Eloise Ogden/MDN Gary I. Johnson, second from left, was honored Thursday with a retirement party in recognition of his 54 years with Pietsch Aircraft Restoration and Repair in Minot. A mechanic, he began employment at Pietsch Flying Service, the Pietsch family business, on Feb. 20, 1964, as an aircraft technician. Johnson has repaired numerous aircraft over the years and restored many of them. Johnson is shown by a 1943 Beechcraft Staggerwing with, from the left, Trent Teets of Casselton, FAA representative; Warren Pietsch of Pietsch Aircraft Restoration & Repair; and Don Larson of the Dakota Territory Air Museum, Minot.