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Agency Profile: The U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service
W. B. ‘"TUG" KANGUS
PILOT/MECHANIC
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
GLEN CANYON NRA
PAGE, ARIZONA
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" At 61 I am feeling like an old –timer but am
still healthy, poor and having a good time flying and maintaining
airplanes.
My first solo was in 1958 while attending South Dakota State at
Brooking, (degree in economics). I eventually graduated from
Northrup Institute of Technology in California with the A&P
rating. I picked up the Inspection Authorization in ‘67, plus a
number of flight rating along the way. I worked as a pilot/mechanic,
service manager, and A&P program director for Rangely Jr.
College until joining the National Park Service as a pilot in 1973. |
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| My ratings include: instrument, commercial, ASMEL &S, helicopters,
CFI-airplanes S&ME, helicopters, and CFII, AGI&IGI, A&P with
AI. I have 23,000 plus hours of flight time and have flown and maintained
most light single and multi engine GA aircraft through the Turbo
Commanders, Grumman Goose, and etc. Still hoping that some day I’ll get
the hang of it!
Most of our flying (700-800 hrs per year) here at Glen Canyon NRA is
done in our Cessna U206G. It has the heavy duty gear, Robertson STOL,
PA/siren, Govn’t radios, etc.,etc. We do everything one would expect a
Natural Resource Agency to do-lots of S&R, hauling of people and
cargo, law enforcement, surveys, tracking, photo work (sometimes if
business is slow, it appears we just set our own, eh?), and whatever else
comes up that we can handle.
We have our own maintenance shop at the Page, AZ municipal airport
where we maintain the 206 plus several aircraft from other Parks and law
enforcement agencies. We also run a program where NPS pilots can bring
their A/C in for an annual inspection and receive training in preventative
maintenance for that aircraft.
We are a small but efficient operation and if any of our members are in
the area we invite them to look us over and introduce themselves."
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| Tug and his lovely wife, JoAnn, have
been married for 40 years and have a grown son and daughter. – Editor |
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