EAA Chapter 54 July Meeting

Our Guest Speaker for this meeting is John Mohr MN Aviation Hall of Fame inductee who was born in Virginia, MN. He grew up in the Crane Lake area and took his first airplane ride in a J-3 Cub on floats with his father as a one-year-old. He soloed at age fourteen and received his Private license in 1970 and other licenses followed. In 1972, Mohr constructed a home-built helicopter using an outboard motor from a boat. He built four others over the years. He flew for the Einarson brothers at International Falls, hauling fishermen from camp to camp, making ambulance flights, and instructing. In 1975, he purchased a Stearman biplane, restored it, and soon began to perform aerobatics at local events. He moved to Orr, MN, and started his own flying service. He was then hired by North Central Airlines to fly the DC-9. Today he is flying for Delta Airlines. In addition to his airline career, Mohr continues to fly exhibitions all over the world. Mohr has received many showmanship awards and has run his total flight time to 37,000 hours.

John performs what is believed by many to be the most entertaining 220 hp Stock Stearman (PT-17) routine in the world, known for executing a perfect, low-level square loop; the lowest “Harrier” maneuver in the industry called the “Harried Pass;” and the world’s only biplane-to-helicopter transfer. Mohr is the recipient of both the “Bill Barber” and “Art Scholl” awards for showmanship (2000), and a captain with Delta Airlines, flying the Boeing 757 internationally.