I recently found this clip from an old episode of Motorweek featuring Jack Kosko and the first Avenger he restored. I met Jack about 3 years and change later when him and his group were working on their second TBM Avenger. That Avenger is now "Doris Mae" with the Commemorative Air Force's Capital Wing down in Culpeper, VA. I joined the CAF and followed the bird down Culpeper after Jack shut his hangar down at the end of 2016. He passed last May. Jack was truly one of a kind. This clip gives you a bit of a "taste" of the man he was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmfguTPPTpY
Jack was also one heck of a car guy. At one point, he had 21 cars in his collection. His prize was a '26 Daimler sports car and a '30 Rolls Royce. There is still an incomplete '51 Daimler Sports Special in his garage, along with a mid-60s Jaguar 420.
I consider myself so incredibly fortunate to have known him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmfguTPPTpY
Jack was also one heck of a car guy. At one point, he had 21 cars in his collection. His prize was a '26 Daimler sports car and a '30 Rolls Royce. There is still an incomplete '51 Daimler Sports Special in his garage, along with a mid-60s Jaguar 420.
I consider myself so incredibly fortunate to have known him.