VIKING of the MONTH
January 1999
"Miss January"
N4052B is a 1976 Super Viking owned by Gene & Donna DeFoe
This Viking is based in Riverton Wyoming (RIW)
52B over Boysen Reservoir in the Bridger Mountain range. Photograph taken by John & Adele Christensen, flying wing in their Viking.
The DeFoe's write; "Our 1976 Super Viking has 1540 hours total time since new, is full IFR certified, and has a three blade Hartzell coupled to a Continental IO-520-K. It also has a ski tube, gear doors, long range fuel, and co-pilot brakes. The interior is blue crushed velour. The equipment also includes an Apollo Flybuddy Loran, Century III autopilot coupled to both VORs, digital clock, and an EI-Scanning 6 probe EGT."
"This Viking has always been hangared, and loves to fly our rugged mountains out here, especially the Wind River Mountains which is part of the Rocky Mountain range. It loves to have one wing pointed straight down while aerial photographs are being taken. We use it in our communications business as well as our aerial photography business and would not trade it for any other airplane."
Gene & Donna can be reached at:
commser@trib.com
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Previous "Vikings of the Month"
N 1285R...Don Ame's 1972 Turbo Viking
N 93570...Larry Smalley's 1973 17-31A
N 39819...Jim Howell's 1973 17-30A
N 4081B...Tom Binder's 1975 17-31ATC
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