During his military service he attended aircraft maintenance school at Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi, followed by time on Guam in the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron as a B-17 Flight engineer.

In 1948 Bob graduated from the Lewis College in Lockport, Illinois, aircraft maintenance course as an A&E mechanic (now referred to as "A&P" for Airframe and Powerplant) and later added the Inspection Authorization rating.

He conducted metal aircraft building forums at the Rockford and Oshkosh EAA fly-ins for 25 years.

[3] The FAA pre-cover inspection of the first wing of his prototype Midget Mustang was January, 1953.

[4] In 1959 he purchased the rights to the Midget Mustang and began to sell prints for the M-I.