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Published April 02, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Tom Marson and his airplanes


Tom Marson, a veteran pilot who built and flew his own planes, has devoted his time to building and flying model airplanes in his town of Hudson home. The 82-year-old Marson continued flying until he was 80 and sold his favorite plane. Photo by Jon Echternacht

  • Tom Marson, a veteran pilot who built and flew his own planes, has devoted his time to building and flying model airplanes in his town of Hudson home. The 82-year-old Marson continued flying until he was 80 and sold his favorite plane. Photo by Jon Echternacht
  • A model airplane rests in Tom Marson’s shop in the town of Hudson. Marson has built full-size planes as well as models. Photo by Jon Echternacht
  • The frame of Tom Marson’s Dakota Hawk starts to take place after he received the kit in November 1994. Submitted photo
  • A major step in building the Dakota Hawk was hanging the wings, shown in the photo from May 1995. Submitted photo
  • Tom Marson’s Dakota Hawk was finished and ready to fly in September 1996. Submitted photo
  • Tom Marson with his finished Dakota Hawk. He figured it took 1,500 hours and about $25,000 to build it. Photo submitted
  • The brand-spanking new Dakota Hawk airplane Tom Marson built lifts off from the runway at his previous town of Troy home. Submitted photo
  • Tom Marson views the home video that documents his Sept. 29, 1996, maiden flight in the Dakota Hawk airplane he built from a kit over a two-year period. Photo by Jon Echternacht
  • The Dakota Hawk and Tom Marson’s role in building an early model is featured in a story about the airplane in the April, 2012 edition of Kitplanes magazine.