While working as a stockbroker in California, Richard Babbitt earned his private pilot’s license with multi-engine, instrument, and commercial ratings. This in turn led to an exciting 27-year career selling private and corporate planes for Beech Aircraft. An avid woodworker, he used his knowledge of aerodynamics to solve the dust-collection problem on tablesaws.
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