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Back long ago when the world was still black and white, and I was a baby of a few months old.......
My dad was an Air Force pilot. We were stationed in Lake Charles, LA and dad was ordered to fly "his" airplane to safe harbor in Oklahoma. Mom was a 24 year old lady that had never been out of Oklahoma. Dad is leaving and she has me, a few months old baby and my 2.5 year old brother to take care of, with an approaching hurricane and dad "goes to work" in another nice dry state to protect an airplane.
All of the pilots wives came over to our house and of course brought their kids. She said it was like a day care center and rather noisy, but the constant commotion kept their minds off the storm. Many of the other wives came from parts of the country where hurricanes were totally unknown, and thunderstorms were rare.
Mom was not real happy with the Air Force after that episode for a while. The Air Force was completely unconcerned with the families of the pilots. All they cared about were the aircraft, and the pilots and crew.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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