| Steve Homer, steve.homer(@)sbcglobal.net, 04.07.2008 The list is missing the Parks P-2 which had a radial engine. Richard Bach, the author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" had one and flew it into Parks field one day in 1968 to have Oliver Parks autograph the instrument panel. |
| Dale Schrage, schragenm(@)hotmail.com, 02.06.2008 The Parks P-1 was produced at Parks College of Aeronautical Technology which was founded by Oliver L Parks in 1927. It was located in Cahokia, IL, about 10 miles southeast of St. Louis, MO. The school taught aeronautical engineering, flying and A&P classes. Many MANY pilots were trained there in WW-II. In 1947, Oliver Parks donated the college to St. Louis University. The Illinois campus was closed in about 1997 with the college moving over to the St. Louis U main campus in mid-town St. Louis. |