| A Great shot of a four-ship of F-16Cs over
the Sierras.
Thanks to Amos "Baggy" Bagdasarian |
F-106 water survival training at, I think, Dave Cobb's
place out in Clovis |
A couple official photos. They were taken by Dan
Weymouth, a friend of mine that worked in the Audio-
Visual shop |
Just got promoted. Yay! When I was a new guy in the
squadron I got Squadron Officer School out of the
way. Once that was done I tried to sign up for Air
Command and Staff, but they changed the rules and I
couldn't do it until I made Captain. Once I made
Captain I tried to get it again. They changed the rules
again - I had to make major first. I finally made Major
and got all my study materials and I realized that I
had done all this stuff in college. By then I had had
enough and I started thinking about retiring |
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| Mark Knowles was another of the old ODC gang. He
also wanted to go to pilot training and went to two or
three selection boards without getting selected. We
were roommates for about a year before he
transfered over to Reno when they were still flying the
RF-4s. After heading over to Reno ANG, Mark got
hired at Continental, but while in Ground School as a
probationary new hire, their pilots went on strike.
Mark took the excellent position of NOT crossing the picket line (good man) and was let go.
Even though his dad was the Chief Pilot at Continental |
From there he found himself in Alaska flying for an
Alaskan owned airline for ten years. After that he had
an opportunity to go to Africa and do a lot of flying for
the U.N. He moved to Kenya and flew during the
Somali crisis, Sudan during the civil war, Rwanda
during the Hutu/Tutsi war and in Uganda, He also
lived at a UN camp in Northern Kenya in a Tukul, a
thatched roof hut. Here he is in the 777 left seat going
from Hong Bahrain to Hong Kong. He even
remembered Carol's callsign. Cool! |
Mark has been working for Southern since 2004 and
does contract flying to the middle-east as a captain on
the B-777. Excellent!!! Mark certainly landed on his
feet after Continental and has had some incredible
experiences in his life. He's married to Paula, with a
couple of kids. Mark standing in the engine intake of a
B-777. The entire fuselage of the S-80 that I used to
fly could just about fit in there. Makes us Mad Dog
drivers feel kinda small :)Mark tracked me down after
about 35 years by doing a Google search on me. I'm
really glad he did and we got to reconnect. Thanks
old friend! |
B.O.B sent this one out a few weeks before the 71st
anniversary of D-day (June 6, 1944). It came with the
caption:
"Remembering Those Who Came Before"
This is a beautiful tribute to those of the Greatest
Generation, as well as for our own comrades that have Gone West.
Thanks, Jim! |
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Remember this airline captain evaluation form from the 80s? |
I think it was back in 2015 when John and Marilyn lost
their home to a big fire that raged through southern
Calif. As Bull was sifting through what remained
afterward, he found the remains of his squadron mug. |
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LtCol Bill Lucido has always been very active in
the Catholic Church. Now, after all these years
Bill has been ordained. Here he is, I believe,
right after his ordination with Paul Nibur and
Randy Bushore. Now he is rightly known as Father
Lucido. Congratulations! |
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