Patrick Mihalek grew up in Brighton, Michigan on Hyne Airport (45G) and has been involved in aviation since the age of 7 years old. He quickly became friends with the local pilots, riding his bike down to the airport everyday after school to try to learn as much information as he could from them.  He soon joined up with the Aviation Explorers post 555 out of Howell, MI were he spent most of his time visiting museums and working with the Yankee Air force and their B-17G Flying Fortress. He became familiar with the EAA (Experiential Aircraft Association) and joined at the age of thirteen.  He quickly became a Young Eagle and worked as many EAA events as he could while attending school. From the age of 13-18 he attended four summers of EAA Air Academy: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, and First Flight. Through that experience he gained a lot of knowledge and made good friends with the Poberezny family (founders of the EAA) and air show performers such as Patty Wagstaff. Patrick attended Western Michigan University's College of Aviation and graduated in April 2007 with a Bachelors degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology along with a certificate in Computer Added Design. He then attended and graduated the highly ranked Federal Exams Aviation Ground School with his Airframe and Powerplant certificates. He founded Legend Of Aces Aviation, a company dedicated to the restoration and services of Vintage, Classic, and World War II Era Aircraft. It has been his goal to help educate the younger generation about the history of these amazing aircraft and keep aviation dreams alive. As a mechanic Patrick specializes in Vintage Aircraft/Airframes, Fabric/Tube, Sheet metal, Composites, Engines including Wright,P&W, Allison, Rolls Royce, Continental, and Lycoming. His work experience includes maintenance and restoration on many types of vintage aircraft and warbirds including the, P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, AT-6 Texan, Vultee BT-13, Ryan PT-22, North American NA-64, PT-17 Stearman and Fairchild PT-19.

Michael Bellenir is from Southfield, MI and started flying at the age of 10.  He worked several jobs as a kid to help pay for flight lessons and took his first aerobatic lesson at the age of 15. He soloed an airplane on his sixteenth birthday, and got his private pilot certificate on his seventeenth. When he was 18, he obtained a commercial pilot certificate and became an FAA certified flight instructor. After graduating high school, Mike enrolled in Western Michigan University's aviation maintenance degree program and earned his A&P mechanic certificate while working as a flight instructor for the university, including serving a year as a check airman. During his senior year at Western Michigan University, Mike was offered the position of Crew Chief for Mike Mancuso and MM Airshows. A life long love of aviation and interest in airplanes has led him to nearly 4,000 flight hours in approximately 40 different types of aircraft including the Extra 300, PT-17 Stearman, AT-6 Texan, Great Lakes Biplane, Travel Air Biplane, Beech C-45/B-18, T-28 Trojan, J-3,L-2,and numerous experimental aircraft.  As a mechanic Mike specializes in Aerobatic Aircraft/Airframes, Advanced Composites, Engines including the Pratt and Whitney and Lycoming Radial engines, Lycoming AEIO-540, numerous high performance engines and also Aerobatic Systems. His work experience includes Crew Chief of Mike Mancuso Airshows, responsible for all maintenance on the Extra 300 Air Show demonstration aircraft, Restoration and maintenance of a Beech 18 aircraft and Travel Air Biplane.