HAVE WE CROSSED PATHS BEFORE?.......
I
guess the best way to find out is for Me to tell You where I’ve been and what
I have done.
Born
, raised and schooled in North
Central Oklahoma
Summer 1948 USNR 2 week active duty USS John W. Weeks DD-701 "Tin Can" Coca Solo Sub Base Panama & return. DD-701
Apprentice
IronWorker Local 48 Oklahoma City 1949
- 1950
Summer
1949 USNR 2 week active duty PCE 892 (To Cuba & back)
USAF January 1951 Lackland AFB (13 week Basic)
USAF Tech School Cal Aero Tech in Glendale, CA (Aircraft Maintenance Technology)
USAF
Flight Line Maintenance San Marcos AFB,
TX
USAF
51st Air Rescue Sq Narsarssuak AB, Greenland
USAF
MATS Training Sq West Palm Beach AFB, FL
USAF
55th Air Rescue Sq Thule AB, Greenland
USAF
Base Flight Amarillo AFB, TX
USAF Technical Instructor Chanute AFB, IL March '59 - June '62 (Re-trained and re-tained for Instructor duty)
USAF
Technical Instructor 319C Field Training
Detachment, Homestead AFB, FL
USAF
Technical Instructor Mobile Training Team
Istres, France September '63 - April '64
USAF
Shop Chief Aircraft Ground Equipment Repair Hickam AFB, Hawaii Aug 1965-Aug '66
USAF
NCOIC Propeller Overhaul Facility Hickam AFB, HI Aug
1966
- June '68
USAF
Instructor MAC NCO Academy Norton AFB, CA July '68 - June '71
USAF Retired 1 July 1971.... Senior Master Sergeant
High
School Vocational Mechanics Teacher Corpus Christi, TX August '71 - June
'91
Adjunct
Instructor Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U Corpus Christi NAS, TX
June '85 - June '91
WHAT I HAVE DONE
Tied
rebar and erected structural steel on various Oklahoma construction jobs
Motor
Machinist Apprentice USNR
Aircraft
Maintenance Technician ( L-5, L-16, L-19 & L-21)
Aircraft
Crew Chief SA-16
Aircraft
Flight Crew SC-54 Air Rescue Flight Engineer
Aircraft
Flight Crew C-47 & C-131 Test
Flight Engineer
Instructed
Aircraft Ground Support Equipment 42131
and 42171 Course
Instructed
Aircraft Maintenance Management for Strategic Air Command, SAC Manual 66-12
Instructed
Aircraft Ground Support Equipment for French Air Force , NATO C-135F
Aircraft
Accessories Maintenance Superintendent Propeller overhaul C-124 C-130
Instructed
Management and Military Training for Non-commissioned Officers
20
Years in the High School Vocational Classroom .. General Mechanical Repair
subjects
THINGS THAT STAND OUT
Implementing
Production Line Maintenance (PLM)
instead of “Docks” for Periodic
aircraft maintenance. 1954
Maintenance
Data Collection and Man-hour accounting starting in the Air Force. AF Manual 66-1 1955
Circling
the Earth three times one day in support of the Arctic “Ice Island” T-3 (4 July
1957)
Making
the “Team” When France asked for
training assistance in uniquely configured C-135’s
Achieving
“Honor Grad” distinction at the MAC NCO Academy Orlando AFB, FL 1966
Every time
I volunteer as a VE …. The look on a successful applicants’ face’ is rewarding … Since 1984
I have been administering FCC examinations for Ham radio operators.
When
former High School Students remember Me
and make sure that They introduce Me to their Wife & Children.
I’VE HAD WORKING FOR ME
FAA
Airframe & Power plant License
FCC
2nd Class Radio Telephone (Now General Radio Telephone Operator’s
License)
FCC
Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator’s License
IF
OUR PATHS HAVE COME CLOSE or CROSSED ….
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