Sun Lakes Aero Club                       
Member Profile Form

Name:

 James Space   

Call Me:

 Jim

Spouse:

 Helen

Birth Place:

 Missoula, Montana

Raised In:

 Missoula and Thompson Falls, Montana and Orofino, Idaho

Pilot Ratings:

 Private SEL

Planes Previously Owned:

 Piper J-3 Cub, Piper PA-18-125 Super Cub, Taylorcraft BC12D (flying club)

Planes Currently Owned:

 Member of Phoenix Flyers (2 Archers, 1 Arrow, 1 Comanche)

Planes Flown:

 Above plus Cessna 140, 150

Military Experience:

 None

Rank When Retired:

 Civil Service ES-4 (Senior Executive Service)

Professional/Life Work:

 US Forest Service -- Forester (various locations in Montana and Idaho), Management Systems Specialist (Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, DC), Deputy Director of Cooperative Forestry (Washington, DC), Director of Computer Applications (Washington, DC), Deputy Regional Forester (Portland, Oregon), Director of Forest Pest Management (Washington, DC), Director of Research for California and the Pacific Islands (Berkeley, California)

Interests/Hobbies

 Fly missions for Flights for Life, volunteer consultant on invasive plant species on the Pacific islands for US Forest Service (see http://www.hear.org/pier/), travel, hiking.