He is a multi-engine instrument-rated aviator and survivor of burns over 35% of his body when his single-engine Grumman American AA-5 Tiger was caught in a wind shear during a landing at Minuteman Airfield in 1985.
Tiger Aircraft started production of the AG-5B Tiger in 2001 at their plant in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
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Changes were made to the engine cowling and baffling to reduce cooling drag, the exhaust system was redesigned, the main landing gear fairings were further improved, the ventral fin was deleted and the horizontal tail was enlarged to allow a larger center of gravity range.
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On August 2, 2007 The Federal Bankruptcy Court approved the sale of Tiger Aircraft assets to True Flight Holdings LLC.
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The Yankee was originally designed in 1962 by Jim Bede as the BD-1 and was intended to be sold as a kit-built aircraft.