EAA Chapter 732 Officers


President: Scott Musgrave
Scott Musgrave has been a pilot since 1986. He’s a Private Pilot and most of his flying has been in a Cessna 172, with some Cardinal and Arrow time thrown in for fun. His favorite airplane so far is the Piper Arrow. He’s been flying the Arrow a bunch lately, preparing himself for the day when he’s flying his Glasair. The airspeeds in the pattern are the same for both airplanes. He’s never owned a flying airplane, but has been working on a Glasair Super II S FT for the last 5 years. His project is coming along nicely, and he says he can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Scott’s father owned an airplane and his uncle was in the aircraft salvage business. As Scott grew up in Nashville, AR, he got to play with all of those airplanes and the aviation bug bit him hard. He and his wife, Belinda, and their daughter Kalli, live on a small farm with lots of horses and dogs and other animals. He graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Arkansas. He works at Danaher Tools where he runs a tool & die shop and says: “I get paid to play.” Scott says he has no time for hobbies; he is building an airplane you know!

Vice-President: Alan Smith


Secretary / Treasurer: Chip Gibbons
Chip Gibbons has been a pilot since he was 17, and can't remember a time when he didn't love airplanes and aviation. He is a multi-engine, commercial, instrument rated pilot who flies whenever he can. Chip is married to Becca and has two children, a son James who is 18 and a daughter Amanda who is 16. Both of them have been flying since they were in car seats but neither has expressed much interest in aviation. Most of Chip's flying is for pleasure with his family or friends. Chip has owned a Piper Warrior, a Gruman Tiger, an F33 Bonanza, a B55 and a B58P Baron, a J3 Cub, a Rans S12-XL, a Pitts S2-A, and currently owns an A36 Bonanza, an Extra 300/L, and a 7KCAB Citabria. In terms of flying qualities, his favorite factory airplane is the Extra 300.

Board: Paul Corlett


Board: Jim Halbert


Board: Wayne Larabee
Wayne Larabee has been flying for quite some time. He soloed in 1944 when he was 16 years old. He holds a commercial, multi and single engine license with an instrument rating. He’s also a CFII, MEI and A&P. Wayne flew for Atlantic Richfield doing pipeline patrol and has also done charter work, instructing and was a Cessna Dealer for 25 years, logging 30,000+ hours over the years. He’s also been an FBO owner and at one time had two FBO's. He’s currently working on completing his RV-6 project. Wayne has spent a lot of time helping others in the chapter with their projects but has recently been concentrating on finishing his project and hopes to fly it this year. In past years he’s owned an Aeronca 11AC, Cessna 195, G model Bonanza, a Great Lakes and a Super Cub. Not to mention the Cessna’s that were his while a dealer. Wayne says his favorite airplane, so far, is the Cessna 195. He’s a member of the EAA (and one of our chapter’s technical counselors), AOPA (has his 50 year pin from them) and the Quiet Birdmen. He and his wife have lived in Bella Vista for 10 years and have 2 kids, 4 grandsons, 2 great granddaughters and a great grandson.

Board: Jack Macy
Jack Macy soloed in 1952 and got his license in 1953 using his GI Bill. He’s a private pilot, with a single engine land license. All of his flying has been for pleasure and currently owns a Starduster II. In the past he’s owned a Piper Tri-Pacer, a Mooney Mk20 (wood winged), an Executive Mooney and was is part owner of a Cherokee 140. Jack’s a member of the AOPA, the EAA (he was the chapter’s President last year), and the Ozark Military Museum, being particularly active in the last two. His favorite factory airplane is the Mooney and his favorite kit airplanes are the Starduster and RV-6. He also enjoys woodworking. He and his wife have lived in Bella Vista for 12 years and have 4 kids and 5 grandkids.

Board: Charley Scott
Charley Scott has been flying since 1964. He’s a private pilot, single engine land, with an instrument rating and has a hi-performance endorsement. The majority of his approximately 2500 flying hours has been personal with a little done for business. He’s also logged about 30 hours of helicopter time. Charley currently owns a flying Glasair 1 FT he constructed and is working on an Express series S90 kit. He’s owned and/or flown a Beech Musketeer, a T-34, a Bonanza and a T210. He says the V35/F33 Bonanza is his favorite factory built airplane to fly and the Glasair is his favorite homebuilt airplane to fly. He has been involved with the EAA and Civil Air Patrol extensively and is a technical counselor for our EAA chapter. Charley spent 20 years in the oil & gas business, traveling extensively, including a lot of overseas traveling. He’s currently retired from Comercial Insurance sales. He and his wife Frances plan to do a lot of traveling in the future. Charley has lived in Northwest Arkansas since 1974 and enjoys building and flying airplanes.

Board: Rex Stewart
Rex Stewart started his flying experience in 1954 with the purchase of an Aeronica 7AC from a friend for $600.00. He soloed three weeks later and got his private license in 1955. In 1957 he converted the 7AC to a 7BCM which increased the versitility somewhat. In 1958 Rex and his family moved to Indiana, selling his airplane in the process and concentrating on an engineering degree. He resumed his flying in 1970 by joining a flying club with five airplanes from a Cherokee 6 on down. In 1974 he aquired an instrument rating and purchased a Cherokee 180D which he sold one year later, replacing it with a Mooney M20C which he flew all over the U.S. In 1984 he traded the Mooney for a P-35 Bonanza which he flew for enjoyment all over the U.S. In 1998 he sold the Bonanza and purchased an AA-1C Grumman Tomcat which he has used for short excursions in the air while he works on the construction of his Glastar Kit which was well under way by the year 2000. In his more optomistic moments Rex still believes that 2003 may be the year. In all this flying fun Rex has accumulated nearly 2000 hours of fun and hopes there will be many more to come.

Board: Barry West
Barry West has been a pilot since 1967. He is a private pilot, single engine land, with an instrument rating and 2000 hours flying time. All of his flying has been for pleasure. He currently owns and flies a Kitfox that he built and is working on a Pulsar Turbo. In the past he has owned a Cessna 182 and a Cardinal RG. His favorite airplane to fly has been the Kitfox. Barry’s a member of the EAA, AOPA, the Air Museum at Drake Field and the Ozark Military Museum. He is also very active in the Young Eagles program and is one of our chapter’s Young Eagle Coordinators. Barry’s a retired Mechanical Engineer. He and his wife Sherron have lived here for 8 years and have 2 kids and 3 grand children.

Board: Jim Younkin
Jim Younkin is known by many for his creation of the air racing replicas, the Travelair Mystery Ship, and Mr. Mulligan, as well as the super Stearman "Goliath", the Mystery Pacer, and more recently the Mullicoupes. He is also known for his G Model Staggerwing production line which saw three D models converted to G Models and then upgraded with a number of engineering improvements. Finally, he is also known by some for his activity in the art of forming compound aluminum aircraft parts. All these activities were accomplished in his retirement years. Prior to these, his professional career as an electronic engineer was in the field of designing gyro instruments and autopilots for general aviation. In the late 1950's he developed the first miniaturized solid-state gyro slaving system which he sold to AIM (Aviation Instrument Mfg Co.) From AIM, Mr. Younkin went to Mitchell Industries where he designed autopilots and related instrumentation. During that period he invented the low-friction heading selector (bug) into the three-inch vertical card DG. This basic design concept is used today in all autopilot directional gyros. Mr. Younkin's primary accomplishment at Mitchell was autopilot design, and Jim was the sole designer of the Century III, the first attitude position autopilot to fly without feedback sensors on the servos. Mr. Younkin also developed the Century I and Century IV, and contributed to the design of the Century Forty-one, which evolved into the present-day Century 2000. Another product, the NSD-360 horizontal situation indicator (HSI) is Mr. Younkin's design. This unit is probably in greater use today than any other HSI, and it is still being produced. As could be expected, Mr. Younkin holds numerous autopilot patents. Jim spends his time now developing and marketing solid-state digital autopilots for the experimental aircraft market.

Board: Jay Hale


Board: Doug Stone
Doug Stone has been fascinated with airplanes for as long as he can remember. Doug took his first flying lesson in 1968, shortly after going to work for Boeing as an engineer in Wichita, Kansas. Learning how to handle a Taylorcraft on a short grass strip in Kansas gave him a real respect for what wind can do to an airplane. In 1985, Doug joined the EAA and started on a plans built KR-2 which he then proceeded to pull all over the country as the result of company assignments. After retiring to Bella Vista with his wife, Lynn, in 1999, Doug purchased part interest in a Cherokee 6 and obtained his instrument rating. He is now turning serious attention to finishing the KR-2, which he now admits should have been completed a long time ago.

Board: Jim Wimberly


Board: Cris Ferguson


Board: Lester Ward


Board: Mickey Ward