Kim Prout

Cableite, Pilot, EAA member/ builder and great friend of the airport and the air show has retired (12/24/2009) after 35 years of Fire Fighting for the Upland Fire Department.

We know Kim as the guy who does the DJ during the air show, at parties, and he built and flies the Europa. His day job for the last 35 years has been with the Upland Fire Department, hired Feb. 1975. During those years he was promoted to engineer in 1978 and Captain in 1997. He figures he responded to over 10,000 calls in his career, all being front line services, not administrative. He rotated among the three stations until the fourth station on Campus was started. He bid that station for the past five years in its temporary home. The new station on 19^th and Campus is now open, however, his retirement date was December 24, 2009, so he missed moving in.

Kim has built and flown a Long EZE (build time of 2 years and 2500 man-hours), a Europa (build time of 2 years and 2 weeks, 2000+ man-hours) and is continuing the build on his second Europa in his hangar #269.

Cable Airport is proud to have Kim as a pilot, tenant and friend.

Congratulation Kim!

THERE IS SNOW IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA---WE CAN LOOK UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO SEE IT...AND WE CAN FLY OVER IT....OR FLY UP TO PLAY IN IT!!!

THEN WE CAN DRIVE DOWN TO THE BEACH FOR AN EVENING SITTING OUTSIDE A SIDEWALK CAFE!!

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Ray Podesta flew his Cessna Turbo 182 to check out the fresh snow in Big Bear. There are some spectacular mountain snow photos BY Joerg Geschke

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"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts.. . for support rather than illumination. " - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)