EAA Mourns Loss of Ed Marquart
July 6, 2007 - Edwin E. “Ed†Marquart, a prominent figure of the early homebuilt movement and EAA Chapter One, died peacefully of natural causes early Wednesday morning, July 4, at the age of 85. Ed worked at historic Flabob Airport, Riverside, California, from 1955 until two weeks ago. Nearly 500 plan sets of his most popular design, the MA-5 Charger biplane, were sold. Ed was EAA Member #198
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