John coached many of us, including Windy, Bill Simons, Dawn Cosmillo, Barry Simons, Ed Elasick, and lowly ole me. He also has several designs to his credit including Classics "JD Falcon", "Topper" (Jr Falcon), "Jerseyan"(Sept 2004 Model Aviation), and the "Silencer" that we co-designed more recently. John is one of those unforgettable characters, and has been like my second father. At 84 years of age John is still very active both coaching and competing!
Even Bob Gieseke recently said that when he gets old he wants to be like John.
Here some of John's and My airplanes: