The wonder of flight

Article by: Jim Gehrz
Updated: November 26, 2007 - 9:50 AM

At Brown's airport near Hancock, Minn. the log book of landings and takeoffs might read something like this: one tail-dragger -- regular landings and takeoffs; two geese -- touch and goes; one Lincoln Town car -- taxing only. Actually, Brown's airport is a half-mile long grass airstrip on a farm owned by Marvin and Mary Jo Brown, and it is where they host a number of fly-ins through the year. The tail-dragger is a vintage aluminum aircraft, a two-seater. The two geese are Apollo and Kennedy. And, the Lincoln Town car, well, that belongs to Marvin and Mary Jo and it is used as a prompt to encourage Apollo and Kennedy to come play "goose games."

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Jim Gehrz, staff photographer, Minneapolis Star Tribune.
The wonder of flight

Last update: Tuesday December 4, 2007 - 11:31 AM

Brown's airport is a half-mile long grass airstrip on a farm owned by Marvin and Mary Jo Brown. There sits a vintage aluminum 1947 Cessna 140, a two-seater, near two geese, Apollo and Kennedy, and a Lincoln Town Car that is used as a prompt to encourage Apollo and Kennedy to come play "goose games."
Jim Gehrz, photojournalist at the Star Tribune

Last update: Wednesday November 28, 2007 - 3:46 PM

Jim Gehrz grew up in St. Paul where he dreamed of some day taking photographs for one of the hometown daily newspapers. His career has span over 5 newspapers, and his accomplishments include: Photographer of the Year for 11 times iin Minnesota and Wisconsin. In 2005 he was named National Press Photographer of the Year; he was named a Pulitzer finalist and he most recenlty won an Emmy Award for still photography.