NOVEMBER 1998
"Ontos
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TWA's First Jet
PHIL BELISLE 3145 Geary Blvd., Box 705 San Francisco, CA 94118-3300 Tel. 415/567-9921 Fax 415/567-7147 Phil_Les@compuserve.com
CONTENTS TARPA TOPICS THE MAGAZINE OF THE TWA ACTIVE RETIRED PILOTS ASSOCIATION
FEATURE ARTICLES:
DEPARTMENTS:
VIRGINIA BEACH REVIEW by use & Bob Dedman 11
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE John P. Gratz
3
BRIEF OVERVIEW TARPA `98 by Bill Dixon 17
EDITOR'S NOTE John P. Gratz
4
POST CONVENTION TOUR by Jean Thompson and Carl 27 Schmidt & Joan Barker
SECRETARY/TREASURE Phil Belisle
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TARPA TOURS by Chuck Hasler
29
GRAPEVINE by Hank Gastrich
53
TARPA CONVENTION 1999 by Chuck Hasler 30 SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT by Walt Gunn
35
FLOWN WEST
39
TWA FAIRCHILD C-82 by Claude Girard
37
LETTERS
81
MARV HORSTMAN'S RETIREMENT by E.C. "Lum" Edwards
77
TWA, CHARLIE, AND ME by Karl Ruppenthal
78
Material contained in TARPA Topics may be used by non-profit or charitable organizations. All other use of material must be by permission of the Editor. All inquires concerning the is publication should be addressed to : John P. Gratz, Editor TARPA TOPICS 1646 Timberlake Manor Parkway Chesterfield, MO 63017 TOPICS is an official publication of TARPA , a non-profit corporation., Editor bears no responsibility for accuracy or unauthorized use of contents.
Cover: TWA First Jet Photo: Courtesy of Dan McIntyre
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DEDICATED TO THE PIONEERS OF TODAY'S TRANS WORLD AIRLINES WHOSE VISION, EFFORT AND PERSEVERANCE MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE. WE EXPRESS OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE. EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAPEVINE EDITOR HISTORIAN HISTORIAN EMERITUS FLOWN WEST COORDINATOR TARPA TOURS COORDINATOR INTERNET WEBMASTER
1646 Timberlake Manor Pkwy John P. Gratz (314) 532-8317 Chesterfield, MO 63017 1034 Caroll David R. Gratz St. Louis, MO 63104 291 Jamacha Rd, Apt 52 Henry E. Gastrich El Cajon, CA 92019-2381 (619) 401-9969 1276 Belvoir Lane Felix M. Usis III (757) 420-5445 Virginia Beach, VA 23464-6746 960 Las Lomas Edward G. Betts (310) 454-1068 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 John S. Bybee 2616 Saklan Indian Drive #1 (925)938-3492 Walnut Creek, CA 94595 8 Rustic Way William C. "Chuck" Hasler (415) 454-7478 San Rafael, CA 94901 2466 White Stable Road Jack Irwin (314) 432-3272 Town and Country, MO 63131
TARPA is incorporated as a non-profit corporation under the non-profit corporation laws of the State of Nevada. As stated in Article II of the By-Laws, its purpose is social, recreational, and non-profit, with a primary goal of helping its members to maintain the friendships and associations formed before retirement, to make retirement a more productive and rewarding experience and to assist those active pilots approaching retirement with the problems that are inherent in the transition from active to retire status. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, 1997/98 PRESIDENT FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT SECOND VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY/TREASURER SENIOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR EX-PRESIDENT
John P. Gratz 1646 Timberlake Manor Pkwy (314) 532-8317 Chesterfield, MO 63017 3728 Lynfield Drive Robert W. Dedman (757) 463-2032 Virginia Beach, VA 23452 1201 Phelps Ave Robert C. Sherman (408) 246-7754 San Jose, CA 95117-2941 Phillip M. Belisle 3145 Geary Blvd, Box 705 (415) 567-9921 San Francisco, CA 94118 848 Coventry Street Harry A. Jacobsen Boca Raton, FL 33487 (567) 997-0468 36 Harrison Ave Lou Burns (401) 848-2727 Newport, RI 02840-3806 96 Indio Drive Paul B. Carr (805) 773-9677 Pismo Beach, CA 93449 233 S.E.Rogue River Hwy David M. Davies (503) 476-5378 Grants Pass, OR 97527
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John P. Gratz, President 1646 Timberlake Manor Parkway Chesterfield, MO 63017-5500 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE It never ceases to amaze me that TARPA members who volunteer to host a Convention seem to outdo those past. Ilse and Bob Dedman used the natural beauty and the local attractions of Virginia Beach to provide the members with an exciting and yet congenial gathering enhanced by the beautiful sunny weather and the proximity of the open sea with dolphins playing just a few feet from the hotel terrace. The members chose to retain the current Board of Directors at the Business Meeting and so I shall continue writing these Messages. The business meeting was brief, pleasing most of those in attendance. The Secretary-Treasurers report has the details of the Meeting. There was one thing from the Meeting that I want to point to for your information. In response to a Question from the floor about the location of the TARPA Convention 2000, I said that the Board of Directors had chosen Las Vegas. However, after further discussion and subsequent to the Business Meeting, the Board unanimously decided to change the venue of the Convention to Seattle. So, we go to sea in 1999 and to Seattle in 2000. While on the subject of or Conventions, let me confess that I did not attend the last cruise Convention in 1995 but, I have been totally persuaded by those who did, that I made a serious mistake. I do not intend to make that mistake again. Many members have already signed up for the TARPA Convention 1999 on the Sovereign of the Seas. Why don't you also fill out the form in this issue and join the party? The sooner you do the better chance you will have to get the best cabin. Another matter , which I had spent months investigating, was one subject of my report. It had to do with the pass status of widows and survivors. It has long been alleged that widows and survivors of TWA employees were not receiving passes of equal value to those offered to survivors of other Airlines. After my research, including contacts with ALPA, IAM, TWA and friends at other Airlines who provided me with copies of their policy manuals, I have been convinced that only one Airline offers better privileges, and even they do not provide off-line reductions as some had believed. Some of what the others offer is inferior to existing TWA pass privileges. At the Seniors' Annual General Meeting in Kansas City, President Bill Compton told a group of us, who had raised the subject, that he would consider making changes if we could convince him that we were behind the Industry.That is what prompted my research. I do not believe that we can support that claim, even though we all wish that we could. Finally, I am pleased to note that the TARPA Roy Van Etten Memorial Scholarship Grant was awarded to Chris Dawkins, son of Captain Bill and Barbara Dawkins.
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Since this copy should be in your hands during the Holiday Season, let me now offer my sincere Best Wishes for a Happy, Healthy Season and and a Prosperous New Year in 1999! Be good to your family, your friends and to yourselves.
Fraternally Yours,
John P. Gratz President
EDITORS NOTE
As we said in the last issue, the timing of this one is based on the date of our Convention in Virginia Beach, which was dictated by matters of cost and availability. The same timing will be in effect next year since the 1999 Convention at sea will be during the same late September time frame. It is said, that you should be careful what you ask for because, you are liable to get it. That is what happened to this Editor. At the convention, I asked for candid photographs from those in attendance. Boy, did I get photographs! I got photos of every size and shape and my first but, I hope all of you sharpshooters digital photos. Mind you, I am not complaining understand when some of your favorites don't make the cut. I really do like having a large selection to work with and, I trust that those photographs selected will be acceptable to all. Our new historian, Felix Usis needs a few back issues of Topics to complete his collection. If you can help, contact Felix at the address listed on page 2 of this issue. Material for the next issue of TOPICS must be received by the Editor by January 15, 1999. Finally, a reminder that the president is still accepting applications for my replacement as editor.
Photos in this issue of TOPICS courtesy of: Joe Brown, Bob Christansen , Scott Dine (stlpd), Bill Dixon, Chuck Hasler, Charley Horstman, Paul Husak, Jean Thompson, Jim Thompson, Don Peters, Gene Richards, Klete Rood, Walt Stock, Anita Walker and Bob Widholm
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October 20, 1998
Dear TARPA members: Another year and a flawless convention has come and gone. Our thanks to 1998 convention organizers Ilse and Bob Dedman. Their tireless work showed in every event from start to finish. If you can hire them, the Dedmans should definitely plan your next big event. They were hosts to around 300 happy people. Meanwhile, I must get back to my next big event.
With this issue of the TARPA TOPICS we start the 1999 dues cycle. As you remember, 1999 dues are $30.00 per year. Please use this opportunity to update your addresses, phone numbers. and E-MAIL addresses. Accuracy of these data-base items saves me some work but saves TARPA real money with accurate mailings. When things change, simply mail me a completed "update form" or fill out the "application" form found in each TARPA TOPICS magazine. I'll do the rest of the work. A quick count on the data-base shows 43 new members for 1998. This good news is saddened by the passing of 47 members since our 1997 convention in Albuquerque. Our new members are shown in each issue of the TOPICS. Add their names to your DIRECTORY. Each issue of TOPICS also contains a list of address changes and corrections. Updated area code and E-MAIL addresses account for most of this; so compare and correct your DIRECTORY. Sincerely,
Phil Belisle Sec/Treas.
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TARPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING VIRGINIA BEACH,VA. CAVALIER HOTEL SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 2, 1998
The annual TARPA Convention meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order at 6:07 P.M. September 29, 1998 by President John P. Gratz. Officers and Directors present: John P. Gratz Phillip M. Belisle
Robert W. Dedman Harry A. Jacobsen Lou Burns
Robert C. Sherman Paul B. Carr
OFFICER REPORTS: Capt. John Gratz discussed his activities in behalf of TARPA since the BOD meeting in March. After research of other airline pass policies, TWA concludes their survivor pass policy is equal to general industry standards. This policy is uniform among all TWA employee groups. TARPA 1998 will be graced with past CEO Carter Burgess and current CEO Bill Compton. Capt Compton will speak at the banquet on the present and future state of our airline. Capt. Bob Dedman reported that the attendance for the convention should be over 300 people. The Board commended Bob and llsa for their efforts in our behalf. Capt Phil Belisle discussed the coming dues cycle for 1999 . TARPA dues will be $30.00 starting now; and members desiring foreign mailings add $15.00 per year to cover additional postage and handling. An effort was made to bring some 200 TARPA members into dues compliance. This postcard reminder was sent in June 1998. So far 160 have responded with dues checks. A second postcard will be sent to the 40 remaining members. If no response is received, their TARPA mailings will cease with the November 1998 TOPICS magazine. MEMBERS AMERICA CREDIT UNION BALANCE September30,1998=$27.924.87 CONVENTION 1999: Capts. Chuck Hasler and Ev Green reported that Convention 1999 is now in the sign-up stage. They set up at the registration desk, and already have a number of TARPA members set for the cruise out of Miami. Future TARPA TOPICS will include cruise and reservation information. Capt. Bob Sherman discussed two TARPA Policy items in need of clarification; the first a limit on the number of years an individual might receive the Roy Van Etten Scholarship and second; a job description for the Flown West Coordinator.
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TARPA RESOLUTION 7-98 Be it resolved that a ROY VAN ETTEN SCHOLARSHIP recipient be li mited to a maximum of four college years of awards, and this be added to Scholarship Policies. Moved by Sherman/Seconded by Dedman/Passed Unanimously TARPA RESOLUTION 8-98 Be it resolved a FLOWN WEST COORDINATOR job description be added to the TARPA Policy Section as follows: FLOWN WEST COORDINATOR The president shall appoint a Flown West Coordinator who's duties will include the following: 1. Receive the official notices from TWA Employee Benefits. Add the names to a list of those not announced at the last convention and advise the President, Secretary, Topics Editor, and ALPA Membership Department [ Currently dodge@alpa.org ] 2. If the deceased was a TARPA member, send a letter of condolence to the spouse or next of kin. Indicate that a donation in the name of the deceased will be made to the Retired Pilots Foundation, and that the surviving spouse will become an honorary member. Delivery of the TOPICS and DIRECTORY will continue only if requested. Moved by Sherman/Seconded by Carr/Passed unanimously The TARPA Board of Directors Recessed at 7:00P.M.
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TARPA MEMBERSHIP MEETING CAVALIER HOTEL OCTOBER 1, 1998 President Gratz reconvened the Board of Directors meeting at 8:30 A.M. All previously listed officers and directors were present plus interested TARPA members. Capt Paul Carr led the "pledge of allegiance". Capt. Bob Sherman provided the "Flown West" reading of names. The list contained 68 names, 47 of which were TARPA members. All these names will appear in the "Memorial" section of the next TARPA DIRECTORY. Capt. Bob Dedman reminded the membership that the ROY VAN ETTEN SCHOLARSHIP for 1998 had been awarded to Chris Dawkins-Purdue University, son of Capt. Bill Dawkins. Capt. Joe Chronic, current ALPA M.E.C. Chairman discussed the new 4 year pilot contract. At the end of the contract, the pilot salaries will approach 90% parity with other airlines. Capt. Marty Zygmund, ALPA Retirement Committee Representative, presented a recent history of D.A.P. performance in this volatile market. So far the long view has been the correct view with the moderate portfolio the best performer for most retirees. ELECTION OF OFFICERS-1999 Moved: The present slate of TARPA Officers be reelected for year 1999. Moved by Green(Chairman of Nominating Committee)/Seconded by Dixon/Passed Unanimously There being no further business before the Board of Directors: move that the 1998 TARPA Board of Directors meeting be adjourned. Moved by Wallenburg/Seconded by Kidd/Passed Unanimously.
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The TWA Pilots Retirement Foundation, Inc. PRESIDENT Capt. Fred G. Arenas 1622 Cantebury Court Arlington Hts, IL 60004 847-398-1331
VICE-PRESIDENT Capt. Harry Jacobsen 848 Coventry Street Boca Raton, FL 33487 407-997-0468
SECRETARY/TREAS. Capt. Robert R. Thompson 807 West Hintz Road Arlington Hts, IL 60004 847-259-9718
TRUSTEE Capt. Robert D. Essaf 3917 Wellington Circle Palm Harbor. FL 24685-1178
TRUSTEE Donald C. Ulrich 5061 Key Largo Circle Punta 941-637-3992 Gordo, FL 33955
THE TWA PILOTS RETIREMENT FOUNDATION, INC. REPORT TO 1998 TARPA CONVENTION SEPTEMBER 1998 - VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA
Ladies and Gentlemen: The TWA Pilots Retirement Foundation was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in the State of Florida, in 1982 (Charter 762206). The objective of the Foundation shall be to provide certain Trans World Airlines cockpit crew members, who retired under any provisions of the TWA Pilot or Flight Engineer Retirement Plans, monetary assistance on a charitable basis as may be deemed necessary to enable them to meet and offset, to some degree, the effects of inflation and to maintain a reasonable minimum with their individual of living consistent standard circumstances. Additionally, the Foundation may provide assistance to certain widows and surviving children of deceased TWA pilots. The Foundation derives its monies for operation from, basically, four sources:
1.
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS 33 contributors beginning 1997 25 contributors end of 1997 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $4,289.45
2.
DIRECT CONTRIBUTIONS 30 contributors in 1997 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS $5820.00
3.
TARPA Memorials 1997 $1,225.00
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4.
ALPA CREDIT UNION ACCOUNT DIVIDENDS Total dividends 1997 $9,703.44 Presently paying 6.88 APY as of July 1998
Total revenues for 1997 were $ 21,037.89 Total grant expenditures for 1997 were $ 15,847.00 Total administrative expenditures for 1997 were $ 324.25 Increase To Account Balance
$
4,873.30
ACCOUNT BALANCE END OF 1997
$159,149.94
Since incorporation in 1982, the Foundation has aided 7 pilots and 5 widows. The total benefits paid through 1997 have been $320,915.00. The total projected benefits to be paid through 1998 will be over $336,000.00. At the end of August 1998, the ALPA Credit Union Account balance was $158,038.98 The average monthly benefit to the recipients is $440.00. We are presently assisting 2 widows and 1 pilot. The Trustees encourage all TARPA Members to contact any Board Member if they have knowledge of any person they believe to be eligible for benefits.
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert R. Thompson Secretary/Treasurer TWA Pilots Retirement Foundation, Inc.
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8 OCTOBER, 1998 TO ALL TARPA MEMBERS: ON BEHALF OF ILSE AND ME, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT ATTENDED OUR VIRGINIA BEACH CONVENTION. WE THINK EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME IN SPITE OF A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE. WE DID HOWEVER, HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PARTAKING OF "MISS KATIE'S" HOSPITALITY ROOM, AND AS ALWAYS, IT WAS GREAT. THE NICE THINGS SHE DOES FOR US DO NOT GO UNNOTICED AND WE OWE HER A GREAT DEAL OF APPRECIATION FOR WHAT SHE DOES AND HOW SHE DOES IT. THANK YOU KATIE BUCHANAN! WE COULD WRITE TOMES ABOUT THE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS THAT MAN OUR TABLES AND THEY TOO, DO NOT GO UNNOTICED. WITHOUT THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS, SITTING AT THE TABLES, CHECKING ENVELOPES, SELECTING SEATINGS, AND TAKING MESSAGES, WE COULD NOT FUNCTION. WE THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU. THE LIST OF NAMES WOULD TAKE UP THIS PAGE SO PLEASE ACCEPT OUR SINCEREST GRATITUDE FOR A JOB WELL DONE. THE ENTHUSIASM THAT WE EXPERIENCED FROM THE ATTENDEES MORE THAN COMPENSATED US FOR THE TIME WE SPENT ORGANIZING THIS EVENT. AFTER ALL, THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. THERE IS NO WAY TO PASS ON THE FEELING, BUT IT IS GREAT. ILSE AND I STILL REMINISCE ABOUT ALL THAT WENT ON AND YES, WE WONDER HOW WE DID IT....BUT WE DID AND HAPPY TO HAVE DONE SO. WOULD WE DO IT AGAIN...YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING!! TO THE MEMBERSHIP THAT AGAIN VOTED IN THE PAST BOARD (YES, I AM ON IT), I CONGRATULATE YOU AS OUR MEMBERS DO WORK FOR YOU AND JOHN GRATZ HAS DONE AN ADMIRABLE JOB. WE THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER FRUITFUL YEAR. FINALLY, ONE THING THAT DISTURBS ME VERY MUCH IS THE LACK OF PARTICIPATION BY OUR YOUNGER MEMBERS IN OUR ORGANIZATION. THE QUICKEST WAY TO KILL ANY ORGANIZATION IS NOT TO SUPPORT IT, DON'T RUN FOR OFFICE AND SURELY, DON'T ATTEND ANY FUNCTIONS. RESOLVE TO COME NEXT YEAR, RECRUIT ANOTHER TWA'ER AND MAKE TARPA WHAT IT SHOULD BE, A PLACE TO MEET AND ENJOY YOUR OLD FRIENDS AND WORKERS. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT TARPA ON THE BRINE IN `99. SINCERELY, YOUR PAST HOSTS,
ILSE & BOB DEDMAN
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HILL, JEFFRY & SHARON ESCOLA, RICHARD & ALICE MATNEY, ROBERT & MARY ANN DAWKINS, BILL & BARBARA DENSENSKI, BEN WIND, MICKEY & BETTI HUMBLES, A.T. & BETTY MURCHAN, LARRY & BETTY MERRIGAN, BILL KIRSCHNER,BILL & BOBBIE OLLIVER, EPHE & BONNIE DAY, RUSS & CAROL YOUNG, HARRY & DOROTHY BRESLIN, JIM & ERICA WIDHOLM, BOB & FAY HAYES, "BINK" & GINNY TOOP, GEORGE & GINNY ATKINS, RICHARD & GWEN TREPAS, RON & KATE HENDRIKS DEDMAN, BOB & ILSE TAYLOR, DENNIS & JANE TATE, BILLY & JANE CLARK, JACK & JANE BLANEY, FORD & JANE THOMPSON, JEAN HANSON, GLEN & JEANETTE MUNDO, ALBERT & JEANNE SCHMIDT, CARL & JOAN NEALIS, DON & JOSIE FRAZIER, DON & KAPPY HALL, HOWARD & KATHIE DAVIS, CLIFTON & KIT MOFFETT, MEREDITH & LEE BELISLE, PHIL &VAN HOUTEN, LESLIE WHITAKER, LEWIS PINE, ROLAND & LOIS ROOD, KLETUS & LOIS DAVIS, DICK & MARCIA HARPSTER, JACK & MARIE STANTON, JIM & MARILYN CRAFT, RAY & MARTHA VANDEVELDE, ALBERT & MARY HEALD, ROBERT & MURIEL GRATZ, JOHN & PAT CAPIN, GUY & PATRICIA STIMMEL, MANFRED & PETRA KIDD, JOHN & RAE POHL,RENATA RAST, JAKE & RITA SCHMIDT, ROGER NICOLAIS, MARIO & ROSEMARIE SLATEN, KEN & ROSEMARY URBAIN, DON & CHRIS ROUSH CHRISTIANSEN, ROBERT & RUTH MOSELY, RUFUS & SAM BURNS, LOUIS & SHEILA LEE, O. JERRY & SHIRLENE CARR, PAUL & SHIRLEY TISEO, CHUCK & TOMI RICHWINE, DAVE & VI MCKENNEY, C. W. STOCK, WALTER LOWE, SIM & OLLIE HITZEL, JOE & GEORGEANN FEATHERMAN, BETTY JO INGLIS, IDUS & JEANNE BOESCH, JACK RUMFORD, SAM & JODY DONLAN, JACK & DOROTHY PETERS, DON & NANCY MOORE, WANDA HOOPER, JACQUELINE NEWMAN. WILLIAM & COOKIE
BROWN, JOE & ELIESE PAHL, SLIM & MICKEY BRAFFORD, WALTER & EVELYN NIXON, CLYDE & DIANE ANDERSON, JIM & CHRIS LOURY, BUD MUNOZ, MERCEDES WITTMAN, CLEM & ROSEMARY WOLLENBERG, ALBERT TURNER, IVAN & ROSE HOAG, JOHN & DORIS GRUBER, ED & CLEONE FETHERMAN, ALDEN FORGY, ANNE CLARK, CHRIS & CAROLE SPERRY, GLENN & JOY ELLIS HATCHER, JOHN & SALLY BUCHANAN, KATIE SCHEMEL, PEGGY FARRELL, HUBERT LYTLE, NEAL & MONIQUE & LINDA STROSCHEIN, ED & MARI JANE WHITE, FRED & MARY ANN BOREN, JOHN & JAN SHERMAN, BOB & ALICE NOREM, JIM & GINNY MEACHUM, JOE & PEGGY RODGERS, MEL & NAYDENE HASLER, CHUCK & PAT STEWART, NAOMI BIERMANN, ALLAN & GLADYS WILDER, CHARLES & HELEN HOFFMAN, BARRY & DIANE GERLING, ROG & JUDY MCKENZIE, VERNON & EVY BASSFORD, MARTHA BUTLER, LEE & JEANNE LAMER, JANICE DIXON, BILL & JUNE WATERHOUSE, PUCK & LOIS GREEN, EV & JESSICA YOUNG, BEN & DIDI CROWDER, WARREN FISER, JANE SCHMITT JIM TERRACCIANO, CAMILLE WALDO, WALT & ELLIE COOPER, RICHARD & MARY DORMAN, DON STARKE, BETTIE CANAVAN, BILL & SUE GARRETT, BOB WILLIAMS, ANNE DAHL, JACK & MARJORIE JACOBSEN, HARRY & JEAN HANLIN, BOB & LYNN HOFFMAN, VIRGIL & MARY LEE VAN ZANDT, H.O. & PETRA CLARK, JOHN & RUTH BOULANGER, CHARLES & PATRICIA KELLY, ARTHUR HAMLIN, JOHN & SYBIL MOLINARIO, RICHARD & SANDRA GALLAGHER, JOSEPH HASSLER, VERNON WATSON, JIM & MARILYN GUILLAN, DICK & PEGGY SOLMONSON, ROGER & ANITA WALKER BJORK, CLIFFORD & JUANITA FORTIN, DICK & BETH TONRA, STEVE & JUDITH MOORE, WANDA COOPER. JACOUELINE PA GE 12... TA RPA TOPICS... NOV EMBER, 1998
HIPPE, KENNETH & NELL DICKEY, BILL & JAN GORCZYCA, LOUIS & LOREN SPARROW, CLIFFORD & MARY KIEWEL, PETER & ELLIE MOREHEAD, CLEM & PATTIE POLK, WILLIAM & GALE REESE, WILLIAM & EVELYN HOLDEN, VERL & TEDDY HEWITT, BART & RONNIE MEYERS, ROGER & MARLENE FABER, ANN EASON, FLORENCE UNDERWOOD, G.P. RICHARDS, GENE & SUE SHIPSTEAD, WES MARCHANT, HAROLD & JUDITH COX, WILLIAM WILMOT, JACK & STELLA KENNEDY, MARY ELLEN BAKER, JACK & DONNA CLEMENS, BILL & DIANNE RICHARDS, DAVID MILLER, JAMES & WELLNER, SAM DICK, RICHARD GUSTAFSON, AL EVANS, FLOYD COUZENS, KATE ARENAS, FRED & JUDY SAAKS, DAVE & RHONDA ASKINS, TOM & LYNN ELLIOTT, BILLIE
ATTENDEES TARPA `98
SPECIAL GUESTS CAPT. BILL COMPTON CARTER BURGESS MAYOR MEYERA E. OBENDORF &ROGER
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF TARPA '98 By Bill Dixon Each TARPA convention seems to get better and better. Rendezvous at Virginia Beach, Virginia, Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, was no exception. There was an excellent turnout, with over 300 at the banquet on the last night, Oct. 2, where Captain Bill Compton delivered an encouraging, rousing speech. He is the first pilot to become president of TWA since the legendary Jack Frye, a good omen for our future. For those with rooms facing the beach, an early morning entertainment was a small group of Dolphins that daily swam from south to north around 9 a.m. The weather was comfortably warm, but it was too late in the season for much swimming, so the summer-time bathing beauties and muscular hulks were missing! Bob and Ilse Dedman and their helpers did a fantastic job of organizing TARPA 98, from check-in, to tours, the final night, ad infinitum! As usual, Katie Buchanan presided over the hospitality room with grace and finesse. And let's not forget TARPA's hardworking president, John Gratz, and his No.1 assistant, wife Patty. The mayor of Virginia City, Mrs. Meyera Oberndorf, made a short, entertaining talk, and welcomed us to her city. Former TWA President Carter Burgess was introduced as a dinner guest. He is favorably remembered by the pilots for the year he was president under the unpredictable Howard Hughes. Burgess was responsible for captains being issued command plaques, which many of us have hanging on our den walls today, and he had high respect for the pilots as a group. In turn, they outdid themselves in responding to his confidence. The board of directors met on Sept— 29, and the annual general business meeting was conducted on Oct. 1. It was the shortest on record, to no one's regret, and featured a presentation on the DAP retirement plan and election of officers for 1999. All current officers were reelected, a reflection of their dedication. There were numerous fascinating tours, all of which attracted much interest. The visit to the huge aircraft carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, was overwhelming. A modern nuclear powered carrier, it carries a crew of over 5000 men and women. The tour below decks was impressive, but the bunks where the personnel slept left something to be desired! And climbing up and down the steep stairs was no picnic, but worth it! The final festivities offered the opportunity for good food, danceable music, and endless reminiscing. Don't fail to get your reservations in soon for next year's convention cruise on Sept.27. It it being handled by the personable tour and convention experts, Chuck and Pat Hasler, and Ev and Jessica Green, so it is bound to be a blast!
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Business Meeting
Harry Jacobsen, Phil Belisle, Bob Sherman
Members
Dave Richwine
Bob Dedman, Paul Can, Lou Burns
Jack Clark, Jim Stanton
John Gratz, TWA MEC Chairman Joe Chronic
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TARPA Crosses the Mason-Dixon Line by Jean E. Thompson Another great writer began a novel, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. " I don't plan to borrow that line for this story but this trip was also one of contrasts. We have seen evidence and heard stories of pirates and patriots, settlers and slaves, owners and the owned, sects and sex. I can imagine which of these you're most interested in but, since I wrote this story, you'll just have to wait. In our quest for historical accuracy we covered bits of Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania by bus, boat and on foot. We went from island to the mainland, sea to mountain, seaside stockade to luxurious mansions; slaves' cabin sites to presidents' homes. Unlike the earliest settlers or slaves we were not exactly on starvation rations. We had our stomachs greased up on some Southern cooking--fried chicken, black-eyed peas, grits (pronounced in two syllables) and sweet potato pie. We also had our tummies delighted by some good Pennsylvania Dutch treats of homemade potato chips, pickles, potato bread and shoofly pie. Our first venture was a stop at Kill Devil Hill to hear about the Wright Brothers first success with controlled flight. [Does that make them the first flight controllers? What an amazing attempt-daring to depend on a few pieces of beechwood, some wires and several yards of muslin to fly a few yards on a cold December day 95 years ago. And then we went back in time more than 300 years to hear the tale of the lost colony of Roanoke and the later settlement of Jamestown. The hostile shore of Cape Hatteras was deceptively calm and sunny and we loved the sound of the surf in our hotel that night. It was good to get a night's sleep in a bed because some of us were feeling sleep deprived. The snoring of our fellow TARPAns kept us awake on the bus. We admired the driving skills of our driver, Leon, as well as his good humor. He could maneuver through tight places and was willing to make a U-turn to allow us an infusion of much needed ice cream to tide us over the hour before dinner. He'd even stop at an exclusive coffee shop [I think it was Hardees} for the caffeine deprived in the group. He pointed out crops unusual to us--like peanuts. We shouldn't have been surprised at his expertise because, as he said, "If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch." In Monticello and Berkeley Plantations we explored the elegant and the humble. Jefferson's innovations were admired and the exploitation of slave labor was lamented. We marveled at our guides who gave us the feel of life long ago in surroundings that stimulated the intellect of men who shaped our government and became our presidents. In each place we were fed in an Early American ambiance. We experienced some of the natural beauty and delicate ecology of the sand dunes of the Outer Banks, the grace of herons in flight, the startling whiteness of egrets on a drizzly morning and the majesty of a lone bald eagle on the James River and some of us, budding spelunkers, were awed by Luray Caverns. We also had some practical instructive moments on this trip--how to hold blue crabs, how to dance the Virginia Reel, how to clog dance and we were given recipes for Amish peanut butter spread so that we could maintain the same level of uncomfortable fullness once we got home.
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Now for the sects--we had an explanation of the differences and similarities between the Mennonites and the Amish. We admired their determination to live according to their teachings in a world of electronics, designer labels and emphasis on youth and beauty. And, of course, we were well fed at the Stoltfuss house. As for sex--we were told a couple of versions of the story of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings who had some Caucasian blood. Apparently a president dallying with the hired help is not a recent innovation. Now for some recommendations for those contemplating a similar trip--read up on the early colonies and the Civil War; be sure you take a raincoat, umbrella and long pants; include in your luggage a large jug of industrial strength Turns; and hire Leon.
POST CONVENTION TOUR 1998 by Carl Schmidt & Joan Barker After a great convention in Norfolk VA. 28 brave souls boarded a bus for a 6 day post convention trip with Pat and Chuck Hassler. We could tell it was going to be a good trip because our tour bus driver, Leon, carried a bible with him! Even though he was a teetotaler, he was right on top of things when it came to emergencies such as ice cream or beer and ice stops. Our first stop was Kitty Hawk for a look at the place where our careers were born. This was followed by a trip down the outer banks of North Carolina to view the lighthouse at Cape Hatteras. Due to many fierce storms, the beach has dangerously eroded at its present location and the lighthouse will be moved in 1999. Then we were on to Jamestown for a nature cruise on the Jamestown Island Explorer. Luck was with us and we saw a majestic bald eagle from a close vantagepoint. We then drove to Monticello where an interesting guided tour was led by a knowledgeable ex-high school principal from Wisconsin. After a tour of the beautiful Luray Caverns, we checked in at the historic Mimslyn Inn. It was a setting out of a F. Scott Fitzgerald story with an elevator that matched! That evening we were entertained by the Shenandoah Valley Cloggers. Oh! What we wouldn't give for just one-tenth of that energy! The New Market Battlefield tour proved interesting with its many displays and statistics. The historic Strasburg Inn provided a restful night's stop prior to our trip to the Strasburg Railroad Museum All of the items on display were either made or operated in PA. Now came the highlight of our trip. A tour of Intercourse and Bird In Hand, PA. and the Amish country. At an Amish farm with Amish crafts, many ohs and ahs were heard from the ladies sighing over the beautiful quilts. Then on to another farm for an excellent dinner with an Amish family. The next day, we departed for Washington DC, where a wonderful dinner at the Sequoia Restaurant and a performance at the Kennedy Center awaited us. After the play, we said our farewells at the hotel in Arlington, as everyone scattered the next morning, some for home, and some for places unknown. Some stayed to visit with Bill, as Hillary was out of town. Thank you, Pat and Chuck, for a very memorable trip.
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BY PAT &
CHUCK
HASLER
WE JUST RETURNED FROM THE CONVENTION & OUTERBANKS, KITTYHAWK & WAS A
GREAT TRIP &
I
OUR TOUR TO THE
THE CIVIL WAR BATTLEGROUNDS. IT KNOW EVERYONE REALLY HAD A
TIME. ANYWAY WE HAVE
GREAT
TO UNPACK AND THEN POCK AGAIN
BECAUSE WE ARE LEAVING FOR A MEXICO
CRUISE VERY SOON.
I N THE MEANTIME WE HAVE TO GET THIS MATERIAL &
THE "99"
CONVENTION MATERIAL READY FOR THE NOV. TOPICS BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR THE CRUISE. A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
WRITE ARTICLES ABOUT OUR POST CONVENTION TOUR & WILL APPEAR ELSEWHERE IN THIS TOPICS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE "99" CONVENTION ON THE SHIP. 1st JUST ASK ANYONE WHO ATTENDED THE "93" TARPA WILL HEAR
CONVENTION AND YOU
NOTHING BUT POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT WHAT A
TIME WAS HAD LIKE A
GOES TO SEA
BY ALL. AS I HAVE
FUN
STRESSED BEFORE IT IS NOT
LAND CONVENTION WHERE YOU CAN
SIGN UP AT THE
LAST MINUTE. THEY WILL TAKE BACK ANY CABINS WE HAVE LEFT ABOUT 3/15/99, THEN IT WILL BE ON A STANDBY BASIS. ABOUT 40% OF OUR ALLOTTED CABINS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN FOR &
MOST
OF THE TOP CABINS ARE SPOKEN FOR. THERE ARE STILL SOME GREAT CABINS LEFT SO DON'T WRIT! LOOK ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR ALL THE INFORMATION &
WE WILL SEE IN YOU "99".
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TO
THOSE
NEVER
OF
BEEN
YOU
WHO
ON
Fl
HAVE CRUISE
I was one of those for 50 years and said, "I will feel too cooped up, nothing to do and I will be bored; too much rough sea & I will get seasick; I won't have anything in common with my fellow passengers; they won't serve the kind of food I like; I will have to dress too formal. Well, I was wrong on all counts!' You are in port at least every other day; & try as you may you can never find the time to participate in all the shipboard activities; nowadays you are not sailing across the ocean just to get somewhere so you are never out of sight of land and the waters are always fairly smooth (besides they now have non prescription motion pills that you take one every 24 hrs. and I have found them to be 100% effective); everyone we have met on cruises (except that 1% you meet everywhere) were there for the same reason as ourselves, fun and relaxation and leave your troubles at home; you have the largest choice of different foods that I have seen anywhere and you can literally eat somewhere on the ship every waking hour; you do not have to wear a Tux or a formal dress (unless you choose too), as on the one or two formal nights (depending on the length of the cruise) a dark suit or jacket & cocktail dresses are worn by many. The cruises that I am referring to above are those we took on our own & enjoyed so much. The real enjoyment came when we started on the TARPA CRUISES & TOURS & met & renewed old friendships with long ago crewmember friends & spouses. The hanger flying really gets to FLYING some nights. NOT ONCE DID I HEAR anyone who had never been on a cruise before complain about not having to get up early every morning & pack a suitcase to catch a bus or plane & check into a new hotel every night or that there was too much food & too much to see & do. Also not one wife has complained because she did not have to cook, wash dishes, make beds & do housework. REMEMBER WE ARE ALL GETTING THERE SO PLEASE DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE I SO
SIGN
UP
NOW
CONVENTION
FOR
NOW!
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THE
GREAT
A
POST
ENDING
BY TO
ALL
FOR
MAKING
ALL
AN
UP
CHUCK &
IT
FOR
I
TOUR-TO
OUR
CONVENTION-OUTER
BANKS
THANKS
FOR
PAT
WHO
A
BEING
but
MEDALS
we
US
GREAT
ON
OUTSTANDING
outstanding
HASLER
JOINED
SUCH
GIVE
TOUR
ALL
EACH
PEOPLE
only
THE
TRIP.
TIME ON
ON
WE
THE
GIVE
OR
were
three
YOU
TIME!
CRUISE
(you
had
TOUR
all
medals).
THIS TRIP: 1.
MOST
LOQUACIOUS:
2. DAVISMOST
GREGARIOUS:
3.
CONGENIAL:
MOST
SPECIAL 1.
MOST
TARPA
2.
NATUR-ALL
TOURS WOMEN:
BOB
SHERMAN
RICK JACK
DAHL
MENTION
(8):
KEN &
ALICE
NELL HIPPI
ESCOL(the
gal
who likes kayaking C critters-including DICK) 3.
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RESIDENT YOU
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MONTICELLO INTO
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WE
SAID
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GREEN
WERE THANK
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TOLD YOU
IT
ALL.
TERMS & CONDITIONS Chuck & Pat Hasler, TARPA Tours, and Weismann Sales & Marketing dba Ventures Extraordinaire (hereafter referred to as WS&M act only as an agent for their clients in matters pertaining to travel by air, land or sea. They shall not be liable for any loss, injury, or damage to person, property or otherwise in connection with any accommodations, transportation, or other services, resulting directly or indirectly from any acts of GOD, dangers, Incident at sea or around a vessel, fire, breakdown of machinery or equipment, acts of governments or other authorities, wars, whether declared or not, hostilities, civil disturbances, strikes, riots, thefts, pilferage, epidemics, quarantines medical or customs regulations, defaults, delays or cancellations of or changes In itinerary or schedules, or from any other causes beyond WS&M's control, or for any loss or damage resulting from insufficient or improperly issued passports, visas, or other documents. Neither WS&M nor any of Its affiliates or subsidiaries, shall be or become liable or responsible for any additional expenses or liability sustained or incurred by the tour member as a result of any of the foregoing causes. Any and all claims asserted against WS&M arising out of any services or goods provided to clients, shall be integrated exclusively within either the Superior Court of San Mateo, California or the U. S. District Court, Northern District of California and not otherwise. WS&M must be notified of any such claims within six months of occurrence and any legal proceedings instituted within one year. The right Is reserved to substitute hotels and alter Itinerary or change the place to be visited. The right is reserved to cancel the cruise/tour prior to departure. If any cruise/tour must be withdrawn prior to departure, WS&M Is liable only for refunding of monies received from clients.
CANCELLATIONS: Cancellations will only be accepted in writing addressed to TARPA Tours and Ventures Extraordinaire. The date the cancellation is received by Ventures Extraordinaire shall determine the cancellation date. It is strongly recommended that participants purchase trip cancellation/interruption insurace. CANCELLATION CHARGES:
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT by Walt Gunn Aviation history buffs take great pleasure in challenging other enthusiast's knowledge of early day events. Agreement of long-standing "facts" fades when trivia details enter discussions, altering past happenings. Aircraft involved in mishaps are fraught with varied versions of probable causes. Early airplane types and models generate a lively discussion when differences in opinion arise. Even credited experts differ in agreement when it comes to the myriad makes and models or vintage planes. For example, the advent of trimotors (Ford, Fokker, and Stinson) are often misidentified in heated debates among veteran airline aficionados. The Northrop airmail planes of the early 1930's continue as a source of debate. The hybrid variety of mail and ma /passenger planes invites confusion in identification. The Greek naming (Alpha, Gamma, Delta) of the sleek fleet of all-metal monoplanes are quickly recalled, although not without giving rise to heated disputes over specific details. A recent comment arose that 'TWA never owned a Delta," setting a lengthy debate among a gathering of veterans with vast knowledge of TWA's past. Presently, there is a Northrop Delta hangered at the Downtown Airport in Kansas City where Save-A-Connie (SAC) is restoring a TWA DC-3 (plane number 386, NC 1945). Recent interest centers on the likelihood of adding the Delta to the SAC fleet for static display in their museum. In seeking an expert source to resolve the issue, Captain Ted Hereford offered his first hand knowledge of the array of Northrops he had flown. Ted affirmed that TWA did in fact, own a Delta model Northrop! Additionally, he cleared the air on the demise of the Delta that had been reported later on as a result of engine failure. Ted Hereford's personal account of the issues is offered precisely as Ted related his first-hand account. His letter (verbatim) follows: In regards to the Delta, TWA had one that was considered more or less Jack Frye's personal aeroplane, but they frequently used it on the night mail flights West of Kansas City. It was my good fortune to have had it on numerous trips. It was one of the best, if not the best single engine aeroplanes I ever flew. It just didn't have any down sides. I found out it was some 20 miles faster at 20,000 feet than the chart indicated. And in those days there was no traffic, so I used to fly it at 20,000 and report at ten, and they never could figure how I would get in so early." (Ed note: No violation considered) On one flight I was waiting for a delayed flight at Albuquerque when Jack Frye came in from LA with the Delta with a full load of VIPs headed for Kansas City. We conferred on the weather - which was bad. He elected to go on top as he was going to Kansas City non-stop and I had to land at Amarillo and Wichita. The ceilings were very low over the entire route. As it turned out Frye's radio went out and the next they heard of him he had landed on a farm about a hundred miles North of Wichita after his radio had gone out shortly after leaving Albuquerque. The only reason I am mentioning this is the next night they had
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problems with the Alpha and they replaced it with the Delta, and the Chief Pilot, Harlan Hull decided it would be a good time for him to get a little time on the Delta. He departed KC at 9PM landing at Wichita and Amarillo and was flying in clear weather about a hundred miles East of Albuquerque at ten thousand feet when the cockpit was instantly a solid mass of flames so intense he figured he didn't have time to climb out, so after unclasping the safety belt, he put his foot on the stick and kicked forward as hard as he could this threw him out of the cockpit, but the rudder caught him along the side of the head, but other than the loss of a sizeable hunk of hair, it did no real damage. The fire burned some of the top of his boots off and burned some of the parachute, which continued to burn as he floated down. He landed in a forest without much further damage to himself. The fire was caused by the nite landing flare coming loose in the cockpit, which accounted for the intense heat. This was told to me over lunch with Harlan three days later. I imagine Mr. Frye had a sleepless night when he was informed of this accident, as on his last flight they did not have parachutes." Harlan said his training in the Navy, on fast exits no doubt saved his life in this case. Again, back to the Delta, it was ahead of its time, it was a beautiful aeroplane to fly, and if it had many faults I guess I was not enough of a test pilot to find them. I thought it was just one fine aeroplane, head and shoulders above any single engine aeroplane that I knew anything about. The foregoing should settle the issues of TWA and Delta "aeroplanes" a la Captain Ted Hereford, a pilot highly revered by his peers and crews over a remarkable career spanning more than four decades. . . from a teenager airmail pilot to modern jets, and those privileged to know Ted will attest to the validity of his version of the demise of the only Northrop Delta owned by TWA. The case should rest.
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TWA Fairchild C-82 by Claude Girard What a surprise when John Gratz told me that the TWA Fairchild C-82 had recently visited MKC. Larry Trimble had christened this aircraft "Ontos" which is Greek for "The Thing." Lots of memories just surfaced then! Capt. Larry Trimble and Gordon Granger had ferried this aircraft, bought from Bedek in TLV in early 1957 to be used as the overseas TWA engine carrier replacing a C-47 that we had had in service since 1952. To give it the payload and range required to cover the then TWA overseas route extending to Manila, Larry Trimble fitted this aircraft with an FT 101 jet engine of 1000 lbs. thrust, it was subsequently replaced by a J34 WE turbojet of 3250 lbs. thrust to increase the maximum take-off weight and permit the carriage of the new jet engines, JT-4, JT3D and eventually the 12000 lbs. JT9 which had structural cabin clearance of only 1 inch. Originally operated under an Ethiopian, Registry as ETT- 12 the same as that of the C-47. After extensive wiring modification and installation of fuel dumping, etc. I flew the FAA flight certification in 1960 with Bob Meyersburg, the then Brussels based FAA overseas aircraft certification director, followed by the check out of the FAA Chief Advisor Jim Beasly, who in turn gave me my Type Rating after the standard rating check ride. Among others, I had the privilege to be co-pilot for Neal Lytle before my Captain check out (on the Martin 202/404) in turn checking out Jack Robertson, following his appointment as Director Flt Ops International replacing Neal. I don't have to tell you how busy we were for a while as TWA had more 3-engine experience than anyone would like. In 1968 alone we had 68 unscheduled engine changes overseas as a result of in-flight shut downs! At the rate of 57 hard hours round trip to Bombay and 112 hours to Manila, we accumulated quite a number of hours on this beast. Its performance was, to say the least, marginal on 1 engine. I do recall a rather exciting trip to Manila, true enough we were overweight out of Bangkok to ensure a nonstop to Manila normally 7hr45, and losing an engine upon passing the Mekong river before passing L'Ourame, now Danang, unable to maintain
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altitude to pass the hills and having to return to BKK on one engine for 3 hrs. at an altitude varying from to 500ft to 1,500 ft. until close enough to BKK and able to start the Jet..(it was really thirsty.) In those days it was not unusual to receive an HF call over Beirut with the request, "Bend the throttles, we have an engine change in Shannon." signed Trimble. Jack Robertson can vouch for it as he was ready to take the flight as we blocked at Orly. Just to quote a couple of other unusual "Happenings" such as losing all Hydraulics upon landing at SNN no reverse, "soft" runway shoulders and really no alternative but to lose as much speed as possible on the roll-out and plan for a ground loop, if necessary, on the upslope clearway before reaching the Shannon River. In the meantime I got a call from the Tower: "Sir do you realize you are going to cross the road at the end of the runway?" To which I answered, "Yes Sir, might as well turn the red lights on. I ended up in the mud with no damage. Following the closure of Basra in 1959, alternating the evacuation of the ground equipment with Neal. In 1961 Provisioning of the ground equipment required for the operation to Nairobi, Entebbe, Dar es Salaam. Arriving Nairobi a couple of hours before the first scheduled flight only to be told by then TWA President Tillinghast, "Where have you been?" Evidently this individual had no idea of the cruising speed of the "duck." as we called it in Paris, nor the number of enroute stops required to get down there. During the famous French student uprising in May 1968 TWA was the ONLY airline which did not stop serving Paris by operating through the Bretigny military controlled airport. The C-82 was the first aircraft to land there and was used as an air to ground Company radio also monitoring communications between the tower and our flights. The airports qualifications films we made with John Armstrong and this camera in the right seat. To be realistic and comparable with a 707 speed on approach all low approaches were shot with the gear up. The engine failure coming back from Madrid, we were fortunate to be close enough to Bordeaux, so that we could start the Jet and clear the Pyrenees. Guess I could keep on but, suffice it to say that it's too bad that I was not in MKC to welcome "my bird."
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ROBERT W. PICOTTE DECEMBER 11, 1916 - JULY 28, 1998 Robert W. Picotte was born in Helena, MT. He was a pioneer in American aviation being the youngest man in the history of the state of Montana to receive a private pilot license. After teaching aviation at the University of Wyoming and barnstorming in airshows in the Northwest, he went to work for TWA in 1940. He retired in 1971 ending a 31 year career with the TWA. He was a 32nd degree Mason of Kansas City, MO. and a Shriner of Albuquerque, NM. His family would like his many friends and acquaintances to know that his final landing was a soft one. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine; eldest son, Wes, of Santa Barbara, CA; and four grandchildren. by Lorraine Picotte
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LES MUNGER AUGUST 15, 1903 - JANUARY 3, 1998 As I stood at that open grave a sense of what was really happening struck hard. Not only was a friend being buried but a part of our legacy as well. The Omega of the Alpha - the end of the beginning. Probably the last of the original 34 who were "properly ready" on July 8th 1929-when the inauguration of TAT's "48 hours coast to coast service marked the beginning of the journey that all of us at TWA can call our careers. I spent an afternoon with Les shortly before his 95th birthday. We talked of early days, of his army career, of Kelly Field as well as Brooks Army Air Field. I asked if this was still the time period when pilots were issued spurs. He said that had ceased not long before. He spoke so casually of his friendship with Amelia Earhart, of Lindbergh spending a few days living in his apartment, of Lindbergh borrowing the plane that was assigned to Munger and carried Munger's name. He mentioned that he had flown for Ford Motor Co., that many of the TAT pilots had been engaged to fly for TAT many months before they were actually put to work. I know now that there were so many things that I should have asked, but didn't. I really yearn to know the beginnings; where was he based, did he fly first pilot or assistant? According to the 1929 TAT Plane Talk, most first pilots came from the airmail ranks or perhaps from Ford where they had an average of 500 hours experience with the tri-motors. The assistant pilots all were graduates of Kelly Field and comparatively younger men, skilled in flying all types of ships and in the use of the radio. We know that TAT based two crews in Columbus, Ohio; five in St. Louis (eastern region headquatters at the beginning), two in Waynoka, Oklahoma; four in Clovis, New Mexico; one in Winslow, Arizona and four in Los Angeles. Was Les flying one of the inaugural flights, because of the large demand for reservations on this first flight, TAT put on an extra section. That meant at least four crews, maybe five, since they bunged up one of the planes in Clovis.
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Where was Les when TAT shut down the airline operations so that all planes and crews could search for the "City of San Francisco," the tri-motor that hit Mt Taylor during a thunderstorm on September 4, 1929. Could he have been called on to go back into the cabin and adjust the movie screen on October 8, 1929 when TAT's westbound flight showed the first arial motion picture in the history of aviation? Les said that he flew the Fokkers, the DC-2s, the DC-3s, and B307s and, of the course, the Connie. He couldn't remember flying the DC-l. I forgot to ask about the Condors, the F-32s, and Stinsons. I also forgot to ask where he was and what he might have flown during the year between leaving TAT and re-joining the newly named Transcontinental and Western. Lindbergh was issued Pilots License #69; Les Munger held #1656. In retrospect I feel a great loss, not only of a fellow crew member but of an important part of aviation history that I feel I could have done more to preserve. Preserving the recent past in a world of rapidly changing technology becomes increasingly more important. This quiet, unassuming gentleman, alternating his airline career between supervisor, check pilot and flying the line epitomized the human, very personal part of that history. By Ona Gieshen
WAYLAND R. SHOOK JULY 3, 1920 - AUGUST 11, 1998 Wayland was one of the first Flight Radio Officers hired by TWA in 1941. The last Radio Operator Seniority List published in 1957 lists him as the number 6 FRO. I would guess that most or All of the five preceding him had transferred from ground RO positions within the Company. He served as an FRO until the position was eliminated in 1957. He was a long time civic leader in Westport, Connecticut, where he had lived since the late
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1940's, serving on many of the Town Boards and as Westport's Harbor Master until shortly before his death. He is survived by Dorothy, his wife of 57 years, two sons, their wives, six grandchildren and a by Warren H. Bullard sister.
LARS LUNDSTROM MARCH 26, 1918 - FEBRUARY 15,1998 Lars Lundstrom was born in Brooklyn, New York, and while still an infant, his family moved to Finland. When he was two years old the family returned to New York, and he was raised and educated in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. In 1939, Lars enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in Panama. When he was discharged at the end of the war in 1945, he was hired as a mechanic by TWA and assigned to Kansas City. Soon afterwards, he became a Flight Engineer and spent most of his career flying out of JFK. During his career he was active in the Flight Engineers Association and was the last FIE to be forced to retire before the change in regulations would have permitted him to continue working past his sixtieth birthday. In his retirement, he maintained an active interest in the activities of the airline and the friends he had made during his career. For the past two years he had become active in coordinating the activities of pilots who were investigating the various theories regarding the tragedy of Flight 800. He is survived by his wife of thirty years, Anneliese, son Bruce Gregory, daughter Jeanne, brother George, and sisters Helen, Gertrude, and Frene.
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CAPTAIN S. T. LELAND JUNE 29, 1917 - MAY 25, 1998 S. T. Leland, 80, of Berverly Farms, MA retired Captain and noted Conservationist, died unexpectedly May 25 th of this year. He was born in Milton, MA. And was a Captain with TWA for 30 years and was Chief Pilot in Boston for 6 years. He retired in 1969 to become Captain on his charter fishing boat, "The Flying Sorcers." In his concern for the over-fishing of tuna, he was one of the first to tag and release them for research. He was also a pioneer in humpback whale identification and took parties whale watching as early as 1972. He was graduate of Wentworth Institute, former member of the Beverly MA. Airport Commission, the Beverly Conservation Board., and the Pilot's Q.B. Club until his untimely death. He was also a member of the Myopia Hunt Club and the Manchester, MA Yacht Club, and Manchester Athletic Club. I met Tudor in June of 1946 while trying to get set up in New York. With Tudor Leland I found it to be fun rather that a disappointment. After having a few beer at a local tavern with the "Chief Schedule Clerk" at LaGuardia, Jim O'Malley I was scheduled on a Kansas City flight with 'h Captain Leland. From our first flight on June 12 , 1946 until he was appointed Chief Pilot in th Boston on July 14 1947 I think we set a record on TWA for the most flights the same Captain and Co-pilot had flown together. One day the Chief Pilot at LaGuardia, Jim Eischeid, stopped us in the hall and said "You two fellows have got to stop flying together – you're beginning to look like each other." (Tudor was 6'4" and I was 5' 10") He also suggested that I should learn how the other Captains fly the Airline. With proper respect I said, "Capt. Eischeid, when you've got the best, why should you change?" He smiled and said, "Well, I had to tell you." And I never heard any more. When it came time for my "Captain" final check ride, Jim O'Malley and Capt. Leland set it up that he would come to NY and give it to me. I was very surprised when I showed up. I had never worked so hard on any flight before or since for that matter. After about two-thirds of the way through I said, "I thought that you had taught me everything." To which he replied without a
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smile, "You are just beginning to learn how to be an airline captain." I passed and we celebrated that night. When I got married Tudor was my best man. He was also my teacher, my instructor, my judge, jury, and lawyer, my advisor and sometimes my long departed father. Had he been Catholic and a priest – he would have been my confessor. He was my boating partner, my fishing partner, my golfing partner, my hunting partner, and many times my social partner. But, above all, for fifty-two years, he was my friend. No man could ask for anything more. Perhaps we will meet again. I'm sure he will be up there. Without his guidance I probably won't make it. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, a son, Forbes Leland of Annapolis, MID, two daughters, Lisa Leland, and Daphane L. Borden and a son-in-law, Robert R. Borden, III all of Essex, MA, two grandchildren Katherine Borden and Robert Borden, IV, and one sister Katherine Gilbert of Peterborough, NH. by Max Wetherber
CAPTAIN DEAN L. ALLIN AUGUST 11, 1918 - MAY 26, 1998 Dean was reared Independence, MO. and attended Kansas City Kansas Jr. College. He enlisted in the Navy in November 1940 in V-5. His pre-flight training was in Pensacola, FL., then was sent to Fairfax, Kansas City, KS. He also attended American Air Line School in Fort Worth, TX. and Loran training School in Los Negros Island. He was in the Naval Air Transportation Service (NATS)during the was and served on NRAB, Fairfax, KC: NAS Olathe, KS: NAT - VR3 Olathe, KS:NATS Squadron 11, Honolulu: and NATS Squadron 13, Los Negros Island. Dean received his Honorable Discharge as Commander from the Navy Feb. 2, 1946 and he continued in the Navy Reserve for twenty years. In 1946 he was hired by TWA. He flew for them thirty-two years and enjoyed every minute of it. His desire as a small child was to be an AVIATOR. He married Cornelia Scott July 21, 1944. He has one daughter Christina Erickson. She and her husband Alan have two daughters: Heather Kay and Laura Ann living in the Kansas City area.
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DONALD O. LAMER OCTOBER 22, 1924 - MAY 5, 1998 Don was born and raised in Ashtubula,. Ohio. On January 4, 1945 he graduated from the United States. Merchant Marine Academy as a Deck Officer, after several Liberty Ship voyages including one involved in the invasion of Italy at Anzio. From 1946 to 1951 he sailed with the Pacific Far East Lines in the Australia - China - Japan area. He flew as a navigator for ONA. on the Korean Airlift from 1951 to 1953. In May of 1953 Don joined TWA as a navigator, based in Cairo, then Bombay, and finally at IDL (renamed JFK). He married Janice Austin, a TWA Flight Attendant, in 1957. The loss of the military charters, and the advent of the jets with electronic navigation equipment ended Don's career with TWA in November of 1959 after just 9 'A years. After a short stint with ONA and Riddle, Don landed the position of Chief Navigator with Bendix, based in BAL. Under a contract with NASA he navigated calibration runs past the various tracking stations around the world to check the telemetry used for tracking the capsules in the space program. Don's One of the aircraft they used was Gen. Mac Arthur's personal plane, the Bataan. meticulous navigation was a plus for NASA and our astronauts. Don retired in 1975, one of the unsung hero's of the early space age. Besides Tarpa and TWA Seniors, where Don and Jan seldom missed the annual get togethers, he was a member of the Retired Professional Navigators by R.C. Sherman and a Mason.
IN MEMORY OF JAMES HOFFMAN AUGUST 10, 1919 - SEPTEMBER 4, 1998
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CAPTAIN TERRENCE R. RAGER FEBRUARY 15, 1925 - SEPTEMBER 22, 1998 On September 22, 1998, Captain Terrence R. Rager lost a six week battle to cancer. He was born and raised in Ohio and joined the Navy in 1943. He was in the V12 program, then transferred to the VS programm and flew the F4U Corsair off the carrier Midway. Terry left the Navy in 1950 and in 1952 was hired by TransWorld Airlines. He was based in Detroit, Michigan, from 1952 to 1961. Terryflew, among other planes, the Delta Interchange and the Connie. When the domicile closed Terry took his family to California. He flew as a Co-pilot then as Captain. He flew the Polar route the last few years and retired in 1985 after 33 years. He enjoyed every minute. He, also, retired from the Navy after 20 years serving as a "weekend warrior Terry was one of the best "Goodwill Ambassadors" for TARPA. He could never understand why anyone would not want to attend the Conventions and have fellowship with old friends. He was Co-Chairman of the Convention in Palo Alto-San Francisco in 1995. How he looked forward to those times. He had many hobbies. Repairing cars, building a home in Carmel Valley, bowling and golfing. Then he found the computer! He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Betty, a son Terrence K. Rager, a daughter Anita Rager-Schaul, grand children Devon, Justin, Shannon and Robert, a brother Ronald Rager of Arizona. He was predeceased by son Mark. by Betty Rager
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CAPTAIN GEORGE C. DUVALL JULY 14, 1909 - AUGUST 29, 1998 Capt. George Duvall graduated in 1927 and pursued a career in aviation. In September 1935, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve and was a pilot for United Airlines for two years. He achieved the highest level of accomplishment as a pilot for TWA in both military and domestic operation, flying across the Atlantic Ocean 90 times during WW II, as a pilot for TWA's Military Operations. The highlight of his career was in 1965, when he piloted the plane which flew Pope Paul VI from Rome to New York in the first ever papal visit to the United States. Mr. Duvall also performed numerous civic acts, including establishing scholarships for children of TWA employees and giving speeches to youth interested in aviation. During a visit to Spain, he spoke to a group of young boys and began a long history of correspondence with each. One of those boys was Augusto Aguilar, an orphan who grew up to be a general in the Spanish Air Force and represented his government in NATO. After retiring from aviation in 1969, Mr. Duvall bought a textile company, a baby clothes company and Chicmaster, a poultry processing company which provided affordable chicken meat to 67 foreign countries. As a successful businessman and an elder in the Presbyterian Church, he established scholarships at his church and at Augustana College.
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IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN ORVILLE LEWIS ERICSON NOVEMBER 30, 1911 - AUGUST 17, 1998 "Swede" Ericson was one of the best with a great sense of humor and pleasant to fly with. He was Council Chairman in New York around 1948-9 when the meetings were held at the Flushing YMCA. Captain Ericson was born in Two Harbors, MN of Norse immigrant parents. He lettered in football and hockey in high school and later went to St, Olaf College where he received BA in English in 1935. He then entered the Navy's Aviation Cadet program and received his wings in 1936. He served in the fleet aboard the battleship Pennsylvania and aboard Carrier Lexington as a member of Bombing Squadron 2. He was hired by TWA and became a Captain in 1941. When the war came along he volunteered for active duty in 1942 and was assigned to the Pacific wing of the Naval Air Transport Service flying R5D's. He pioneered the routes west of Pearl Harbor and originated the mass evacuation of wounded by aircraft at Siapan and later Okinawa. He also flew the Navy's Top Brass including ACY Duce Reed, Admiral Nimitz and the Houses of Naval Affairs committee. Swede flew TWA's international division into Europe and the near East until having a spinal fusion. He moved from New Jersey to Fort Walton Beach, FL in 1954 and opened a marina in Shalimar where he designed the fork lift method of dry dock storage for boats. He later moved to Pensacola and opened Holiday Harbor Marina. He branched off into commercial and residential home building. He was an ex-Rotary Club President and a Paul Harris Fellow. Mr. Ericson is survived by Mary Esther whose sixty some years of marriage was ever loving and never boring. Also by his children, Leif of RI, Vance of Cape Coral, FL., Gail of Gulf Breeze, FL Eric of Pensacola, FL., Stephen of MI., eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. by R. W. Voss
IN MEMORY OF SELLWOOD CARTER BUSHY AUGUST 15, 1917 - JULY 14, 1998 Sellwood Carter Bushy was born in Meriden, CT. He was the son of the late Lieutenant Wlliard E. and Rowena Leaver Bushy. He married the late Margaret Mary Foley on January 4, 1942 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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He took his first flight in a 1926 Standard Biplane at the age of nine and became enamored to the new field of aviation. He graduated from Guilford High School and later the Harvard H. Ellis Technical School, then located in Putnam, CT. He was a licensed flight engineer and commercial pilot. Sellwood Bushy was an Army Air Corps veteran of World War H, having flown 50 combat missions in the European Theatre B-17's as a flight engineer and top turret gunner. He then was employed by Trans World Air Lines, where he served for some 31 years as a flight engineer on aircraft ranging from the Boeing 307B to the Boeing B-747. He flew all of TWA's international routes during his career; circling the globe on several occasions, and travelling to major cities throughout the world. Sellwood Bushy was also active in local aviation, flying commercial charters out of Madison's Griswold Airport. His love of the air was infectious and he introduced all of his children to the field of aviation. Two went on to become airline pilots. He also encouraged travel and learning in his children and grandchildren. Sellwood Bushy was past chairman of the Clinton Police Commission. During his tenure the current Police Headquarters was constructed. He also served on the Clinton, CT Republican Committee.
IN MEMORY OF RALPH M. JONES JUNE 27, 1927 - AUGUST 16, 1998
IN MEMORY OF JOHN W. COOTE MARCH 20, 1928 - AUGUST 26, 1998
IN MEMORY OF RAYMOND A. RICHARDELLA DECEMBER 4, 1911 - AUGUST 26, 1998
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ELMUS LINWOOD RUFF JUNE 19, 1917 - JUNE 10, 1998 Lin was a native of Stockton, CA. After graduating from University of California-Davis, he took up an interest in flying. He attended College of the Pacific for Civilian Pilot Training. When his training was completed, he towed gliders at 29 Palms, CA and Mobile, AL. Soon after he went to Jackson, MS to become a civilian flight instructor for Army cadets at Oliver L. Parks Air College and later for Graham Aviation at Souther Field in Americus, GA. He joined TWA January 2, 1945 and retired after 29'/2 years in 1974. Lin enjoyed photography, working on cars and especially music, even writing music for his son, Alan. He had a wonderful sense of humor and took great pride in his family. Besides his wife, Mildred, he is survived by two daughters Carol L. Woodward of Carson City, NV and Jeanette I. Tranberg of San Jose, CA. He was predeceased by his son, Alan.. Five grandchildren survive, Cheryl Colombo, Benecia, CA, Aaron Woodward, Tempe, AZ, Christopher Woodward, Carson City, NV, Kristin and Jared Tranberg of San Jose, CA. and two great by Mildred Ruff grandchildren, Jordan Woodward and Christina Colombo.
IN MEMORY OF BERNARD J. KAPPLER JULY 1, 1923 - AUGUST 17, 1998
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CAPTAIN WILLIAM MILLER NOVEMBER 27, 1912 - MAY 17, 1998 William Miller, known affectionately to his friends as "Willie", was born in New York in 1914. His aviation career began as the typical teenage model airplane builder and aviation magazine reader. It was during this time he discovered Barren Island Airport and after school would rush to get as close as possible to any of the airplanes. One kindly pilot noticed him (Paul Rizzo, who Is currently the second oldest certified pilot in the states, age 95) and gave him rags to clean one of the airplanes. This closeness to an aircraft made his blood percolate with aviation fever. Eventually he was selling tickets for airplane rides. In his spare time he wrote 'aircraft model building' articles for MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS. Today he has one of the oldest published articles noted in the aviation SPACE WRITERS ASSOCIATION. Willie became a commercial pilot and flew charter flights from Floyd Bennett and Roosevelt fields and also developed a fondness for sea-planes which he flew out of Port Washington on Long Island. He flew many Company Board Chairmen to numerous destinations. At age 27, Captain Willie joined Trans-Continental & Western Airlines (now TRANS WORLD AIRLINES) as a co-pilot in Kansas City, Missouri. Checking out as Captain, Willie was based in Kansas City and also in California. During World War II, he was assigned to AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND (ICD - Inter-continental Division of TWA) for the military; flying hospital ships of cargo and personnel. This widened his scope of flying throughout the various continents. After returning from ATC to the line in 1945, Willie flew International flights and was based in New York until early retirement in 1969. While flying, there were many inquiries from Executives of Corporations as to where to locate/purchase different types of aircraft. This started his interest in brokering and finally owning his own business, AERO INTERNATIONAL and PLANET AIRWAYS. Fortune Magazine wrote an article on him, highlighting his sideline hobby selling and searching for aircraft. Not being able to stay away from his love of aviation, Captain Willie rented an office at the Marine Terminal, at LaGuardia Airport in New York from the Port Authority in 1969 He began brokering aircraft (AERO INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES) to all the airlines worldwide and
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to the various corporations. It took but a very short time, for this gentle man to learn that earning a living in terms of dollars and cents was not the primary requisite to happiness though - - he still wanted to fly. He found in rubbing shoulders with a world of realities, that other things mattered far more - - -unselfishness, consideration of others, conscientious service, and above all integrity and honesty. This held him in high esteem of his peers; which made him successful. The following are just a few of the aviation organizations of which Captain Willie was a member: The Hump Pilots Association, Long Island Early Fliers, OX-5 Aviation Pioneers, The Wings Club, Aviation Space Writers, National Business Aviation Assn, TARPA, Quiet Birdmen, International Order Characters, TWA Seniors Club. And he also was awarded the Chinese Air Medal for the Chines Airforce. There is a star shining for Captain Willie up there; he is a thousand winds that blow. He paved the way for a new generation to find their way to the moon and the stars. God Bless you Willie, wherever you are.
We all shall meet you at the pass. by Dorothy C. Miller
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT MC GRATH BRACY DECEMBER 17, 1921 - AUGUST 17, 1998 Bob Bracy was born in Topeka, Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Metalurgical Engineering. During World War II Bob flew "The Hump" in the China, Burma, India theater of operations. He flew with TWA for 20 years, and then continued in the aviation industry as a ground instructor for professional pilot upgrades. He is survived by his wife Lorraine, his son, Marc S. Bracy, M.D., daughter, Shanon, two grandchildren, Genna and Sean, and daughter-in-law, Tina, all of San Jose, California.
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GRAPEVINE by Hank Gastrich
291 Jamacha Rd. Apt. 52 El Cajon, CA 92019-2386 Tel/Fax: 619-401-9969 E-MAIL (>>>changed) >>>hankflew@aol.com >>>hankflew1@juno.com One more time, just one more GRAPEVINE and editorially, 1998 is history. Speaking of history (wasn't that a wonderful segue?), this year I'm studying Early Western Civilization or History 140. The study starts with cave man and woman, strolling hand in hand in search of food, and progressing (sic) through time to ca.1500 A. D. where it ends with men and women strolling hand in hand in search of food. Along the way we look at various and sundry civilizations, none of which survived and each of which left behind clues of "how not to become a decadent society!" We accepted few of these tips, proving history does indeed repeat itself. The only way we progressed that I can see, is we are not using Roman numerals to do our taxes! Enough scholastic trivia, I have important information to relay to you all: Effective 9 December 2000, my telephone area code changes from 619 to 935! I have received information provided by Pacific Bell to notify you that effective June 10, 2000, my area code number will be changed. Since I never call myself, this information must be for you. If it is for you, why didn't they tell you? Something else to look forward to, as early as this year even, is for another huge scandal. Drug use in professional football! The San Diego Chargers (9-20-98) are tied for first place in the western division of the NEC-NFL. Winners of the first two games, last year's 4-12 team has beaten Tennessee and Buffalo. It could be a major scandal if they all have to pee in bottles. Now, they are 2-1 having lost to KC last week 23-7. Their quarterback completed 1 of 15 passes. That leafs (0000000h) something to be desired, agreed? (The Chargers QB is rookie Ryan Leaf). One more segue, speaking of bottles, did you ever hear the warning, Be careful of what you wish, you may get it?" Well, two merchantmen adrift in the Pacific after their ship was torpedoed, one grabbed a floating bottle, rubbed it and when the genie in the bottle appeared and granted him one wish, he wished that the ocean would turn to beer. Sure enough, next morning the sea had turned to beer. Seeing this, his companion berated him for having made the wish. Some people, never satisfied he asked, "Well, where do we pee?"
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GRAPEVINE (CONT'D) HUMOUR I have on this second day of September, 52 pages of assorted jokes, et al. Major contributors (via e-mail) are Dick Loomis, Ray Brucks, Lew Judd, Ed Toner and assorted others. The good news is they all will not be used. The bad news I guess is I will need another page for humour. MARRIAGE MIS-STATEMENTS If you've seen one redwood tree, you've seen them all! Ronald Reagan The President has kept all the promises he intended to keep. George Stephanopolous It is bad luck to be superstitious. A Mathis China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. Charles DeGaulle Things are more like they are now than they ever were before. Dwight Eisenhower I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix. Dan Quayle When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.C. Coolidge SHAME! SHAME!
When a man opens the door of a car for his wife you can be sure of one thing. Either the car is new or the wife is. Marriage is a very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want, then when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that! Man is incomplete until he is married! Then he is finished. My wife told me I should be more affectionate - so I got a girl friend. POLITICALLY CORRECT She is not Half Naked - She is wardrobe impaired. She is not a Bleached Blonde - she is peroxide dependent. DEFT DEFINITIONS Beauty Parlor: Where a woman curls up and dyes. Chicken: The only animal you eat before it is born or after it is dead. Committee: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours. Mosquito: An insect that makes you like flies better. Yawn: An honest opinion openly expressed. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT
Alyssa Milano - Internet photo Note Alyssa's left hand!
Gilligan (of Gilligan's Island) has a first name that was used only once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.
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GRAPEVINE (CONT'D) HUMOUR BASIC TRUTHS Everyone has a photographic memory some of us just don't have film. Save the whales - collect a whole set. On the other hand - you have different fingers. I just got lot in thought - it was unfamiliar territory. FLYING A terminal forecast is a horoscope with numbers. A jet fighter in the air is a dual emergency because it's always low on fuel and is on fire. A single engine jet in the air is a triple emergency. Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory! A smooth touchdown in a simulator is as exciting as kissing your sister. Fly it until the last piece stops moving! The only thing worse than a captain who never flew copilot is copilot who once was a captain! A good landing is one you can walk away from. A great landing is one which lets you use the airplane another time.
RIDDLE OF THE DAY (Not answered - just a clue) What is similar about two catcher's gloves, three home runs and Dolly Parton? (Think Big Mitts - Big Hits) ON SEX Getting married to get sex is like buying a 747 to get peanuts. It's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean, but, it does take a row boat a long time to get anywhere. ON ART Man settling a dispute - "It can't be a Picasso! If it were a Picasso she'd have three breasts!"
QUICK RETORTS "Was that fur you gave your girl mink?" "She thanked me as if it was!" Female barber to a male customer, "Are you thinking about getting a haircut?" "Oh, I'm going to get a hair cut. I'm thinking about how much I'd like to go to bed with you!"
THE THREE BEST THINGS IN LIFE A MARTINI BEFORE AND A NAP AFTER!
ON AGING "You're not old, 59 is just middle aged." "Oh yeah? How many people 118 do you know?"
An oxymoron - "Where would you like to be buried?"
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GRAPEVINE (CONT'D )
CHARLES TISEO
Bonita Springs, FL
Hello Hank, I would like to carry on from Bill Townsend's nice words about Jack Zimmerman, seniority # 37, 2-16-30. Time moves on and our pilots today are not familiar with the names of the pilots that started TWA. I feel very fortunate to have known and flown with pilots of that era. Swede Golien, Earl Fleet, Bill Dowling, Felix Preeg, Dutch Holloway, George Rice, Mo Bowen and I could go on. Seniority dates for those men, like Zimmerman go back to the 30's and beyond. We lost one of the last of that group on January 22, 1998, Captain Fred Richardson, seniority # 30 dated 9-1-29. He never stopped flying and flew every plane that TWA owned. I flew with him in 1942 & 43 on ICD when he was checking. Fred was a good pilot and a real gentleman. Enclosed is a short article and a picture of Fred "in uniform!" The carriage of air mail by single-engine aircraft was the opening chapter in the air transport industry: but even after the advent of the tri-motor Fords and Fokkers, it continued as an important phase of airline operation. Air mail pay was a pure economic necessity. The receipt of mail pay required that the mail reach it destination and that a satisfactory level of performance over the route be maintained. The mail pilots, relying on basic instruments then available, developed virtually an all-weather operational record. In order to survive, an airline had to -maintain its mail contract because the Fords and Fokkers were originally restricted to daylight operation. Therefore, until instrumentation and blind flying techniques were perfected, it was necessary to conduct a dual operation and continue to fly the mail with single engine aircraft. Initially two different groups of pilots were employed, one group to fly the mail run. Eventually a system of upgrading from copilot on passenger flights to captain on day passenger flights was evolved. This system prevailed until weather flying techniques indicated that both services could be satisfactorily combined into a single operation. When this was accomplished, the mail could be moved at night on passenger flights; thus the book could be closed on another colorful chapter of aviation history. Ed's Comment: Thanks Chuck. I consider having flown with two of those "old-bold" pilots you cited as one of the best experiences of my TWA life. Especially with Captain Captain Fred G. Richardson fitted with the Fred Richardson! Fred indeed was a great pilot and a equipment needed to fly the mail in the gentleman with outstandingly good "check-pilot" judgment. gp h"NicoaprtAenk.l He was the check captain on my up grade check to Captain. And 1 once had a `mini check ride' in a DC-4 with Earl Fleet and Howard Hall from MKC-LAX and back. We had a flag stop at ABQ and when we tried to start # 2 engine we found out the starter was dead. Without comment, Earl taxied onto ABQ's RWY 8 and poured the coal to engines 1-3-4. As my heart rose in my throat thinking we were taking off on three engines, Howard turned the ignition switch on #2 to on, moved the mixture to FULL RICH and as that engine started, Earl eased power on the others, and made a 180 for a 4-engine take off on RWY 26. After trimming the throttles Howard turned to me and said, "Don't you ever try that!" PAGE 56... TARPA TOPICS... NOVEMBER, 1998
GRAPEVINE (CONT'D)
NORM NICHOL
Toms River, N, FLIGHT 840 TO PARIS by Norm Nichol
Flight 840 to Paris? We all know that 840 goes to Rome, right? Well, this time we went to Paris first. The flight left JFK, February 4, 1980, in a B-747 #17109. The crew was: Captain, Roland Burton F/O, Norm Nichol F/E, Bret Hart and FAA aircarrier inspector, Tom Jensen. TWA had just transferred its Operating Certificate from the New York office to Kansas City and as a result, all of the Kansas City inspectors needed to "fly international" flights to familiarize themselves with an operation they were not familiar with. This would be the first flight for Inspector Jensen. I met Captain Burton in hangar 12 at JFK a couple of hours prior to departure time. "Hello Roland, how's it going?" "Aw , I just talked with a scheduler and he tells me we have an FAA inspector on board tonight. Every time I get an inspector on my flights, something goes to ; looks like it will be your leg." I liked flying with Captain Burton, he was all buisness, very professional and was most generous about sharing flying time. We rode the crewbus to the terminal and went down to the ramp office to prepare our paperwork and get dispatched. The release was: 840 to FCO. While there, a stranger walked up, showed his FAA ID and said, "I'm Tom Jensen and I'll be riding with you on 840 to Paris. " Captain Burton shook his hand and said, "if you're on 840, you'll be going to Rome." The inspector said, "oh, I'm new to this operation, so I'll go wherever you take me." He was a friendly fellow. Everything was routine: Our departure, our oceanic clearance was our first choice, and we were really moving through the nighttime sky, eastbound with a tailwind component in excess of 100 kts. This would be a quick crossing. About one hour east of JFK the telephone rang in the cockpit. Captain Burton spoke briefly and then shared some bad news with us. "There is a passenger on the floor, looks like a heart attack, they are trying CPR on him but it doesn't look good." The cabin crew asked for a doctor and the best they could find was a dentist. The dentist thought that this passenger had indeed suffered a heart attack and that we had to get him to a hospital right away. A quick check of the navigation chart showed that Halifax, Nova Scotia would be the closest in time. Oceanic gave us a direct clearance and we began our descent. Halifax was a few hundred miles northwest of us but that swell compoent now became a minus 100 kts. Our ETA was about an hour away. Thirty minutes later, the dentist called to say that the passenger was "beyond help" and there was no reason to attempt to reach a hospital. It was later discovered that this passenger had two letters from MD's that asked for aid with baggage and explained at length about his heart condition. He never showed these letters to any TWA personnel.
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GRAPEVINE (CONT'D )
We were about 18,000 and had burned lots of fuel. We could no longer reach Rome with comfortable reserves. We received a new oceanic clearance but this time filed for Paris. The dispatchers were very unhappy and tried to "sell" Rome, without success. The Company was well prepared for us in Paris and removed the body; now wrapped in blankets and bound to a lavatory door with seatbelts. A short time later he was placed in a casket and sent home to the USA. We refuled, received our release to FCO and were off in less than an hour. The flight to Rome was routine. The weather was 400/1 and we flew the approach to 16L. Five miles out, the FINC (Inertial comparison) light illuminated on #1, which meant we could not use the A autopilot for an ILS approach. We switched to the B autopilot, a few seconds later we got another FINC light on INS2. "Oh well, I'll just hand fly it, the weather is good." At 800 feet AGL, the Rome tower calls us, "TWA, go around, go around, proceed to XYZ and hold at 2,500 feet." We did. " Fumicino approach, what is the problem?" "The Alitalia flight that landed just ahead of you on 16L, has a bomb scare. They are stopped at the end of the runway." "OK, we request an approach to 16R." "No, No you cannot, the airport is closed, all of the fire trucks are checking on the Alitalia airplane." "Fumicino, how long do you estimate that the airport will be closed?" "TWA, it is impossible to say this, out." We still had TWA dispatchers located in Rome in those days. We called our dispatcher and told him we would have to proceed to our alternate in thirty minutes if the airport remained closed. The dispatcher called his uncle or cousin in the Rome tower and worked the magic that only Italians seem to be capable of. "TWA, cleared for approach to 16R." The rest of the flight was again routine. We had passed our "check-ride" on a rather memorable flight, 840 to Rome via Paris, just as the FAA inspector had prophesied some eleven hours earlier. Norm called me for my ` GRAPEVINE' figures so he could try to make his copy camera ready! I think we know where to look for the next G V editor, huh? JIM STANTON
Lake Montezuma, AZ
Hi Hank, I hope you are having a great day. I have been under the weather with the flu and a very bad cold. better now. My E-Mail has suffered because of it. We had a good trip to CA Jan 24 to celebrate birthdays! Ben Young's and mine which was on January 25. Ben looked pretty good for 80 yrs. Hope I look as good in three years. Hank, we are only three miles east of I17 so drop in next time you come north. We are located practically in downtown Lake Montezuma. Your TWA friend, Jim Stanton Thanks for the invite Jim and glad you and Ben were both healthy enough to celebrate birthdays 157 worth by my figures! I will have to take you up on that invite. However, an afternoon in down town Lake Montezuma might be a bit rough. As any of the guys will tell you, I'm a rather straight-laced, shy, very-non-assuming and introverted individual.
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GRAPEVINE (CONT'D)
DALE E DAVIS
Punta Gorda, FL
Hi Hank, Enjoy the entire Topics. Just like jokes, one story leads to another. The fireball through the plane reminded me of a 1011 trip to London. Shortly after takeoff from Boston, the copilot was flying, we leveled off at 6000 ft. in smooth stratus. Shortly thereafter we received clearance to 16000 ft. As I reached up to reset the altitude alert there suddenly came the loudest bang I had ever heard in an aircraft and a very bright flash of light. Almost immediately Boston Approach Control came up with clearance to return and land on any runway. By this time I had been able to evaluate the situation somewhat. First thought was BOMB, but pressure stayed steady and no wind whistling. During this time I looked to the left and saw the light dying near the left engine, but there was no yaw or warning of engine problems. Finally, figured out that it was one heckuva static discharge. After further checking, gave Approach my conclusion and my decision to continue to London. Often during the flight, layover and about half way back I tried to figure how Approach knew we were in trouble. Finally, gave up and asked crew if they knew of anything that would tell APC of our trouble. They looked at each other, grinned like cheshire cats and one of them said, "Maybe it was while you were setting the alert and answering the clearance when the discharge hit and you yelled 'Holy S—t'! I think that really got their attention". I have no memory of that (probably selective memory), but now I know the "device" used by APC to determine when trouble strikes an aircraft. Maybe the fellows with me will remember the incident and help correct me if I'm wrong in any of the particulars. See ya at sea in '99.
Dog Easy Hank - a second story. Last leg of a line check.. Can't find my log book (in storage) for name of Check Capt., but if he's still around, maybe he'll speak up. If you remember, the 707 BA-H had full leading devices which was an improvement over the previous models except in one phase of the operation. That was landing. If you carried power until after you rotated to touchdown attitude, then reduced to idle it would land like a dream, if you pulled off the power, then rotated, it rotated but just kept going down. PAGE 59... TARPA TOPICS... NOVEMBER, 1998
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I was a on a line check arriving RWY 13L at JFK and everything had gone well during the entire trip. Reached rotate position, pulled throttles off and rotated. We arrived! I've only been through one other like it. I had never done that before, having been warned during training. Well, the check captain just looked at me, shook his head and said "Don't do that again". About a year later landing on RWY 4R, again at JFK, I did it again. I was embarrassed, especially since I always went back to say goodbye to my passengers. That was one time I really didn't want to. Many passengers left with parting remarks of varying humor and sharpness. After watching one elderly lady go out the door safely, I looked at the next passenger. It was the same Check Captain, deadheading, He just gave me a funny smile, shook his head and left. A gentleman to the end. I guess he wondered if that was the only type of landing I could make. P.S. I never made that mistake again, never! Dog Easy
Ed's Note: Great stories Easy Dog, er, Dog Easy. And they came ready (well, damned near ready) to send to the copier - not that camera ready material is a requirement for putting something in the old grapevine. It's also big of you to confess to a hard landing or two. I always figured a landing was like hitting a golf ball - right after you did it, you knew what you did wrong!
TEDDY HANSON
1000 Oaks, CA
Dear Hank: Having been a part of the TWA family for well over 50 years, I was grateful to see my husband, Omar " Ole" Hanson, mentioned in your " FLOWN WEST " section. He always loved flying and was a great pilot. We both enjoyed our golden years with TWA. Time passes so quickly! And thanks again for sending me the TARPA magazine. makes me feel I still belong. Most sincerely,
TEDDY HANSON
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GORDON HARGIS
Ft Worth, TX
Dear Hank, Don't know if any of this is worthy of "TOPICS" or not, but here 'tis. I had intended to send it sooner, but have been very ill for a month with pneumonia. Hopefully, I'm recovering now. That was the first time in my 76 years that I ever was really sick - unbelievable pain in my chest for 4 days. Hope you are well and still a student. I took two great subjects at Louisiana State University (where I learned to fly in C.P.T.P. in a J-3 Piper Cub). They were boozeology and womanology. I was only an 18-20 year old then. I was commissioned a second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers Reserve from LSU ROTC on 18 May 1942, 56 years ago. "Sneaked out" and went to USAAF Pilot Training on 20 Nov 1942 at Maxwell Field Alabama and rated USAAF pilot on 30 June 1943. Jimmy Philpott was a fabulous man. He spent hours in the DC-3 on partial panel on scheduled flights (needle, ball, airspeed and counting seconds aloud for timed {no clock} turns. He also was a B-25 bomber pilot in China-Burma-India theater when he was recalled to active duty with the Air Force. He met his future wife, who was an army nurse, in Burma, and took her on a couple of bombing missions in his B-25. Enclosed are several snapshots of the XAT-6E which I took when the aircraft was rolled out for its first run-up in late August 1947 at Kansas City, KS. The plane was owned by Jimmy Philpott and I helped a bit to get the Texan ready to race. The Ranger engine came off a Fairchild AT-21 Range, a twin engine advanced USAAF training craft. Jimmy bought the AT-21 but all he needed was the engine so he scrapped the rest and recouped the $500 he paid for it. The engine performed perfectly and Dori Marland flew the plane several times at Kansas City before it went to Cleveland for the races. According to Jimmy, Dori was leading the race when he ran out of fuel on the last lap and belly landed the plane. There was 20 gallons of fuel in the reserve part of the left tank, but the fuel selector was on LEFT TANK and not on RESERVE! Sincerely Gordon Hargis Ed's. Note: As I recall, the SNJ's tanks each held 55.2 gallons of fuel. I have to flush my mind and rid it of some of the useless information taking up space on my hard drive. I made a home in the SNJ for over 2200 hours. I was quite taken by the pics. I know damned few of you will believe this, but I looked at those pictures 3 or 4 times before I saw Dori crouching on the wing. I believe Cook Cleland won the 1947 (or 1948 or 49) Cleveland Thompson trophy race in an F2G Corsair powered with an R-4360 28-cylinder engine. He faired the flaps and cut three feet off each wing tip. Said it landed at 165 knots.
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GRAPEVINE (CONT'D ) June 29,1998 Hank Gastrich TARPA Grapevine Editor 291 Jamacha Road, Apt. 52 El Cajon, CA 92019-2386 Dear Hank, I recently ran across an old photograph of the Kansas City Dehmel Trainer instructors and maintenance people. I am enclosing a copy. I thought that you and others might find it interesting. As you remember four of the Curtis Wright Dehmel Flight Duplicators operated in the old fire house at MKC. Others were scattered throughout the other domiciles, but MKC was headquarters, and had more of the infernal machines than anywhere else. I know that you remember the Dehmel experience because I recall working on the finer points of the low frequency range orientation there with you. After the USAF and a year back in school, I found an ad in the Kansas City Star help wanted column for a Dehmel Flight Instrument Instructor. I didn't know what that was, but thought that if it involved teaching instrument flying I might qualify since I had previously worked in an instrument school. I was hired, and worked there for three years before going on the line. The photo was probably taken in 1955. The location is directly in front of the old fire house which was just north of the old terminal building. - standing left to right are: Donald "Bud" Stark - Captain retired, John Henderson, Mary Kay Barter, A. R. "Pete" Peterson, and Gene Moores - who later went on the line as a co-pilot, but did not return from the furlough of 1958. Kneeling left to right are: Carl Steiner - maintenance technician, Art Mothershead, Harold Russell - maintenance technician, myself, and Bill Pieratt. Bob Frank was the department head, and may have taken the picture. At the time the picture was taken, all co-pilots were required to fly the Dehmel trainer for two hours each month. Failure to schedule and fly the required two hours earned the errant individual a meeting with Captain Howard Hall. That was threat enough to keep everyone pretty much on schedule. Who could forget Mary Kay Barter? She was hired as a Link Trainer instructor during WWII. Mary was a licensed pilot with a strong personality. Nobody messed with Mary. Charles Gatschet
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MKC Dehmel Trainer Personnel: Standing 1-r: Captain (ret) Donald "Bud" Stark - John Henderson - Mary Kay Barter - A R "Pete" Peterson - Gene Moores Kneeling l-r: Carl Steiner - Art Mothershead - Harold Russell - Captain Charles Gatschet - Bill Pierratt. Bob Frank was
RICHARD A. STETTNER
Atlanta, GA
Captain Henry, I thought you might be interested in this. My first trip as a navigator with TWA was on August 15, 1945 from Washington DC to Casablanca, Morocco with Captain C W Maynard. My most memorable trip was in October 1, 1945 with Captain S G Granger and was from Washington to Karachi, Pakistan. We were gone 17 days and when we returned, we had the rest of the month off since we were way over the 85 hour monthly time limit. The total trip time was 98 hours. Dick's hobby is H 0 scale railroading and he belongs to the Atlanta Chapter of Silver Wings, and is an Associate Member of the 8th Air Force. Ed's Comments: I envy you Richard - going to Casablanca and Karachi. I wonder why TWA never kept those stops. I did go through Tunis and Algiers once. I recall the Captain and I both hustling in and out of the Algiers Ops Office because the flashes of gun fire coming from the nearby hillside gave us cause to want to be somewhere else. Anyhow, Richard, thanks for writing, hope to see you at the Tarpa Conventions and just let me say as we walk off into the fog, "Richard! I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. "
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DON DORMAN
Napa, CA
Dear Hank, Here is an article that was in the Pacific North West Newsletter. You might like a background so here goes. I worked for Pratt & Whitney, E. Hartford, while waiting to be drafted (married and had a son). I was deferred until 1944 MAGNIFICENT MAN AND HIS FLYING MACHINE when I went into the Navy for two years. During that time I Don Dorman flew his built from scratch Bakeng Duce on May 18, learned to fly at Palmer, Mass., 1998, after having worked on it since 1975. The Bakeng Duce is a got my Private license at high wing, open cockpit tandem with a Lycoming 0320E2D 150 hp Agawam, Mass. just before engine. The fuselage is welded steel tubing and fabric covered. The going in the Navy. After the front section is removable sheet metal to facilitate inspection and Navy (1944-46) went to maintenance. The wing is wood spars and built up ribs covered with Embry Riddle, Miami, Florida fabric. Don's project got off to a gradual start in `75, moved along and got my A & E license. I slowly until retirement came along in `80 and then went into hiatus. then finished my Commercial A new house took up much time and eventually the whole thing license on the G. I. Bill while ended up in a hangar in Schellville Airport where he flies today. working as a mechanic in Ft. Twenty three years and a lot of nurturing later his plane lifted off. He Pierce, Florida. I worked for didn't report a pet name for the bird but chances are it has had National Airlines as a mechanic several over the years. for two years in Miami and Palmer, MA, 1943 is where Don's aviation career started. While was then hired by TWA as a working for Pratt Whitney Aircraft he learned to fly and in 53 years Flight Engineer on September he has amassed 360 hours of pilot time. As of this reporting he has 3 17, 1951. I flew all models of hours in the Bakeng Duce. Blessed with good health, Don maintains the Connies for several years. his FAA physical and enjoys his plane at age 78. Well done, Don, Convair 880s for about five years and retired in August 1980 for a total of 29 years with TWA. I was very fortunate to have been able to work at TWA for these past years. I have always felt that we were one of the best airlines and still think so. At the present time I have ten hours on the plane. Sincerely, F/E ret Ed's Note: Nice job Don. The picture of your Bakeng Duce is on the following page. I just talked with Don and pulled some details from him regarding his airplane. Designed by Gerald Bakeng, it was voted best design at Oshkosh in 1971 and while Don has had it up to 120 mph in level flight he says normal cruise speed is around 100.
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Scottsdale, AZ
CLIFF RAUB Dear Hank,
Here is my story which may be of interest. The day before the 1964 Presidential election, the Pilots for Goldwater Nationwide assisted with a parade in San Francisco and with the program and speech at the Coliseum. My job was to lead the procession in my car from the airport to downtown San Francisco with Barry in the next car. Beside me in the front seat was movie actor Gene Raymond, Master of Ceremonies. In the next seat was Gil Rob Wilson, editor of Aviation Magazine, and Al White, test pilot. Upon arriving downtown San Francisco, Barry continued the parade. We went directly to the Coliseum for the Master of Ceremonies to prepare the program. The program and Barry Goldwater's speech packed the Coliseum and many had to stand outside. Upon returning to the airport to see Barry off for Arizona I said, Barry is going to win." Gene Raymond said I was Master of Ceremonies in Boston and Madison Square Garden. The only news we were given was, "The banner blew off the marquee. We are not going to win. Go home and watch the news tonight." During the evening news, Barry was given only time enough to make this statement: "They say I have changed during my campaign. The speech today was the same speech I gave at the beginning of my campaign." I am proud to have a true patriot, Barry Goldwater, represent Arizona and America. Sincerely, Cliff Ed's Note: This is a copy of a story recently printed in the Tribune relating "memories of Barry Goldwater."
Don Dorman with his home built Bakeng Duce- airplane.
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HARRY GRAHAM
Kingston, NY
Dear Hank, The enclosure I trust, will lighten the minds of you Old timers and CREDIT TWA with its truly "PIONEERING" the opening of the Atlantic to propeller driven aircraft at a time when such `feats' were considered remarkable. You're at liberty Hank to edit or modify as you care to. On this flight at least four subs were observed crash diving on our approach. Spark had a confirmation midway between Port of Spain and Puerto Rico of the Army nailing one. Editor's Notes: First, thanks to Harry for an exciting story from a time in TWA's history. I am going to take you up Harry on your offer to let me modify your story only because of space. Second, to the readers, the weather chart cover and passenger manifest had to be slightly reduced in size to fit TOPIC pages and the Atlantic chart with this story is a small part of the full chart. The time line for the story is December 1942 - a year after our country's entrance into WW2. It was a time of war, when the choices were clear. A ti me when death was close and life was more precious. It was a time of courage and honor. "Harry, this looks like the beginning of a long friendship." ASCENSION I. Finding it by D.R. during W. W. II by Harry D. Graham, Master Mariner, (TWA-ICD Feb/42-Jun/44) Ascension Island, in the South-Atlantic Ocean, midway between Natal, Brazil and Accra, West Africa. averages about three miles in length and about 30 nautical miles in area. On a Marine Chart of the South-Atlantic the island appears as a fly speck, and rightly so. A morning flight with clear skies and good weather posed no problem in spotting the islands twin peaks between which a runway had been carved, even though opposite ends of the runway cannot be seen during takeoff and landing because the center of the runway is much higher than the ends. Ascension Island was British and maintained by them with the aid of the United States during the war. Like Kano, Nigeria, also a British possession at the time, its officers recreation facility was amply stocked with American condiments, etc. Under our "lend/lease" system then in existence was available but little or no foodstuffs was available for hungry Yankee flyers. Consequently, after a few hours of rest we were provided with a supply of "sulfanilamide" powder for the insect bites sustained during our short stay. We took off in our C-54 for Accra on the Gold Coast of Africa. We landed at 0730 hours which was also our ETA, and followed a jeep to a heavily vegetated area to camouflage the aircraft's location. In a short while a small military bus took us to the Officer's Quarters for the night. The following afternoon, December 21, 1942, we were advised to ready for a flight back to Washington via the southern route. At about 2300 hours that night, our flight plan approved, we boarded a military bus and were taken to the camouflage area
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where we had parked our plane. Upon arrival, instead of the C-54 there was a Boeing 307B (the Zuni) parked there. My flight plan had been figured for a C-54! Regardless, after about a half hour of taxi practice and checking that all the navigation equipment was on board we took off for Ascension Island. Gaining altitude to cool the interior of the plane, after about an hour the sun was beginning to set. I decided to take a shot of the sun for a sun line. The octants had been laid atop the bulk fuel tank and upon starting to use an octant I found that it had only an impecunious bubble, unfit for navigation. Reflecting on the wisdom of having two octants aboard I felt relieved until I tried that second octant. It too was inoperable. As I was explaining to Captain Hall (Howard) our navigation problem, the flight engineer appeared and informed the captain that we had no generator! Captain Hall, stating we could not turn back since we were loaded with the free French Military Mission and their Commanding General and Bethouart and their Chief of Cabinet as well as some American Generals and Admirals. Shutting down all unnecessary electrical appliances as well as Sparks' radios, Captain Hall made the command decision to continue to Ascension Island. To navigate to and find this fly speck by D. R. (Dead Reckoning). My estimate of flight time, based on the C-54 was 7:30 hours. For this leg that was not unusual. There were also a dozen bombs in the bomb rack which we could drop and get probably eight-double drift observations, allowing from past experiences for dud bombs. Captain Hall assured me he had no problem with conserving battery power until the last hour before our ETA when if necessary, we could break radio silence and ask for a course to the island. The first double-drift was taken satisfactorily and after two more with a dud bomb intervening I settled down to fill out the aircraft's Prolix logbook. It was near dawn when from the direction of the Captain's seat came his indistinguishable voice, WHY you S.O.B!" Turning out my little desk lamp I inquired of the Captain, "What in hells the matter now?" I saw the index finger of his right hand pointing directly ahead, beneath the magnetic compass. A few seconds later I was able to see the horizon and make out the "Paps of Ascension," to borrow from the "Paps of Isla Tiburon" in the Bay of Lower California. In a short while, following the landing at Ascension, a mechanic had our generator working again, and nearing Christmas Day, we cleared from operations and headed for Natal but now we were back in our C-54. We arrived in Washington on the morning of Christmas Day with our Free French Group intact. Within minutes I caught a shuttle to La Guardia where after picking up my car, I caught a quick nap at Bear Mountain, and by nine that evening I was in time for that Christmas nip and some turkey dinner. There is nothing any more accurate, navigationally speaking, than Dead Reckoning but it has to be done accurately versus sloppily. After all, before accurate time pieces and fine mechanics and engraving, Dead Reckoning was used by ancient navigators to spread the population of this planet Earth! Ed's Note: Thanks again Harry. I've read everyone of your stories about your TWA and many times I wish it had been mine also. I did fly with Captain Howard Hall once. He and Earl Fleet! It was listed as a F/O check ride but the truth was they needed a warm body to steer the cargo C-54 from top of climb near Zuni, NM to around Emporia, KS. A most memorable flight.
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ED TONER
Brick, NJ
Dear Mom and Dad, It has been four months since I left for college. I have been remiss in writing and am very sorry for my thoughtlessness. I will bring you up to date now, but before you read on, please sit down. Don't read any further unless you are sitting down ... OK? Good. I am getting along pretty well now. The skull fracture and the concussion I got from jumping out of the window of my dormitory when it caught fire shortly after my arrival here are pretty well healed now. I only spent two weeks in the hospital and now I can see almost normally and only get three or four headaches a day. Another good things about the headaches is they only last a couple of hours now. Fortunately, the fire in the dormitory and my jump from the window was witnessed by an attendant at a nearby gas station. It was he who called the Fire Department and the ambulance. He also visited me at the hospital and since I had nowhere to live because of the burnt-out dorm he was kind enough to invite me to share his apartment with him. Isn't it wonderful how kind and generous people can be to other people who need help? He is a very fine boy and we ... have fallen deeply in love and are planning to get married. We haven't set the exact date yet but I ' m sure it will be before I start to show. Yes, Mom and Dad. I'm pregnant! I know how much you are looking forward to being grandparents and I know you will give the baby the same love and devotion you gave me when I was a child. The reason for the delay in our marriage is that my boyfriend has some minor infection which prevents us from passing our blood tests. Yes, I guess I carelessly caught it from him but it will soon clear up, thanks to my daily penicillin injections. I know you will welcome him into our family. He is kind and although not well educated, he is ambitious. He is of a different race and religion than we are and I am sure after all the years you spent teaching me tolerance that you won't mind him being darker than we are. I am sure you will love him as I do. His family background is good too. I am told his father was once a president of the entire country but is now an important gun bearer in his native African village. I understand one of his father's wives was a princess from another tribe. Isn't that cute Mom and Dad, the way they call other people being from other tribes? But now, I have to tell you the truth. There was no dormitory fire. There wasn't any fractured head or concussion and I was not in the hospital. And Mom, Dad, I am not engaged or even pregnant and I do not have any kind of disease. There is no man in my life right now. However. I am getting a "D" in History and an "F" in Science. I wanted you to see these marks in their proper perspective. Your loving daughter Another great letter Ed, but you do have your problems, don't you? I can't believe the little girl is a college `kid.' I do remember her though. A lot of the guys called me after they read your last letter. Some of them said they knew Kenny Barger or Marty Enright (see July TOPICS).
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Seattle, WA
LYLE D BOBZIN
July 26, 1998.
Our "Ronnies" Quote: "The alternatives to survival are unacceptable." We all concur. The difficulty of survival Is reading about our lost friends. FE Harry S. O'Brien. We were flying the LAX-LON-LAX, 747. Harry, "Obie" was FE, "Dick" Trischler was the IRO. It was a friendship of years. We had been to "Geales" the popular fish & chippery, at the top of the hill from the hotel. Salty fish do make for a thirst, we stopped at a Pub for a bit of bitter. We three were standing at the bar sipping our bitter, discussing the intelligence level of management, minding our own business, above all not discussing the "Brits". Unobserved by us at a table, were a group of locals that would fit the description held by the "Soccer Thugs". The first indication we had of their presence, a stocky, surly, III dressed, III mannered, male elbowed his way to the bar. He did so between Dick & Obie. Dick immediately turned fire red, stood back and glared at this rude Individual until he obtained his bar order and departed. Dick, standing In the center of our group, turned to me to say, " If that twerp does It again I'm going to belt him." Obis relied his eyes to the top of his head, smiled, as usual said nothing. I said, "Dick old boy there are two things wrong with that, first we are badly out numbered, second WAD would love to fire our ass." You guessed It before we finished our next bitter, the Twerp returned, this time elbowing between Dick and I. As Dick cocked his right, Obie , still smiling, grabbed it. With Obie's assistance we departed before finishing our bitter. Great persons both, we were fond of them, hope there is a "bitter' waiting for them.
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RUDY TRUESDALE
Eureka, CA
Dear Hank. The last of the breed! Ted Hereford is the last living TWA airmail pilot. He flew the Fokker F14 (longest flight was 14 hrs and 30 minutes - MKC-ABQ), the Fleetstar, Lockheed Orion and the Northrop Alpha and Gamma. I talked to Ted on the phone the other evening. He is 88. I think Ted is now the senior surviving TWA pilot. I may be the oldest @ 92 but I do not know Charlie Kratovil's or Bob Springer's ages. My eyes are not so good so this is the best I can do At age 93 No Hear No see No sex Just pee! I was never a mail pilot with TWA but I did fly DC-2, DC-3, and all models of the Connie and loved the 1659A. Ted told me that in 1926 when he was 16, a barnstorming Jenny landed at his home town in Arizona. Ted took lessons and as soon as he soloed the barnstormer sat in the shade and let Ted build up time flying passengers Sincerely,
Ed's Note: Though I have never met you, I love hearing from you Rudy and your tales of yesterday. I had a picture of a Curtiss Jenny. For you kids, if you saw the movie, The Great Waldo Pepper, a Jenny was what Robert Redford flew in the pic. The street scene with Susan Sarandon on the wing (sic) was flown by Jim Appleby. Jim brought his Fokker E-3 (Eindekker) into Asbury Park Airport circa nineteen sixty something and it ended up he let me taxi it around on the airport. Bigger thrill than any woman ever gave me. G RICHARD DOWNS Jr.
Grass Lake, MI
From Information for GRAPEVINE Editor sheet: Dick was employed by TWA on 1 March 1948 and furloughed on 1 July 1949. His first trip was from EWR to PIT with Captain Bob Guss. Now here's the part Dick writes that got my attention. "Flew with Northeast Airlines for 7 months and was furloughed three times. Went to Wisconsin Central then North Central which became Republic. Retired with 23 years service, 32 years with Republic." Dick's hobbies are: member of Hump Pilot's Assn, Alfa Romeo Sports Club of America, the Sarasota Model Railroad club and the Sitting Ducks. He and his wife Genel (forgive me Mrs Downs) traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji in 1996 and to Puerto Rico in 1998. Ed's Note: I take my hat off to you Richard and herewith crown you the world's Most Furloughed Pilot. It's hard to believe you ever flew a round trip!
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GRAPEVINE (CONT'D) HUMOUR and THE END! HALLMARK CARDS My tire was thumping, I thought it was flat when I looked at the tire, I noticed your cat! Your daughter's a hooker - that spoils your day Look at the bright side, she's makin' great pay! Your bladder's removed - your on the mends Here's a bouquet of flowers and a box of Depends
JOB DISMISSALS I tried to be a tailor, but I wasn't suited for it I worked in a muffler factory, until I got exhausted I wanted to be a barber but I just couldn't cut it I used to be a deli worker, but I couldn't cut the mustard I wanted to be a musician but I wasn't noteworthy KIDS & SCIENCE
REASONS IT'S GREAT TO BE A GUY Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat All you orgasms are real You don't have to shave below your neck Flowers fix everything You can write your name in the snow You can whip off your shirt on a hot day A 5 day vacation requires only one suitcase
Water is composed of two gins. Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin, Hydrogin is gin and water. Artificial insemination is when the farmer does it to the cow instead of the bull. H2O is hot water and CO 2 is cold water. Rhubarb: A kind of celery gone bloodshot. To keep milk from souring, keep it in the cow
STOCK REPORTS
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Helium up - feathers down Knives were up sharply Light switches were off Coca Cola fizzled Scott Tissue touched a new bottom Pencils lost a few points
Memory was something you lost with age If you had a 3 1/2" floppy, you hoped no one found out A CD was a bank account A keyboard was on a piano. A window was something you hated to clean.
Okay, it's a mite early but here's wishing you all very happy holidays. Thanksgiving Day in a week or so, Christmas and New Year ' s in hot pursuit. Thanks also and again to all who sent me something to use in this issue. I'll be getting my TWA calendars soon (I use them as Christmas Cards). I've been holding my weight pretty well since my operations (mid 190 ' s) and hope I don't blow it at the holiday tables. Wonder why it goes on in pounds and comes off in ounces. When this goes in the mails to JP, I start cramming for midterms and shortly thereafter, for finals. Then, Hallelujah. I am more than a bit surprised that I have stayed with it as long as I have but in truth, I do enjoy it. I'm amazed at how much I have learned and on tests at how much I have forgotten. I got a 350 point "B" in History 120 for the summer semester and that really irks me. An "A" is 352 points! Get this - on my mid-term I changed three answers - from correct to incorrect! There went my "A!" Au revoir, ciao, auf wiederschoen, adios and toodle-do.
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BOB "BEAR" BECK
Lake Quivira, KS
BEARLY OPEN GOLF RAINED OUT - ALS DONATIONS FLOW Dear Hank, If you happened to watch the Chiefs - Sea Hawks water ball game on October 4t h , you will understand why we had to prevent the "Drowning of Pilots" by canceling the 24 m Bearly Open Golf tournament for the first time in its history. We still managed a get together at Barley's Brue House "Tea Room" and raised over $200 in donations for ALS. Thanks to Bob Kropp from California, Bob Murphy Hawaii, Tom Nordstrum - SC, Dale Pew - NH to name only a few who made the long trek. Look for the Silver Anniversary Golf-out on the first Monday in October in 1999, Chiefs schedule permitting. Thanks, Bear Beck
19TH Hole Reveler's: L-R Snead, Palmer, Couples, awww, you know `em all! Ed's Note: I am hoping we get this in the November GRAPEVINE Bear. I sent it to JPG on 5 October - this is the 12th. I am trying to get it in because off the good thing it is for ALS and for the fun you all have. I plan to put a copy of this page in my TARPA file and let all the newer and remind the older Tarpan golfers to sign up for the `99 tourney in the July 1999 issue. For your part, try and let me know some specifics before the end of Hank May 1999. Thanks and best wishes.
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Marv Horstman's Retirement by E. C. "LUM" Edwards After reading Walt Gunn's "Marv Horstman: Making of a Chief Pilot" in the November '97 TARPA Topics and the complimentary comments in the March issue, it brought to mind Maw's retirement shindig at the International Hotel on Kennedy Airport. The party was held at some time close to his leaving his position as Manager of Flying, more commonly known as Chief Pilot, for the International Operation of TWA. The official and mandatory date of retirement was August 1, 1974. There was as expected a very large attendance, many from overseas. Prior to the retirement, I put out a notice that anyone wishing to, could contribute to an appropriate going away gift. Much research went into finding the proper item, but the underlining factor was to obtain something that Maw wanted but probably would not buy for himself. We decided on a motorcycle. Now the problem was where to buy it, and how to have it delivered to the hotel ballroom. The Yamaha agency was most cooperative in getting it to the hotel at the proper time and the hotel went along with a storage facility so that we could have it readily accessible to the ballroom. At the appropriate time, there was a loud roar just outside the double doors near the podium. The doors then flew open and in came Ruby Garrett with the biggest smile you ever saw. Needless to say, and the picture confirms, that both Jane and Maw were pleased. I had the good fortune to work with Maw as Housing Chairman and later Council Chairman for International. I saw many times how he would do a balancing act to satisfy the cockpit crew and in the meantime keep within the boundaries required by the company. Always the gentlemen, I felt that he accomplished both in most of the cases. He was a pleasure to work with and for. Maw didn't exactly retire in '74 since he went to Jedda where he continued doing what he liked best, working in and with the airline industry until he finally and really retired in 1976.
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TWA, Charlie, and Me by Karl M. Ruppenthal FAA inspector Probst had no idea what his erratic actions would mean. Known throughout the St. Louis region as the Terror of the FAA, Probst was as unpredictable as they come. He was in one of his sour moods when he went to Springfield, Missouri, to test the school ' s graduating dass. One by one, he flunked them all. And most of them were fully qualified. And so Springfield Flying School had no home grown candidates for its upcoming Cross Country Course, the third in the series Sponsored by the Civilian Pilot Training program. They invited other schools in the area to fill their vacancies. I had just graduated from KU's Law School and from its secondary CPT program. I hitchhiked to Springfield, took a room at the YMCA, and looked for a part time job. I was broke! In the first ground school class I met Charlie Strickler, just graduated from William Jewell College. We formed an immediate friendship and rented a bedroom over some widow's garage. We walked to ground school classes at nearby Drury College and managed somehow to get to the airport. Ground school classes were conducted by (Doc) Fry. After the first few days, he seldom showed up, leaving the teaching to an underpaid student assistant. Fry got the glory, and the student did the work. Our flight instructor was Everett Dyer, one of those wonderful barnstorming pilots. He really knew his airplanes. He was a marvel with the Kinner Fleet, our ancient training plane. It had a tail skid, but neither tail wheel nor brakes. Dyer used a combination of ailerons, tail skid, and uncommon know how to bring that baby to a stop within a few feet of where he wanted it to be. For instrument work we used the twin engine Waco, the school's pride and joy. Our training was on the airway between Springfield and Tulsa, where we learned to bracket the beam and make an instrument approach. Dyer was meticulous in his instrument work and we learned the trade well. At the end of the course FAA inspectors Probst and Troxell both appeared. We were all scared. Troxell was known to be a fairly reasonable man, but Probst was an unguided missile - utterly erratic and unpredictable. Strick and I had written a dozen flying schools telling them we looking for jobs. We were hopeful, but we were painfully aware of the fact that whether we were really available would depend on one eccentric, unpredictable man, FAA Inspector Probst. He was not kind. He was not even civil. He asked us several trick questions We felt like we were left dangling in the wind. But eventually he gave us his answer. He passed both Strickler and me. (Others in the class were less fortunate.) Now we had our instrument ratings, but we still had no jobs. It was teen we heard the rumor TWA was hiring pilots in Kansas City. At first we did not believe
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the story. Why should a great airline like TWA even consider the possibility of hiring inexperienced, green pilots fresh out of flying school but with precious little flying time. We did not believe that they would really consider us, but we had nothing to lose. It wouldn't cost much to go to Kansas City. A fellow student was driving that day and he invited us to ride along, and so we did. TWA's hiring office was on the second floor of the Pickwick Hotel, then the second best hotel in the city. The Muehlbach was where TWA had its downtown ticket office..) There we met an attractive young man who took our applications and gave us a lot of information. Yes, TWA was indeed hiring, and yes, we might well be considered. Yes, the pay was substantial, $300 for the first month which would be spent in training, then $400 a month as Second Officer. Once promoted to First Officer, the pay would double to $800 a month Captains were paid an enormous amount-$1,000 a month. And if you qualified in celestial navigation, your pay would be increased by an additional $200 a month. Moreover, TWA was hiring for a new operation about which little could be said. It would be called the ICD. But we were given to understand that there was much secrecy; and that we would be flying overseas. Also that we would probably be based in Florida or perhaps in Washington, D. C. I was so excited that I might well have taken the job for free! I had traveled little and was ready to see the world. The pay! Who could believe those enormous salaries?! An Insurance Co. tried to hire me at $80. a month And I had once considered the FBI where starting pay was about $250. It was Friday afternoon. Orville Olson, the clean cut fellow who interviewed us, recommended that we come back on Monday. We looked like good prospects he said, but hiring decisions were made by Captain Mesker. That weekend we saw a good bit of Kansas City speculating what Monday might bring. "Doc" Mesker liked what he saw, and he hired us both at the same interview. I went on the seniority list ahead of Charlie for two reasons, I was a bit older than he, and alphabetically my name came first. I did not then realize how important a seniority number could be. That night we declared a celebration. Next day was Charlie's birthday, all the more reason to party. For two kids with no money, we really splurged! We bought a fifth of Katz Drug Company's best Scotch whiskey and proceeded to consume most of it. A week or two later we were joined by Vern Lowell, a quiet guy with a New England accent. We three became life long friends. Soon the operation was moved to Washington where the ICD occupied Hangar 1 at the brand new National Airport. We three found rooms in Alexandria, a five cent bus ride from the airport. The three became a foursome when Jack Blackburn, a veteran navigator, came aboard. Forced to move because our Alexandria rooms had long bean promised, the threesome found an apartment in NW Washington, as did two or three other ICD pilots. Jack Blackburn's wife arrived, and they rented a house in Falls Church, Virginia.
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Airplanes were scarce, and few were available for training, so we spent much of our time in ground school talking more about navigation, meteorology, airplanes, and civil air regulations. Learning that I was an attorney, Kemper Jacks asked me to teach a course in International Law. He reasoned that since we would be flying over much enemy territory, some of us might well be captured. He wanted us to know our legal rights. However, when Capt. Joe Mountain discovered our aptitude as instructors, he drafted Strick and me. We became the chief Link Trainer instructors and helped new pilots perfect their instrument skills. Within weeks TWA hired other Springfield graduates, Harold "Duke" Ellington, Joe Bartling, and Harry Ward, Perhaps others. TWA hired many other good men from the Kansas and Missouri. We knew little of what lay ahead in the ICD, but we were all excited and eager. There was a big war on, and we knew that we were a very essential cog in the big machine. And so it was that the ill-mannered, capricious, and sometimes vindictive Inspector Probst inadvertently did us a very good turn. Had he not flunked that entire class of Springfield graduates we might never have been enrolled in that Cross Country course.. So here's to Probst incure, capricious, and unloved. For it was he who inadvertently opened the doors to TWA.
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104 Brae Court Suisun, CA 94585 July 21, 1998 Capt. John P. Gratz 1646 Timberlake Manor Pkwy. Chesterfield, MO 63017 Dear John: Want to tell you how much I appreciated your call after Willette ' s death. During that call I mentioned to you how helpful the TARPA Medicare Supplemental Insurance had been. Since you are wearing two hats now, I am writing this to amplify what I had to say about the insurance and you can use it in " TARPA TOPICS " if you wish. As soon as Willette and I became Medicare eligible we joined the TARPA sponsored supplemental insurance plan. We never joined an HMO, for it did not suit our needs and choice of doctors ' and hospitals. To our dismay, however, as soon as the HMO s came into our local area medical services of all types were severely impacted and deteriorated. You couldn ' t get timely appointments, couldn ' t get by the doctor ' s nurse to even talk to the doctor. Calls were not returned. Scheduled appointments were rushed. Test and lab results were not available. Billing was a disaster. HMO member or not, it made no difference. Everyone suffered the same impersonal treatment. In disgust we searched for another medical community and fortunately found a small medical group in a neighboring town and a very fine hospital. Both were and are dedicated to the care and needs of the patient. These seem to be a rarity these days. The upshot of all this is; when Willette had to spend six weeks in the hospital, with follow-up radiation and chemo, and almost a year of after-care we felt that she had the best that medicine could offer and from a caring and dedicated group of medical care-givers. I don ' t think we would have had the same kind of care from the local HMO ' s. We felt that we were blessed, tho in the end the disease prevailed. Through all of this Medicare and Monumental Life Ins.(the TARPA sponsored supplemental carrier) really came through. Billings were handled directly through Medicare, payments made promptly, and with no action required on my part. The insurance is not cheap, but in our case was worth every penny and more. My premium for Plan G, age 74, is $461.10 quarterly. From what we have experienced and observed here Medicare and a supplemental were best for us. If you feel that all you will need is an annual physical and a yearly flu shot then the HMO may fill your need. Precise Benefits (formerly Berkeley Assn. Svcs.) the TARPA Plan administrator has an ad in TARPA TOPICS. If that fills your need I would highly recommend the plan. Best wishes to you and Pat, John. Thanks again for the call and your concern. R.W. Carter
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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. - ANOTHER GREAT CONVENTION YEZZIR....Bob and use Dedman were our " Host and Hostess " with the mostest. They outdid themselves in planning a wonderful selection of activities from tours to Williamsburg, pig roast and dinners on a B I G three masted schooner or yacht, Marine Science, Air and Space moo-zee-ums...AND a Tour on a Super Carrier, the Theodore Roosevelt. Man, that was exciting. I checked on " " another hitch , but after struggling ' I m glad it was still on the bottom. foot ball fields long will give you a size.
my application for up those "ladders " , Two and one half rough idea of its
Talk about banquets...this one had EVERYTHING. Beautiful flower displays everywhere and then Bob introduced the Mayor of Viginia Beach and she was great. Carter Burgess followed by Bill Compton, President of TWA who topped it off. All three agreed that there was hope for those retired Airline Pilots after all. After the nomination of our officers, we found our fearless " leaders still " at the helm and ready to go. Our President, John Gratz, was really on the roll. All business was covered, guest speakers finished and the meeting was adjourned before I finished my morning coffee. Therefore....the secret of a successful report is...concise, informative and SHORT. Hope to see all of you when we go to "Brine in '99".
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Lifetime Benefit Option 0-Day Elimination Period Option Guaranteed Renewable Worldwide Coverage
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PREFERRED ADVANTAGE TQ Preferred Advantage TQ is an expense-incurred, integrated plan. An integrated plan is a plan that covers home health care and nursing home care from the same benefit account. It is CNA's lower cost alternative, offering comprehensive coverage at an affordable cost to the insured. Pays 80% of exQualifies for favorable tax treatment of premiums and benefits. Pays 100% of expenses up to the daily nursing home limit for nursing home stays. Pays 80% of expenses up to the daily home care limit for personal care including Medical Social Worker, Home Health Aide, Homemaker, Adult Day Care and Hospice Care. Pays 100% of expenses up to the daily nursing home limit for an Assisted Living Facility or an Alternate Care Facility. Pays 100% of expenses up to the daily home care limit for skilled care (R.N., L.P.N., and L.V.N.) and therapies (Physical and Speech, etc.) Respite Care Benefits Bed Reservation Benefit of 21 days per year for any absence. Alternate Plan of Care Medical Help Benefit Benefit Eligibility — 2 of 6 ADLs including bathing or cognitive impairment Waiver of Premium after 90 days of nursing home or alternate care facility confinement Optional Inflation Protection Optional Non-forfeiture benefit-Plus version Spouse discount available for ages 18-84 Benefit Maximums: 2, 3*, 4*, 5*, and Lifetime* Elimination Periods: 0*, 30, 90, 180+, 365+, days *Not available for ages 80-84
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OTHER INSURANCE OFFERED THROUGH RAPA For information, pricing or to enroll on other insurance offered through RAPA, call Rosy Fernandez at (800) 314-1860 extension 5919 now. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Delta Dental Plan - Next enrollment period is April 1 - 30. Pharmacy Benefit Card (PSG) - Next enrollment period is April 1 - 30. Cost is $10 per person per year. Discount Vision Services (LENSCRAFTERS) - Next enrollment period is April 1 - 30. Cost is $10 per person per year. Hartford Medicare Supplement Coverage. Group Cancer Policy. Travel and Home Accident Policy.
Our insurance In early 1997 Alexander & Alexander became part of AON Corporation. consultants Howard Wincele and Sonia Blumenthal now have an office with AON CONSULTING in Miami, Florida. Ms. Rosy Fernandez is available on a daily basis to handle problems for RAPA members. Please note the new address and phone numbers below:
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY NEW MEMBERS (B)BACH 509-455-6375 (A)CHRONIC 314-477-1396 (A)CRAWFORD 757-565-1170 (A)CULPEPPER 407-648-0488 (R)DAWE 702-260-4680 (R) DOWNS 941-925-7725 (A)ELLIS 972-436-4806 (R)FAIRHURST 573-348-3688 (R)GARRITY 425-392-0802 (R)GRIFFITH 405-288-6637 (R)HARRIS 904-756-0844 (R) HENRICKS 606-857-2324 (R)HUMPHREY 850-862-1640 (R) HUTCHINSON 770-491-3394 (A)IRWIN 314-532-1425 (R)MAJER 01344 628724 (H)PHELPS 408-446-0990 (R) RABENECK 816-452-4581 (A) RUMFORD 732-899-0749 (A)SAVAGE 948-458-1414 (A)TOBIN 509-466-8867 (R)TRENT MAN 816-213-5036 (R) WEEMS 909-695-2364 (A)YOUNG 314-895-6850
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Joe Capt. 74572.2557@compuserve.com Bill F I 0 (JUDY) crawford@widomaker.com James C. Capt. Tom Capt. (FRANCINE) tld707@aol.com G. Richard Capt (GENELL) grgendowns@aol.com Kent Capt. (SHARON) Paul
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Chuck F/O isszguy@prodigy.net Emmet M. Capt. (JUDY) Joesph W. Capt. (KATHIE) 73644.1476@compuserve.com John Capt. (MARGARET) Walter H. F / 0 (JOAN) bluechip25@aol.com Joseph B. Capt. (DIANE) Thomas C. Capt. (JO) tirwin@compuserve.com Jim Capt. (ROZ) jmajer@compuserve.com Irma Mrs. (LEROY- BUD) M. H. Red Capt. (MAYLENE) redrabeneck@compuserve.com Samual Capt. (JO ANN) srumford@aol.com Jan L. Capt. (PATRICIA A.) jansavage@compuserve.com Larry Capt. (BARBARA) R. C. Capt. (KAREN) dtrent@worldnet.att.net Sherrel D. Capt. (KATE) weems@temecula.com Robert Capt. (JUNE)
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MO 63105
1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (H)ALEXANDER 817-776-8303 (R)ANDERSON 941-925-9377 (R)ANDREWS 941-922-8022 (A)ANDRIJESKI 831-726-1834 (R) ANT ES 508-358-2571 (E) ASHCRAFT 408-274-2985 (E) BAAR 602-998-7910 (R) BAKER 949-492-3948 (R) BAKER
Dorothy M.
Mrs. (JAMES L.)
Norman F.
Capt. (CAROLYN)
Robert J. Capt. (HELENE) boband@home.com Vince Capt. (CAROL) vinceandy@aol.com John H. Capt. (MARY) kbleb@amsat.org LL Capt. (RUTH) dmgvl8a@prodigy.com Rutland F. Capt. (LUCIENNE) Jack L.
Capt. (DONNA)
Richard S. Capt. (LILLY) rsbkr@islc.net Bernadette Mrs. (JOHN)
(H)BARNARD 505-866-1296 (A)BARTHELEMY Bart Capt. (CYNTHIA) 707-966-2711 captain_bart@compuserve.com (R)BARTHOLOMEW Anthony Capt. (KATHLEEN) 561-597-5857 (E) BARTLING J. H. Capt. (ALINE) bartling_j_a@compuserve.com 202-544-7857 (R) BATCHELOR Richard L. F / 0 (ELISABETH) 702-397-2246 rlbatch@comnett.net (A)BEBEE Dale R. Capt. (ZELLA) 816-373-7462 dale@kctera.net (R)BECKER Robert G. Capt. (MARY) 912-673-9512 rgb@eagnet.com (R)BECKNER Richard R. Capt. (CONNIE) 407-254-5508 twacap@ac.net (A)BENNETT Richard Capt. (LINDA) 805-947-0911 whipsaw24@aol.com (R)BIERMANN Allan H. Capt. (GLADYS) 501-922-5264 (R)BIT AR Joseph R. Capt. (GLORIA) 941-394-5828 mbws24a@prodigy.com (R) BONEY Marvin D. Capt. (MARTI) 619-458-9512 (E) BOREN John D. Capt. (JANET) 307-733-4188 johnboren@blissnet.com (A)BOULANGER C " Chuck" F I E (PATRICIA) 978-887-5965 (R) BOYCE John R. Capt. (LISABETH) 203-393-1225 jrboyce@juno.com
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (R) BRAWN 360-849-4452 (R) BROOKSHIRE 941-498-0077 (R) BROOKSHIRE 573-365-7001 (E) BROWN, Jr. 573-374-7028 (R) BRUCKS 714-240-9457 (R)BULLOTTA 610-793-1443 (A)BURNETT 314-947-7185 (A)BURNS 401-846-0968 (H)BURT
Howard Capt. (JUDY) hbrawn@kalama.com Jack Capt. (LINDA) ret747drvr@aol.com Capt. (LINDA) Jack
447 E. Birnie Slough Rd Puget Island, CathiametWA 98612 28040 Cavendish Ct #5703 FL 33923 Bonita Springs, P 0 Box 63 MO 65049 Lake Ozark,
Capt. (ELIESE) Joseph A. joel@lakeozarks.net Raymond J. Capt. (ANNE) rabrucks@home.com Tony Capt.
Hcr 77, Box 352 MO 65079 Sunrise Beach, 27661 Paseo Violeta San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-3839 1061 Lyme Court P A 19382-2015 West Chester, 2949 Westerland Dr. MO 63301 St Charles, 36 Harrison Ave. RI 02840 Newport, 230 Oakview Dr. CA.93424 Avila Beach, 675 Double Eagle CA 930654 Simi Valley, 1402 Se Brewster PI FL 34997-5612 Stuart, 7705 E Doubletree Rn #33 AZ 85258 Scottsdale 7047 E. Canyon Wren Circle AZ 85262 Scottsdale, 7303 N.w. Katie Circle MO 64152 Kansas City, 1038 W. Malibu Dr. AZ 85282 Tempe,
Capt. (GLORIA) Ron 73644.2627@compuserve.com Lou Capt. (SHEILA) louburns@compuserve.com Sally Vance Mrs. (BABE)
(E) BYARD
William K.
F / E (FRANCES)
(A)CALLAHAN 561-221-4687 (R) CARLSON 602-991-9061 (R)CARLUCCI
Philip R. Capt. (MARGARET) jetguy87@aol.com R. J. Capt. (JILL) rcar371247@aol.com Iro (ROSELLA) Raymond
(R)CARR 816-741-5633 (E) CARROLL 203-853-3793 (H)CHAPMAN 408-426-7537 (E) CHICHESTER 941-377-3097 (R) CHURCHILL 602-488-0937 (R) CLARE 755-266-4537 (R) CLEAR 843-342-3706 (H)COLLINS 813-549-2502 (R) CONWAY 520-825-1478 (A)COOK 407-722-1162 (E) COOPER 303-766-5788
William G. Capt. (MARTHA) mwmt15a@prodigy.com Thomas H.
Capt. (THERESA)
Vera
Mrs. (IVAN )
Capt. (KAY) Stanley R. rudi5617@aol.com John W. Capt. (SHARON) Gordon K.
Iro
(MARY)
John B.
Capt. (JOAN)
Patricia
Mrs. (JOHN)
Richard E. Capt. (ANNEMARIE) dick2dc@aol.com Robert L. Capt. (GAYLE) William S.
Capt. (MARY)
P 0 Box 1652 CA 94011-1652 Burlingame, 5617 Boulder Blvd. FL 34233 Sarasota, P 0 Box 5874 AZ 85377 Carefree, 3825 Zeolite Cr. NV 89444-9308 Wellington 6 Wild Holly Court SC 29926 Hilton Head, 1616-102 W. Cape Coral Ste #101 FL 33914 Cape Coral, 14041 N. Desert Butte Dr. AZ 85737-9332 Oro Valley, 1315 S. Miramar Ave. Unit 15 FL 32903 Indialantic, 520 S. Shalom Park Cir. CO 80015-3117 Aurora,
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (E) CORWIN 602-977-3003 (R) CRAWFORD 831 -724-7083 (E) CROWDER 901-751-2830 (R) DAKE 562-809-4387 (R) DARBY 702-346-6294 (R) DAVIES 502-254-5436 (R)DAVIS 702-294-0210 (H)DAVIS
Frank H.
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Capt. (SUE) Stan E. redwhale1 @cruzio.com Warren F/E wcrow707ba@aol.com Terry L. F / E (PATTI) David A.
Capt. (LARAINE)
Vernon S.
Capt. (VIVIAN)
Capt. (MARCIA) Richard A. xtwa@worldnet.att.net Mrs. (WILLIAM) Yolanda
(R)DENNIS 941-795-4897 (R)DICK 910-673-3222 (H)DOTY
Charles F.
Capt. (MARY LOU)
R. E.
Capt. (DEE)
Maxine
Mrs. (WILLIAM)
(R) DOYLE N/A (E) DROSENDAHL 818-888-1679 (R) DYER 516-724-3493 (E) ELLINGTON 520-399-1373 (H) ELLIOTT 816-468-6185 (R)ELLIS 561-747-2626 (R)FAIRCHILD
C. W. Capt. bdoyle@sover.net Russell E. Capt. redcaf@aol.com Larimer J. Capt. Ij dyer@aol.com Harold F. Capt. retpilt@juno.com Billie Mrs.
(R)FERTAL 520-722-6199 ( R) F ET HE RM AN 717-476-6596 (H) FORD 781-545-5664 (H)FRAZEY (A)FRAZIER 603-878-2112 (A)FREDERICK 242-373-2495
James
(GEORGE I I L)
(HELGA) (MAXINE) (VIRGIL)
Capt. (BARBARA)
Ken Capt. (MARGARET mac@ccp.com Richard V. Capt. (ANNE) rvfrtl@yahoo.com Alden M. Capt. (BETTY JO) aforgy@aol.com Rosemary A. Mrs. (RICHARD) Pansy
Mrs. (JOHN)
Capt. (BARBARA) Robert 72153.154@compuserve.com Charles E. Capt. chuckie_fpo@yahoo.com
10015 W Royal Oak Rd. Apt# 283 AZ 85351-3184 Sun City, 53 Varni Road CA 95076 Watsonville, 3086 Mc Vay Trail Dr. T N 38119 Memphis, 11324 215th St. Apt#6 CA 90715-2072 Lakewood, 629 Pinnacle Ct. NV 89027 Mesquite, 17308 Polo Fields Ln. KY 40245 Louisville, 503 Lake Havasu Lane NV 89005-1051 Boulder City, 111 Emerson St. Apt# 762 CO 80218-3788 Denver, 7316 Manatee Ave. West #703 FL. 34209 Bradenton, 3222 Seven Lakes W. NC 27376 West End, 32941 Danacedar CA.92629 Dana Point, 85 Walnut St N J 07003 Bloomfield, 23811 Crosson Drive CA 91367-4072 Woodland Hills, 133 Village Lane NY 11788 Hauppauge, 4879 S. View Ridge Dr. AZ 85614-5816 Green Valley, 1217 N E 83rd Terrace MO 641 18 Kansas City, 231 Sparrow Pt. FL 33458 Jupiter , 18745 County Road 390 MO 64505 Saint Joseph, 7566 E. Via Cornucopia AZ 85715 Tucson, Rr1 Box 1343a PA 18360 Stroudsburg, 4 Pineview Drive M A 02066 Scituate, • 210 N. 4th St. KS 66111-1303 Edwardsville Rr 2 Box 558 NH 03084-9716 Temple, Riviera Towers P 0 Box F40707 Bahamas Freeport,
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Larry R. Capt. Iganse@grupotaca.com Patricia Mrs. (LEROY J.) Peter Capt. (JUDITH) 72155.173@compuserve.com Eugene F. Capt. (CONNIE) egifford@juno.com Jim Capt. (LINDA) David Capt. (NORA JANE) dngrant@juno.com Curtis A. Capt. (PAT) David E.
F/E (RITA)
John
Capt. (MARY )
K.
William F.
Capt. (LOUISE)
Terry Capt. (TERRI) topgunn@smart1.net Wayne L. Capt. (JUDY) wlhsnake@aol.com Harold Capt. (BARBARA) William H. F / 0 (GINNY) jet512@aol.com John G. Capt. (CAROL) jandchandly@worldnet.att.net James A. F / E (ROSE MARIE Robert L.
Capt. (LYNN)
Glen W.
Capt. (JEANETTE)
Joseph J. Capt. (GRACE) gjhtwa@rmi.net Hal T. Capt. Joe
Capt. (PATTY)
Melvin B. mbh@ij.net Barton G.
Iro
(MARY)
Capt. (RONNIE)
Capt. (DORIS) John E. john-dorishoag@prodigy.net
Grupo TACA FL 33159 Miami, 43 Oakwood Dr. N J 08055-8848 Medford, 97 W Main St #48 CT 06357-1731 Niantic, 2258 Sw Bradford PI FL 34990 Palm City, 11052 N. Divot Dr. AZ.85737 Tucson, 5101 Neosho KS 66205 Shawnee Mission, 3860 Panoche Road CA 95043-9706 Paicines, 583-b Sioux Lane CT 06411-8233 Stratford, 3416 Cottonwood Dr MO 63301-0193 St Charles, 8265 E Southern #662 AZ 85208-3500 Mesa, 16 Dauphine M O.63367 Lake St. Louis, 3557 Esterlina Dr. CA 92028-9484 Fallbrook, 1929 Meadowlane M O.64060 Kearney 6225 Greenbrier Drive CA 92648 Huntington Beach, 10000 W 156 St. KS 66221 Stanley 586 Leisure World AZ 85206 Mesa, P 0 Box 855 SC 29402-0855 Charleston, 2 Warmspring CA 92614 Irvine, 1208 Haystack Rd. CO 81401 Montrose, 118 W. Gandy Street T X 75021-3043 Denison, 14429 N. Agave Dr. Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 13300 Indian Rocks Road FL 33774 Largo, 107 Hampton Dr Washington NC 27889-3258 910 Carnoustie Drive MO 64145-1250 Kansas City,
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (H) HOFFMAN 978-922-7121 (A)HOGLANDER 978-525-3280 (A)HUGHES 207-883-8210 (A)HYDORN 408-624-8778 (R)JAMES 561-265-3598 (R)KANTRA 732-244-1 012 (R) KASTNER 573-372-5324 (R) KENNEY 941-540-9043 (R)KIRSHTNER 805-969-4582 (R) KOCH 805-379-0851 (R) KOCH 602-502-9165 (R)KROSCHEL 941-947-4614 (R)KRUBSACK 860-354-1 743 (R)LAPE 435-645-9466 (H)LATTIMORE 602-546-3780 (R) LEDFORD III 619-743-5133 (A)LENGEL
Eileen
Mrs. (JAMES E.)
Harry
Capt. (JUDITH)
(H)LOKEY 203-431-0127 (R) LOVELESS 541-896-0475 (E) LYDIC 941-261-1910 (R)LYNN 215-536-5933 (R)MADORY 760-360-0905 (R) MAHER 520-625-9554 (R) MAHLER 913-681-1210
Harry Capt. (PATRICIA) a08183a@acehardware.com Marshall Capt. (DIANE) hymarsh@juno.com Lloyd W. Capt. (LYNN) ljames@uconect.net George A. Capt. (NANCY) Richard A. Capt. (KATHRYN) rkast@midmo.com Tom Capt. jetjok747@aol.com Ernest. R. Capt. (MARY) David H. Capt. (JOAN) dynmitedave@msn.com David H. Capt. (JOAN) dynmitedave@msn.com Tom Capt. (CAROL) kroschel@aol.com Ernst A. W. F I 0 BARBARA 72153.3253@compuserve.com F. Bruce Capt. (LANNA) Betty
Mrs. (JOHN)
Grant D.
Capt. (DEE)
Roger
Capt. (CONNIE)
Yolanda
Mrs. (CHUCK)
Charles C.
Capt. (JOAN)
John M.
Capt. (LOUISE)
Joseph C.
F / E (NORA)
John L.
Capt. (DIANA J.)
Tom Capt. (MARILYN) tmaher3636@aol.com Frederick P. Capt. (GWENDOLYN) mopsy@ibm.net
Four Wellsley Rd. MA 01915 Beverly, P 0 Box 5544. MA 01930 Magnolia, P 0 Box 235 ME 04070-0235 Scarborough P 0 Box 4138 CA 93921 Carmel, 2525 Florida Blvd #532 FL 33483 Delray Beach, 513 Woodview Rd. N J 08755-2148 Toms River, Rt #1, Box 832 MO 65037 Gravois Mills, 4826-4 Sw 29th Ave. FL 33914 Cape Coral, 572 Stone Meadow Ln. CA 93108 Santa Barbara 216 Los Padres Dr. CA 91361-1333 Thousand Oaks, 30647 N. 42nd Place A Z 85331 Cavecreek, 25716 Lilac Ct FL 34135-6463 Bonita Spgs. 9 Oak Dr CT 06784 Sherman P 0 Box 682877 U T 84068-2877 Park City, 17623 Buntline Drive AZ 85375-5175 Sun City West, 2857 Mary Ln CA 92025-7717 Escondido 39909 Sunbeam Way FL 32159 Lady Lake, 520-11 Main St. CT 06877 Ridgefield, P 0 Box 550 OR 97489 Walterville, 320 Neapolitan Way FL 34103 Naples, 110 Apple Road P A 18951 Quakertown, P 0 Box 13030 CA 92255-3030 Palm Desert 233 El Valle AZ.85614 Green Valley, 13430 Outlook # 318 KS 66209 Overland Park,
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (E) MAJOR 954-450-5473 (R) MANGOLD 561-735-0952 (A)MARR 503-838-4459 (S)MCILVAINE
Robert J.
Capt. (ANNE)
Thomas
Capt. (KATHLEEN)
(R)MCINTOSH 801-226-9022 (A)McLAREN 314-542-2205 (H)McNAUGHTON 619-660-0580 (R) McNEACE 913-492-6593 (E) MEGARGLE 352-343-1792 (R)MERRILL 435-654-2888 (R)MEYER 816-741-5929 (R)MILLER 501-984-5598 (R)MILLER 760-598-2359 (E) MILLER 978-475-2273 (R)MORRIS 573-348-0102 (R)MUNDO 781-631-7620 (R)MURRAY 904-284-0337 (A)MURRAY 709-687-6195 (R)MYERS 949-854-3839 (R)NAIL 972-233-4970 (R) NANSTIEL 407-330-1840 (R)NAPIER 916-269-0818 (R) NELSON 310-377-4460 (R)OLLIVER 215-345-0768
Gordon Y.
Bob Capt. (KAY DEE) remarr@compuserve.com Janie Ms. Capt. (SHIRLY)
David J. Capt. 73574.76@compuserve.com Wanda Mrs. (EARL) Clarke
Capt. (CATHERINE)
P.g.
F / E (VERA)
Darrell
Capt. (JOYCE)
Markt
Capt. (PATSY ANN)
James D. Capt. ping@trol.csw.net Norman O. F / E (FRANCES) Adair
Capt. (JUDITH)
William K. Capt. (ZONE) bmorris@usmo.com Albert J. Capt. (JEANNE) cdrn49b@prodigy.com Richard E. Capt. (GRETCHEN) rmgm@mediaone.net Michael L. Capt. (MARY) Edwin D.
Capt. (MARIANA)
Roger Capt. (JEANETTE) spikenail@aol.com Bill Capt. (DORIS) Jerald L. Capt. (LINDA) jnapier@telis.org Stuart F. Capt. (ARLENE) nelnev@earthlink.net Ephe A. Capt. (ROBERTA) epheao@aol.com
13800 N. W. 22 Street FL 33323 Pembroke Pines, 5960 Morningside FL 33463 Lake Worth, 5350 Matney Rd OR 97361 Monmouth 5430 Riggs Road KS 66202 Shawnee Mission 767 S. Palasades Drive UT. 84097 Orem, 14312 Millbriar Cir. MO 63017-2549 Chesterfield 10880 Calla Verde Dr. Apt. 243 C A 91941 La Mesa, 8162 Halsey KS 66215 Lenexa 1312 Apache Circle FL 32778-2502 Tavares, 953 Swiss Oaks Dr UT 84049-6108 Midway, 4735 N Hickory Ct MO 64116 Kansas City P 0 Box 8301 AR 71910 Hot Springs, 1815 St. Thomas Rd. CA 92083 Vista, 234 South Main St. M A01810-4132 Andover, 4872 Wilson Drive MO 65065 Osage Beach, 36 Jane Rd. MA 01945 Marblehead, 1811 Colonial Ave Green Cove Spr Ings, FL 32043 110 Red Rock Court CO 80863-2300 Woodland Park, 9 Olympus CA 92715 Irvine, 7139 Winterwood Lane Dallas T X 75248-5245 226 Enterprise Road FL. 32764 Osteen, 26691 Tablemeadow Road CA 95602 Auburn, 21 Coveview Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90274 260 Hillindale Dr. P A 18901-4911 Doylestown,
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (R) PAXSON 707-963-2980 (R)PETLAK 203-327-7760 (A)PHILLIPS, JR 913-268-1447 (R) POLLARD 541-469-0355 (R) POWELL 510-254-4359 (R) PRINCE 602-876-0461 (R) PROCTOR 925-937-1475 (R) PUDDICK 561-546-1253 (H) RAE 941-648-5504 (R) R AST, Jr. 314-946-6407 (R) REHBOCK 408-395-0722 (R) REID 305-230-0094 (A)RENO 913-897-4013 (E) REYHER 941-566-9898 (R) RICHARDS 209-543-9241 (E) RICHARDSON 619-726-4544 (R) RIEBELING 702-831-6998 (H) ROLLISON ( R ) ROOD 505-294-4401 (R)RUSSELL 816-587-0977 (R) RYAN 978-465-7823 (R)SAUNDERS 949-733-8481 (R)SCHMITT 702-243-0239 (R)SELLERS 949-494-3661
John L. Capt. (ELAINE) jlp@napanet.net Nestor Capt. (MANUELA) 73574.2451 @compuserve.com Herb Capt. (BETTY) ex747cap@msn.com W.w. Capt. (BETTYE JO) W. "dewey" Capt. (JOAN) dewpowel@autobahn.org Carroll O. F / 0 (MARIAN) Bill W. Capt. (ARLENE) 71220.2023@compuserve.com Werner K. FIE Frances
Mrs. (ROGER DON)
Jacob P. Capt. (RITA) jaker@ixgateway.net Alan R. Capt. (GLORIA) arehbock@aol.com William J. Capt. (MARILYN) Alan
Capt. (FRANCES)
Charles R.
Capt. (SALLY)
Gene. Capt. (SUE) grichards@juno.com Delbert L. Capt. (RENA) delre@tfb.com Herbert A. Capt. (MADELINE) Betty
Mrs. (JAMES A.)
Kletus W. Capt. (LOIS) kletlo@ earthlink.net Robert F. Capt. (KAROL) George F.
Capt. (RUTH)
Clifford E.
Capt. (FAITH)
Ron F I O (PAM) flyby4@hotmail.com Jim Capt. (NANCY)
3211 St. Helena Hwy N. C A 94574 St. Helena, 147 Holmes Ave. CT 06820-3817 Darien 7819 Oak View Ln. KS 66216 Lenexa Box 3154 OR 97415 Harbor, 247 La Espiral C A 94563 Orinda, 10950 W Union Hills Dr. #800 AZ.85373 Sun City, 810 Palmer Rd. CA 94596-6019 Walnut Creek, P. O. Box 1183 FL 33475-1183 Hobe Sound, 1001 Carpenter's Way #d306 FL 33801 Lakeland, 2985 Landau Court MO St. Charles, 746 Bicknell Road CA Los Gatos, 1800 Se 19th Dr. FL Homestead, 11906 W. 143 Terrace KS Olathe 5809 Glencove Dr. # 908 FL Naples, 7404 Del Cielo Way CA Modesto,
63301-4215 95030 33033 66062 34108 95356-8850
28 Via Alta Vista CA 92003 Bonsall, P 0 Box 4548 NV 89450 Incline Village, 7472 School House Ln. CA 95747 Roseville, 12408 Chelwood Ct Ne NM 87112 Albuquerque, 7909 Bluegrass Dr. MO 641 52 Parkville, 2 Chapel St. M A 01950-2006 Newburyport, 1 Cherry S. CA 92612 Irvine, 7832 Magnolia Glen Ave. NV 89128 Las Vegas, 1060 Skyline Dr CA 92651-1935 Laguna Beach,
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (A)SHERK 310-372-5305 (R)SHIREY 760-321-7829 (A)SHULL 314-561-3213 (R)SMITH 702-463-3862 (R)SMITH 702-454-4536 (A)SMITH 941-593-3490 (R)SONNE 760-365-3829 (R)SORENSEN 602-893-1802 (A)STRASSER 603-278-2080 (R)STRATTON 425-562-0610 (R)TAYLOR 415-924-2442 (R)THOMAS 727-784-9176 (H)THUNE 602-890-5692 (R)TIERNEY 415-771-2772 (R)TIMMINS 613-225-5980 (E)TISEO, J r 941-947-8218 (E) TOLF 602-947-7053 (R)TREPAS 714-545-2195 (A)TRESBACK 314-561-2409 (R) URBAIN 893-681-5516 (R)VAN HOOSEN 360-636-3097 (A)VOGEL 650-757-3872 (A)WEISS 732-349-8708 (E) WHEELER 916-771-6916
Jim Capt. jimsherk@compuserve.com Lawrence R. Capt. (KATHIE) Charles Capt. cshull@msn.com Capt. (MARY LEE) Ermon W. Glenn L. Capt. gsmith767@aol.com Thomas A. Capt. (NANCY) tas@naplesnet.com Ernest H. Capt. (MARY H.) Norman L.
I R 0 (FRANCES)
Capt. (PATRICIA) Allen E. a.p.strasser@worldsurfer.net Capt. (ANGELA J.) Garry garrystrat@msn.com Capt. (MARJORIE) Paul paulsntiz@aol.com Lawrence W. Capt. (GERRY) Dixie
Mrs. (ROBERT)
Ron C. Capt. willytsf@poboxes.com Patrick J. Capt. (ALVINA) pjtimmins@compuserve.com Charles Capt. (RUTH) chucktiseo@aol.com Edward M. Capt. (SHIRLEY) S. Ronald Capt. srontre@aol.com Capt. (SUE) J. H. Donald E.
Capt. (CAROL)
Fred R.
Capt. (CINDY)
Capt. (SYLVIA) Thomas E. tvogel2148@aol.com Capt. (SANDRA J. Edwin K. canvasman@compuserve.com Capt. (DORIS) James W.
P 0 Box 3115 CA 90266 Manhattan Beach, 69 Majorca Dr. CA 92270 Rancho Mirage, 5 Rudder Ct. MO 63367-2100 Lake St Louis, 891 Hwy 208 NV 89447 Yerington, 3243 La Mancha Way NV 89014 Henderson, 1343 Old Oaks Ln FL 34110 Naples, 7501 Palm Ave, #92 C A 92284 Yucca Valley, 12318 S. Shoshoni Dr. AZ 85044-2028 Phoenix, 80 Mt. Washington Place NH 03575 Bretton Woods 451 173rd PI. N.e. WA 98008-4130 Bellevue, 52 Piedmont Rd C A 94939 Larkspur 411 Oceanview Ave. FL 34683 Palm Harbor, 220 N, 22nd PI. #1016 AZ 85213 Mesa, 1000 Union St., Apt 404 CA 94133-2559 San Francisco 1692 Cannon Cres. Canada ON K2C-0Z2 Ottawa, 3441 Ballybridge Cir.#101 FL 34134 Bonita Springs 7919 E. Sage Dr. AZ 85250 Scottsdale, 2727 Canary Dr. CA 92626-4747 Costa Mesa, 27 Marquette Dr MO 63367 Lake St Louis, P 0 Box 21342 SC 29925-1342 Hilton Head Is. 2545 Cascade Way WA 98632 Longview, 65 Ward Court #11 CA 94015 Daly City, 516 Ship Ave. N J 08722 Beachwood, 4056 Enchanted Cir. CA 95747 Roseville,
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1998 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS (E) WHITE 212-580-3571 (R) WILDER 732-364-5549 (R) WILKINSON (A)WILLCUTTS 802-563-2295 (H)WILLIAMS 303-440-9296 (R)WILSON 253-853-3162 (R) WINCHESTER (E) WIRTH 541 -383-5861 (R) YATES 813-785-5336 (R) YECK 714-731 -0808 (R) ZACHEM 606-268-4561 (R) ZAMOLYI 610-746-2618
Charles
M.
Capt. (ELLA)
Charles L. Capt. (HELEN) clwilder@prodigy.net Thomas G. Capt. Robert S. Capt. (DONNA) 73644.1165@compuserve.com Dolores Mrs. (BILLY) William R. James R.
Capt. (JOAN) Capt. (MARTHA)
Raleigh Capt. (DIANNE) dwirth@bendnet.com Keith E. Capt. (MARJORIE) Kenneth R.
Capt. (JEAN)
Jon N. Capt. (NANCY) jonz@pop.uky.edu Laslo L. Capt. (JOANNE) zamalama@aol.com
305 West End Ave. New York City 14 Underhill Road Howell, 1517 E. La Costa Dr. Chandler, 212 Tetreault Road Cabot, 3248 Noble Ct. Boulder 3405 48 St. Ct. N W Gig Harbor 16230 Eitrevino Dr. Fountain Hills 20160 Winston Ct. Bend, 100 Poole Place Oldsmar, 3030 Via Loury Fallbrook, 927 Edgewatter Dr. Lexington, 414 Eagle View Dr Bath,
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NY 10023 N J 07731-2316 AZ 85249-4063 V T 05647 CO 80301 WA 98335 AZ 85268 OR 97701 -8990 FL 34677 C A 92028 KY 40502-3011 PA 18014
TWA SUBJECT
PHONE
NUMBERS
OVER 65
Passes
1-816 464- 6433
UNDER 65 s = same
HMO
"
6457
s
ESOP
"
7942
s
Death Claims
"
6442
Cash Payments 65 Plus
"
6421
x = not app.
Medical 65 Plus ESOP Amer. Stock Xfr.
Ethix (STL " (Elsewhere)
1- 314 822-3100 1- 800 422-1156
PA GE 96... TA RPA TOPICS... NOV EMBER, 1998
TARPA CONVENTION TRIVIA DATE MAY '79
ATTEND. ?
May '80
PLACE
HOTEL
CHAIRMAN
Scottsdale. AZ
Registry
Roy Van Etten
Overland Park, KS
Glendale Mannor
Orville Olson
Jun '81
?
Scottsdale, AZ
La Posada
May '82
288
Las Vegas, NV
Tropicana
Dick Colburn / Carl Dowling Lyle Spencer
May '83
463
Las Vegas, NV
Dunes
Lyle Bobzin
May '84
282
Orlando, FL
Sheraton Towers
Jun '85
404
Las Vegas, NV
Desert Inn
Dave Richwine / Bill Townsend Lyle Bobzin
May '86
354
St. Louis, MO
Adams Mark
Sam Luckey
Mar '87
391
Anaheim, CA
Grand
Phil Hollar
May '88
478
Tucson, AZ
El Conquistador
Jack Miller
Apr '89
420
New Orleans, LA
Clarion
John Lattimore
May '90
316
Hershey, PA
Hershey Lodge
Vic Hassler
Sep '91
470
Colo. Sprgs, CO
Sheraton
Cliff Sparrrow
Sep '92
527
San Diego, CA
Marriott
Sep '93
243
Caribbean Sea
Soverign / Sea
Dick Davis / Carl Schmidt Chuck Hasler
Sep '94
415
St. Louis, MO
Adams Mark
John Gratz
Sep '95
406
Palo Alto, CA
Hyatt Rickey
Sep '96
314
Boston, MA
Park Plaza
Sep '97
380
Albuquerque, NM
Marriott
Sep '98
306
Virginia Bch. VA
Cavalier
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Bill Kirschner / Terry Rager / Ray Hallstein Al Mundo/ Council 41 Klete Rood / Ken Slaten Bob Dedman