As a member of the Radio Club, Darrell Bregar was originally licensed W8WIA, but is no longer licensed.  He currently lives in Conneaut, OH

Darrel had brought his friend George Koepplinger (Euclid H.S. 1953) who is not a ham, to the reunions in 2007 and 2008. George used to fly an open-cockpit biplane in the late '40's with his buddies.  Mike Stimac remembered George and Darrell.  (George is the son of "Koepplinger's Bakery") that was still on Dille Road in the 1950s.

It turns out that back in 1957, it was George who helped Mike Stimac to learn to fly, --fostering the beginning of the SJH Flying Program!  Darrell would go back down to SJ and to Lost Nation Airport with George and Mike because he also wanted to learn to fly.

Earlier at St Joe's he had belonged to the Model Airplane Club and remembered winning an event that got him a trophy presented by famed test pilot Chuck Yeager, who also took him aside and gave him some words of encouragement.

Darrell and George were delighted to be able to see Mike again and recall those good old times!

Darrell's older brother David is a retired airline pilot.