Romeo Begin

To all of you who visited Rome's Guest Book.

Thank you all for your messages.
What a nice tribute this is, sharing all our memories. I wish we could find a way to do these things while people were still with us. Rome would have been pleasantly surprised to learn how his many pursuits were appreciated. Maybe he can pick up on it somehow.

I am so grateful to my grandson Philip, who left a tough schedule of full-time work and school to come here to help me. He worked...

I was fortunate to have Romeo for a Dad. It seems the possibilities were endless in terms of creative things to do. Mom and I enjoyed the visual tactile and design aspects of going to the great fabric stores and sewing clothes, in between her work as a legal or literary secretary and my school. We went to great lengths with creative cooking using “Joy,” or Adele Davis. Rome helped me with sottering when I was learning to make silver jewelry. When it was time to start driving, he came home...

Thank you all.

What a nice tribute this is, sharing all our memories. I wish we could find a way to do these things while people were still with us. Rome would have been pleasantly surprised to learn how his many pursuits were appreciated. Maybe he can pick up on it somehow.

I am so grateful to my grandson Philip, who left a tough schedule of full-time work and school to come here to help me. He worked so hard. And my daughter Tierza Lynne, whose countless

Romeo Begin, Fred Meyer and me, Bill Buyak, were the neighborhood airplane builders in Bakerville, New Hartford CT. We lived near each other and would inspect each others work to look for any possible problems. When questions arose regarding an airplane's construction, our main source of information was Romeo. Romeo was always more than willing to share his knowledge and expertise to guide us through a problem area. His knowledge and expertise was highly valued.
On many occasions I...

Another Tale of “Romeo The Pilot” !!

Here’s a photo of Rome and his Starduster taken in 1971 at Johnnycake Airport in Burlington Conn. His Starduster had a Lycoming O-290G engine (Converted Airforce ground power unit). One day while flying around the Connecticut countryside, his engine blew a jug (cylinder) which allows a lot of oil and other things to fly into your face and goggles, in addition to stopping the propeller. Fortunately, Rome was close to Johnnycake Airport and...

There's an old adage, probably dates back to the birth of aviation, goes something like this:
There are old pilots,
There are bold pilots,
There are no old, bold pilots.
Well Rome sure put that thing to rest. The man spends years building an airplane from scratch, and when finished, climbs into it and says "Let's see how this baby flies" – now that's BOLD!
What else can be said about a man who touched the hearts of all he met, and the worst expletive I ever heard him...

My 1st memories of Rome were when he lived in the red house next to us in CT, a nice man, a friend of my fathers, who were building airplanes together, first alone then married to my Aunt Gerry.
Rome was the most un-assuming man, soft spoken, patience, kind hearted, and most of all humble. I never heard him raise his voice or speak an unkind word about anyone.
I recently went to a car show where I saw for the 2nd time in my life, an Avanti, and I immediately thought of Rome, and...

Romeo, or better known by many as “Rome the pilot and airplane builder” I can’t say enough about him. When we met as next door neighbors in Bakerville Conn in 1965, there was an immediate friendship which was emphasized our flying interests and fascination with biplanes. He taught me so much as we became partners in building two Starduster Too’s. What a superb craftsman, and a superb person. There was nothing you could not like about this man. He became more of a brother than a...

My memory of Rome is that he was a quiet gentle man.And now I know that he was someone who truly lived through his soul.