Ben Epps and Ben Epps Jr.

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Ben Epps (right) taught his children and many others to fly. His eldest son, Ben Epps Jr. (left), at age thirteen was at the time the youngest pilot ever to solo.

Ben Epps and Ben Epps Jr.

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