others but his passion was the Skymaster. It was his passion only after he owned the first one. The military was a big part of the Skymaster but I disagree that it was the only thing that kept them alive. Cessna also believed in it or they wouldn't have kept it going for as long as they did. And look at all the different models. Others have traded the Skymaster and have not looked back but there was a good reason for the trade and when you talk to them they still admit that the Skymaster was a great airplane. Please come join us in Branson, May 2009.

[O. Lynn Justice]

I really enjoyed being with you Skymaster owners when I attended the Fly-in in 2004. Bonita still thinks I am necessary for the school and it just seems that the fly-ins happen when we are the busiest. We take numerous short trips in Central America when we can bridge some holidays. Then in the summers, while school is out, we cris-cross the U.S. to visit friends, our siblings and our 8 children and 32 grandchildren in the Skymaster. Sometimes I feel a twinge of guilt for having so much fun flying a beautiful wife of 45 years around in the best light twin ever built.