By WENDI WINTERS, For The Capital
By WENDI WINTERS, For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
09/28/09
In another language, Feik must mean "feisty." The person that goes by that name on the Broadneck Peninsula can pop the nose cone on any type of plane, slap the carburetor on a cart, diagnose it, fix it, reinstall it in record time and take it up to 10,000 feet for a test drive.
Wendi Winters - For The Capital
Mary Feik, who lives on the Broadneck Peninsula, has been an aviator and aircraft mechanic for 67 of her 85 years. She is standing in front of a mantle laden with trophies and awards she has been presented.
This person owns a fleet of vehicles including two hot sports cars, a 4Runner, some boats and a couple vintage aircraft.
Feisty Feik is Mary Feik. She lives in a house overlooking the Little Magothy River.
What makes her unusual is this lady grease monkey and fighter jet pilot is 85 years old. Make that a very youthful...
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