
#1: Composite image of early photo of Jim Younkin and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Jim Younkin's maternal grandfather, Hallie Bracewell
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#3: Jim Younkin's maternal grandmother, Rica Truman Bracewell
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#4: Jim Younkin's mother, Evelyn Bracewell, born 1897
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#5: Jim Younkin's father, Howard Younkin, World War I
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#6: Jim Younkin's mother, Evelyn Bracewell, 1921
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#7: Jim Younkin's parents, Howard and Evelyn Younkin, 1923
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#8: Jim Younkin with his mother, Evelyn, Fairfield, Iowa, 1929
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#9: Jim Younkin at age 4, 1933
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#10: Jim Younkin at age 5, 1935
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#11: Ford Trimotor plane in which Jim Younkin took his first plane ride, courtesy of Ford Motor Company, from Fairfield, Iowa, to Sigourney, Iowa, ca. 1934
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#12: Jim Younkin (3rd from left) with his brothers, Bob and Bill, beside the Ford Trimotor plane, ca. 1934
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#13: Jim Younkin (right) with his cousin, Richard, and Richard's mother, 1936
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#14: Jim Younkin (in foreground, holding his Comet Zipper model airplane) with members of his model airplane club; 1941
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#15: Jim Younkin (right) with his cousin, Richard, and brothers, Bob and Bill, 1942
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#16: Jim Younkin with his brother, Bob, and their grandmother, Rica Truman Bracewell, ca. 1942
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#17: Jim Younkin's senior photo, Fayetteville High School; Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1946
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#18: Jim Younkin (1st row, 2nd from right) with the Fort Knox service band, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1947
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#19: Jim Younkin (on saxaphone) at the Bubble Club, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1950
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#20: Jim Younkin (seated on left) in the Bob Roper Band, University of Arkansas Student Union; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1951
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#21: Jim Younkin (right) with his parents, Howard and Evelyn, and his daughter, Kathy; Tucson, Arizona, 1952
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#22: Mister Mulligan airplane; inscription reads, "Best wishes to my friend Jim Younkin. Harold Neumann"
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#23: Jim Younkin with his children, Bobby and Kathy; Texas, 1960
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#24: Jim Younkin (left), George's Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1985
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#25: Jim Younkin with the Goliath airplane, 1989
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#26: Jim Younkin and his son, Bobby, with the Goliath airplane, 1989
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#27: The Goliath airplane in the workshop
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#28: Jim Younkin's Goliath airplane
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#29: The Goliath airplane in flight
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#30: Jim Younkin in his workshop, spring 1989
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#31: The Travelair 4000 at Blakesburg, Iowa, 1994
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#32: Jim and Ada Younkin (center) with the rest of the wedding party on their wedding day, 1995
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#33: Jim Younkin's wedding vehicles, 1995
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#34: Jim Younkin on his wedding day, 1995
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#35: Jim and Ada Younkin's wedding flight, 1995
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#36: Jim Younkin and Bud Dake, September 1995
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#37: Jim and Ada Younkin with the Mister Mulligan, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1996
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#38: Jim Younkin with the Mister Mulligan
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#39: Mister Mulligan in flight
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#40: Jim Younkin's Mullicoupe airplane, 1997
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#41: The Mullicoupe pre-takeoff
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#42: Jim Younkin relaxing at home with his wife, Ada, after painting all day
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#43: Jim and Ada Younkin at his induction into the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Hall of Fame, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 2001
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#44: Jim and Ada Younkin (right) with Bill and Mildred Younkin, EAA Hall of Fame, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 2001
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#45: Jim Younkin on his 81st birthday, 2010
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#46: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber FIFI visiting the Arkansas Air and Military Museum, Drake Field, Fayetteville, Arkansas; 2014
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#47: Ad for Jim Younkin's Century Series Mitchell Autopilots, 1966
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#48: Original plane design by Jim Younkin
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#49: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Jim Younkin at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2014
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#50: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Jim Younkin at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2014
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#51: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Jim Younkin at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2014
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#52: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Jim Younkin at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2014
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#53: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Jim Younkin at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2014
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#54: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Jim Younkin at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2014
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#55: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Jim Younkin at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2014
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