Wings of Time: Family searches for, finds late father's 1948 plane - American Press

Wings of Time: Family searches for, finds late father's 1948 plane - American Press

Although Ted Lyon was too young to remember his late father Gilbert’s first plane, he grew up with stories of those early flying adventures. Now 60, Ted and his mother, former Welsh mayor Mary Sue Lyon and uncle Emery Lyon, are witnessing the restoration of a significant piece of family history: a 1948 Piper PA-15 Vagabond originally purchased by Ted’s late father, Gilbert, in November 1949. The aircraft is believed to be the oldest Vagabond sti…