What follows might well be considered a case study in
solving the kind of problems most builders hope they
never encounter. In fact, these are the kinds of problems
that generally spell the end to an aircraft-building project.
However, the story of Victor Holmlund, the Auriga, and the
tenacious group of builders behind it shows that it's hard
to keep a homebuilder down.
Victor, a native of New Jersey, was born and raised in
Newark, but now home is Hillsborough Township in the
central part of the Garden State home. After graduating
from high school, Victor found work as a mechanic in the
chemical industry. Gradually that led into electrical work
that culminated in his forming his own electrical contracting company, which he has been running now for nearly
Victor Holmlund thought he was going to build a Wheeler Express.
But the wings were all he received before the company disbanded.
Te bottom half of the fuselage came from a less-determined kit
builder. From that point on Victor was on his own.
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