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Larry King outgoing message on our home answering machine (1980s - 1990s)

November 7, 2024

My older son and his family
May 29, 2025
Pleasanton, California

My younger son and his Family
July 27, 2025
Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii

Granddaughter School Picture
August 7, 2025

Granddaughter School Picture
August 7, 2025

Granddaughter School Picture
August 14, 2025

Granddaughter at Chicago
February 27, 2026

My Great Grandparents, Pinchas & Leah Krobnik
(My father's mother's parents)
Bialystok, Russia - Circa 1875

My sister Peggy and her husband of 66 years, Phil
June 25, 2022
Regretfully, Phil passed away on March 28, 2025, at age 94

• Bob Leuten - The Dad, retired insurance guy, retired competitive swimmer, pilot, and retired flight instructor
• Sally Leuten - The Mom, Registered Nurse, avid reader, and gourmet cook
• Older son - Senior Director NPI Materials at Lam Research Corporation in Fremont, California, and graduate of University of California at Berkeley, College of Engineering
• Younger son - Engineer at Solidign in Folsom, California, and college graduate (BS in Management) at Menlo College in Atherton, California

This morning, I rented a Cessna 172 from one of the FBOs at Livermore Airport and flew my final flight as a pilot. It was a beautiful send-off, with touch-and-go landings at Stockton and Tracy Airports. I logged 1.2 hours on this flight.

After more than 60 years in the air, this marks my last flight as Pilot-in-Command (PIC). I’m hanging it up as a pilot; I have no regrets. I've checked all the boxes, including:

• Lifelong friendships and acquaintanceships with other pilots and customers
• Nine owned aircraft...and a whole lot of fun!
• More than 6,600 hours as PIC (including over 2,600 hours instructing others)
• FAA Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, single- and multi-engine land
• FAA Flight Instructor certificate with single-engine, multi-engine, and instrument ratings
• FAA Commercial Pilot privileges for single-engine sea and gliders
• Recipient of the FAA Wright Brothers "Master Pilot" Award
• Over 700 Young Eagles flights
• Flights across the United States, border to border and coast to coast
• ...and through it all, I have no accidents and I have no violations on my record

All good things must come to an end. I’m grateful to be retiring from being a pilot and a flight instructor on my own terms. I may have had a few more years left in me, but I’d rather step away now than wishing I had done it eariler.

Aviation has always been a part of my life. In many ways, it has been my life.

My Favorite Links:

Go to the Honor Flights web site - Celebrating America’s Veterans

Go to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association web site

Go to the Young Eagles page of the Experimental Aircraft Association web site

My Favorite Videos:

"Walk of Life" - Music: Dire Straits, Dancing: Sven Otten (aka: "JustSomeMotion")
(I dare you to watch this 5-minute music video and NOT smile!)

"Nightbirde" auditions on America's Got Talent: June 8, 2021
Nightbirde's web site
R.I.P.
1990 - 2022

Wes Barker YouTube Channel (Comedy Magician)

Quote of the Day:

"If you don't have a dream, how will you ever have a dream come true?"

William P. Lear (1902 - 1978) designed the Lear Jet and numerous other innovative inventions

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