He leaves his wife, Margaret, and their dog Jenny, who live in Ladysmith on Vancouver Island. Margaret said that Jim was always a big advocate for getting young people involved in aviation. She has asked that donations in Jim's memory be made to COPA's Neil Armstrong Flying Scholarship Fund.

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Baby Ace built and flown by George Carpenter. George started building this airplane when he was 67 years old and took him 2 years to complete. Powered by a Lycoming 0-145 with 55 hp and a ground adjustable IVO prop. To date George has logged close to 100 hrs on his pride and joy. George can be contacted by e-mail at chips_elva@telus.net

Van's RV4 built in 2500 hrs and way too many years by John Owen. Powered by an 0-320-E2D Lycoming with a Colin Walker 68x68 prop. Information can be obtained by e-mailing John at fnzb@shaw.caor check out his home page

T-40A Owned, flown and built by Ray Carr. This is an all wood, plans built aircraft that took 5500 hrs to build. It is powered by a Lycoming 0-320. Ray says it cruises at 150 mph. Ray can be reached at carray@shaw.ca