About BurgAERO

FRED HAS BEEN A PILOT SINCE THE MID 60’S AND KNEW SOME DAY HE WANTED HIS OWN PLANE AND A STRIP IN HIS BACK YARD.  HIS WIFE COULD ALSO USE IT AS A DRIVING RANGE TO KEEP HER GOLF GAME SHARP IF SHE HELPED PICK UP ROCKS AND HELP CUT THE GRASS AT TIMES. FRED HAD THE POWER COMPANY PUT THE ELECT LINE UNDER GROUND ON THE NORTH END IN 2007 TO MAKE IT OPEN ON BOTH ENDS AND 100 FEET WIDE AND 2300 FEET LONG. THE STRIP IS NORTH/SOUTH WITH THE WIND ALMOST ALWAYS DOWN THE MIDDLE. FRED NOW HAS TIME TO PLAY IN THE BACK YARD WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS WIFE HAS FULL USE OF THE TV REMOTE IN THE HOUSE SINCE  FRED IS USUALLY IN HIS PRIVATE (DOG HOUSE) HANGAR. FRED ENJOYS WORKING WITH RADIO EQUIPMENT, HIMSELF BEING A HAM RADIO OPERATOR, AND ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE PUT TOGETHER WITH NUTS,BOLTS,FIBERGLASS OR WIRE. THE  LAND  WHERE HIS STRIP AND HOME  ARE ON WAS PART OF A 1000 ACRE RANCH BELONGING TO HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, SIMON AND ANITA BURG. THEY STARTED THIS RANCH IN THE EARLY 1930’S( THE LAZY S RANCH ) WITH A SMALL RANCH OPERATION AND LATER ADDED THE FMC LINE OF SPRAYERS USED FOR LIVESTOCK AND FRUIT INSECT CONRTOL AND 100 ACRE OF PEACHES AND A CHEMICAL BUSINESS THAT AT ITS PEAK EMPLOYED 5 FULL TIME SALESMEN THAT COVERED  SALES IN MOST ALL OF TEXAS. EVEN THOUGH FRED IS NOW  70 HE STILL DOES THINGS AS IF HE WERE 65 BUT STILL ENJOYS MAKING MUSTANG WINE, A LITTLE TRICK HIS FATHER HAD  HIM LEARN SO HE COULD GIVE IT AWAY TO ALL HIS CUSTOMERS INSTEAD OF CAPS  AND PENCILS. IT WAS NOT UNUSAL FOR A CUSTOMER TO COME TO STONEWALL ,ESPECIALLY DURING PEACH SEASON, TO HAVE HIS RANCH SPRAYER WORKED ON WHILE HIS WIFE  PICKED SOME PEACHES.  THEN HE WOULD LEAVE  SEVERAL EMPTY CASES OF WHISKEY BOTTLES IN EXCHANGE FOR A BOTTLE OF THE HOMEMADE MUSTANG GRAPE WINE.