About Scrape Book – Flying November 24, 2014April 6, 2021 Ed had a gas-powered model airplane in 1946 – age 11 In 1947, age 12, he took a flight in this plane. JK, Ed, and Ralph Neiger(Ralph worked at Ed’s parents drug store at 35th and Broadway in Oak Park, Sacramento – he mention that job in his bio below.) Ralph Neiger and Ed Ed’s first flight. Add Soaring This photo is at Gerlach airport on May 1, 1967, when Ed was on his first dualcross-country flight with Tom Wells, from Reno to Winnemucca to Gerlach to Reno. Post Views: 191