After 63 Years, Sporty’s CFI Founder Retires

Hal Shever

Hal Shever’s life has been as generous as it is successful.

Credit: Sporty's
The year was 1961, a time when anything seemed possible technologically. The U.S., along with the Soviet Union, launched men—astronauts—into space. IBM delivered its first transistorized supercomputer. Disney telecast its Mickey Mouse Club program in color. The X-15 rocketplane hit 4,093 mph, a...

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