Hal Shevers, the founder and longtime owner of Sporty’s Pilot Shop, died Tuesday, according to company vice president Eric Radtke. He was 90. Shevers retired from Sporty’s in 2024 after 63 years. Shevers was a ground breaker in aviation education and the world of general aviation mail-order catalogs. Shevers began his aviation retail career in 1961, selling pilot hand-held radios out of the trunk of his car. This led to the creation of the Spor…
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