2023 Classic Aircraft Awards

Grand Champion Gold Lindy

Dillon Barron & Mike Barron
Perry, MO
N4312N
1948 Cessna 195

Reserve Grand Champion Silver Lindy

Harold Holmberg
Stillwater, MN
NC86719
1946 Bellanca 14-16

Champion Customized Classic
Bronze Lindy

Jared Storm
David City, NE
N1894A
Piper PA-18

Class III (151 – 235 HP)
Bronze Lindy

Tony Boren
Pelican Bay, TX 
N113SC
1952 Piper PA-18

Class II (86 – 150 HP)
Bronze Lindy

Ken Morris
Poplar Grove, IL 
N5669C
1950 Cessna 140A

Class I (0 – 85 HP)
Bronze Lindy

Karl Rauch
Fredericksburg, VA
NC92833
1946 Commonwealth Skyranger 185

Best Customized Runner Up

Thomas Swigart
Toledo, OH
N419AK
1951 Piper PA-18

Custom Class D (236+ HP)

Stephen Howard
Augusta, GA
N1904
1951 Beech C35

Custom Class C (151 – 235 HP)

Michael Marco
Atlantic Beach, FL
N170DM
1952 Cessna 170

Custom Class B (86 – 150 HP)

Hayden Newhouse
Fredericksburg, TX
N1368A
1951 Piper PA-18

Custom Class A (0 – 85 HP)

Tuggin Long
Smithville, MO
N4529E
1948 Aeronca 7DC

Preservation

Shane Orr
Hendersonville, TN
N4062N
1947 Cessna 140

Outstanding Limited Production

Rex Ott
Burlington, IA
N58789
1955 Morrisey 2000C

Outstanding Stinson

Gary Shenk
Lititz, PA
N108RD
1948 Stinson 108

Outstanding Piper Other

David Tulis
Frederick, MD
N3328A
1953 Piper PA-22

Outstanding Luscombe

Scott Mistysyn
Pottsville, PA 
N2340K
1947 Luscombe 8A

Outstanding Cessna 190/195

David Pfister
El Paso, IL
N127GM
1949 Cessna 195

Outstanding Cessna 170

Colin Butterfield
Wellesley, MA 
N4112V
1948 Cessna 170

Outstanding Cessna 120/140

Stephanie Triesenberg
Grand Rapids, MI
N9477A
1949 Cessna 140

Outstanding Aeronca Champ

Philip Preston
St. Pete Beach, FL 
N81986
1946 Aeronca 7AC