Printers' Pastimes -- Outside the Lines, II

Back in the States in 1997, the laws had finally changed and he managed to import one of these French-built Trikes. It attracted a lot of attention at the local airport, he recalls, and before he knew it, he was a dealer and an instructor for the aircraft.

Hudetz feels that his printing career has run parallel to much of his flying, having grown up with the printing industry—his father was also in the business. "I've worked prepress, run presses, run bindery equipment and supervised and managed in all those areas over the last 30 years," he reports.