10/11/2004. Howard Rundberg soloed in this aircraft at Brown Field, San Diego, California in 1948. Last August Howard went to Cable Airport, to see the plane and share some of his experiences with the plane's current owner, Joe Lane. It has been in the Lane family since 1950. In 1948 the plane had no starter, radio or generator.

Howard recalls, "The fuel level indicator is a rod, bent at the top, poking up through the gas cap on the tank just ahead of the windscreen. When the bent part reached the cap you knew you were low on fuel. At this point, I would move the stick back and forth to slosh the fuel around and if the gauge rod bounced up and down I knew I had enough fuel remaining for a few more touch-and-goes."