Bob Moore wrote in
46.128:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote
You must have also known Sal Labate before his fall from grace.

Ah yes....Uncle Sal. :-) Sal had to do something with all of that
ill gotten money, so he started Guy America Airways to be fronted
by his nephew Tony Terri who took a leave from his PanAm FE job.

I flew B-707s there for about a year. Also served as Manager of
Flight Crew Training and B-707 Check Airman.

For PAA or GAA?

Nobody ever figured out what Uncle Sal was supposed to be doing back
there in a corner all by himself. Our headquarters was located in
Queens.

Of course, we had all heard about Sal's medical retirement from an
American Airlines DC-10 Captain job with a "funny" heart attack.

Do you know the real truth about Sal?

Well, I know about where he got some of his money, alright. I know about
the Douglas in the forest, too. I heard he wormed his way out of the
mess somehow as well..
I met him a good few times. He was always around invovled in some
hairbrained scheme or another. I remember he had a "Flying Circus" he
based at Woodbine, NJ, close to the shore. they had a Sopwith Camel
Replica, a Fokker DR1 and a Stampe as well as a Cub and a couple of
other things to give rides in. They advertised on the radio most of the
summer for their weekend airshows but I doubt that more than a few
hundred came to see it all summer.. Half the time they couldn't get the
airplanes started. Actually the best part of it was a flying fool act
done by some local farmer in a Cub and Sal's Stampe display, which was
quite tidy.. One of my friends was involved with him repairing some of
his airplanes when he was stil in high school so I was up at his place
on the Delaware a couple of times with him. He had some cool airplanes!

There are an incredible number of scoundrels involved in aviation!

Chuck Weldon is another one who springs to mind..


Bertie