Tom Southern
That was Tom's plane. Here at Reklaw.
And here in California where he bought the CAP 10. This piece was the
first CAP 10 in the US. The FAA used it to certify the type. Tom was proud of this fact.
But this couldn't be the whole story: any pre-owner must have
overstressed the plane with too much g's. And in June 2003 the main beam
cracked during flight. Tom died with his plane.
We will always remember him.
He was a quiet guy, always helpful and friendly, with the ability to combine our resources,
co-ordinate the efforts and always helping at the front.
Here he's giving a TV-interview about the famous "Alu-Overcast".
He was our president several years, set up our first web-page
-for backups look at web.archive.org ! -, helped where he was needed.
His heart was aviation-bound. We all knew how he helped with the
restoration of the Stinson. Then he buildt his own hangar at
Gladewater.
He even visited Germany -yes, also to visit the area- but a
significant part of this time he spent at the AERO 2001. 
Meeting an old friend who was presenting stuff from Sporty's.
Looking for the newest CAP models.
Emailing from Harry's PC were he lived some days in Germany.
Most courious thing during his stay in Germany: Suddenly he said "how does this logo comes to that german car, it's my university, the University of Houston!" Aside is the sticker from the car before us.
Tom had a lot of faces, here are some:
from left to right: one of the very rare pictures with a tie - while building his hangar - announcing the airshow in Gilmer - helping in Reklaw - at the Christmas-party in his hangar - while helping the chapter.