Floyd Harlan Leroy Durham DOVER - Floyd Harlan Leroy Durham of Dover died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at Kent General Hospital, Dover. He was 92. Mr. Durham was born Feb. 28, 1918, on a tenant farm east of Dover to the late W. Thomas Durham and Mamie Beckett Durham. He was a master plumber; held Kent County Plumber's License # 1 and was nicknamed the "Flying Plumber." In 1950 he started flying, which had been his dream as a young teenager. In 1954 he started "Little Acres Airport" which became Delaware Airpark, in Cheswold. Mr. Durham was a member of the Immanuel Union United Methodist Church, the American Legion Post #4, the Good Sam's Club, Dover Elks Lodge 1903, Loyal Order of Moose, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Dover Rotary, Maple Dale Country Club, Kentucky Colonels, Tennessee Squire, the Silver Wings, Wilmington Hangar of Quiet Birdmen (QB), OX5 Club, Delaware Aeronautics Commission, Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village (Trustee until recently). He was a Single and Multi-Engine Commercial/Instrument Flight Instructor and also held a Single Engine Sea Rating. He received The Miss Mary Biggs Award for Excellence in Aviation Community Services in 1998. He was an Inaugural Inductee to the Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame in 2000. Mr. Durham was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Doris (Morgan) in 1988; four sisters, Corinne Dean, Iona Reed, Cleo Coker, Dorothy Carney; and two brothers, Donald Durham and Warren Durham. He is survived by his loving companion of 17 years, Elizabeth "Liz" Glendora Ridgway of Dover; son, Harlan D. Durham of Dover; daughter, Muriel L.D. Bullen of Newark; four grandchildren, Taunja Durham of Newark, Teena Friend of Owings Mills, Md., Joe Testa III of York, Pa., and Christopher Testa of Newark; and three great-grandchildren, Zoey Durham, Renee Friend, and Clay Friend. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Saturday March 27, at Torbert Funeral Chapel South, 1145 E. Lebanon Road (Rt.10), Dover. Friends may call two hours prior. Interment will be in Immanuel Union Church Cemetery, Cheswold. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to American Cancer Society, 200 Continental Drive, Suite 101, Newark, DE 19713. Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook signed at ww.torbertfuneral.com.