Archie wrote:

   Aviation World Mourns Tony Bingelis, "Homebuilder's Homebuilder"
 Few people can claim even a fraction of the achievements that were,
frankly,
 never boasted about by a quiet guy from Texas.
 He loved airplanes.
 More, he loved BUILDING airplanes and he shared that love unselfishly and
 expertly with all those around him. Tony Bingelis, Homebuilder, author, EAA
 columnist and one of the most knowledgeable men in the world on homebuilt
 sportplanes, passed away yesterday.
 Called the "Homebuilder's Homebuilder", Antonio "Tony" Bingelis, was a USAF
 veteran, retiring with the rank of Major, and started a new career with the
 Texas Aeronautics Commission shortly thereafter. Bingelis began as a
 columnist for EAA's Sport Aviation in 1972 and continued writing "The
 SportPlane Builder" (as it was called from 1975 on) for many years,
 supplementing the knowledge transfer with several excellent books that have
 served as THE technical treatises on SportPlane building technology. The
 SportPlane Builder, Firewall Forward, SportPlane Construction Techniques,
 and Tony Bingelis On Engines were all written while Tony also constructed
no
 less than two Emeraudes, a Turner T-40, a VP-1, a Flaglor Scooter, a
Sequoia
 Falco, an RV-6 and an RV-3

Tony worked right up until the end. That is the way to go.

Paul Lamar
 
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