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Originally published in 2020.
Piston Power Series
Cessna 310 and Beechcraft Baron by Joe Casey
Two special people entered my work life about three years ago, also bringing along two special airplanes: Gerald West with his Cessna 310Q, and Deanna Wallace with a Beechcraft Baron 58. I would have enjoyed life with these two even without the airplanes, but they make the relationship all the more sweeter.
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For decades, Gerald has been a pillar of leadership and strength at my home airport, Cherokee County Airport (JSO), and is the patriarch of one of the neatest families in the East Texas area. Gerald and his family operate West- craft Manufacturing, a supplier of hydraulic cylinders to industrial markets nationwide. Gerald purchased a King
