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Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
NC2954 was the fourteenth Mallard produced and left the Bethpage factory on February15, 1947 for Gar Wood Industries in Detroit, Michigan. Gar Wood like most of the Mallard owners was an intelligent, adventurous individual. Read more about those that flew J-14.
J-14
Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
Gar Wood Industries
Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
Marion "Betty" Carstairs (l) and Gar Wood at Chalk's Flying Service
J-14 was sitting in Gar Wood's hangar at the beginning of 1955 but relocated to Miami
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Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
Sunny South Aircraft Services, Broward County Airport / photo credit Roy Erickson
J-14
The Miami Herald - May 5,1955
The Miami Herald - May 24,1955
Bill Packer
J-14 sits in Miami awaiting its next operator. Bill Packer's success with General Motors and his Pontiac dealerships in Detroit set his sites on a new dealership in Miami in 1955.
Packer Pontiac
photo credit National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library
thank you to Michigan State University for their assistance..
Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Michigan and the Sportsman Pilots Association. It was easy to see how he found J-14 in Miami and flew it for the next 10 years.
Precision Valve
Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
Getty Image #515407186 licensed for posting to AAB website / Bettmann Collection
Robert Abplanalp, Pat and Richard Nixon,and Bebe Rebozo and N2954 in 1976
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Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
Roland Lafont
Hansa Jet Corp.
Walkers' Cay Air Service
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Bill Packer learned to fly in 1928 and had logged 12,500 flying hours. He held private, commercial and instructor pilot licenses and served as president of the Aero Club of Mi
