On the fly: Sterling Burke builds his plane by the book.(Personal Passions)(airplane kits)(Brief Article)

From: Black Enterprise | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Thompson, Carla | Copyright information

"If you go to my mom's house and go to the airplane section of the encyclopedia, you will find a lot of dirty fingerprints," says Sterling Burke. "I learned how to fly [by] reading the encyclopedia." Well, sort of. Burke, 56, a senior partner with The Foster Group, a professional services group in Chicago, was an aviation officer candidate in the Navy. He attended its flight school in 1971. Now he's building his own plane--one that will fly faster than the model he currently owns. ...

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