| HOWARD DGA-15 | GOOD GRIEF Benny Howard's lovable and exasperating creation THE HOWARD DGA-15 provides a rare and revealing window into aviation's golden age. The two-decade span between the world wars was known for rapid technological advancement and wild aviation experimentation. It also produced outsized personalities, entrepreneurial daring, and bold new uses for increasingly capable airplanes that offered previously unattainable speed, range, and luxury. B Y DAV E H I R S C H M A N P H OT O G R A P H Y B Y C H R I S R O S E A Howard restoration isn't a rational economic decision-it's an emotional siren song. www.aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 57http://www.aopa.org/pilot