Airplane repo man Kevin Lacey is one of the headliners appearing for the air show in Alva next weekend. The Discovery Channel star has been doing repo for almost 40 years so he's amassed quite a colorful collection of stories.

Lacey, who lives in McKinney, Texas, knows aircraft inside and out having rebuilt his own as a 20-year-old mechanic. Though he was told mechanics don't fly, he had dreams of becoming a pilot. Working for Cessna, he amassed so much knowledge they couldn't avoid putting him in the cockpit.

Lacey has racked up a lot of titles: crew chief, state department pilot, director of...