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Greetings All -Well, I must say I never came across this thread before! Nice to know a bit more about many of you who post and who I have admired all these years.I joined SPF June of 2007 - doesn't feel that long ago! I am 62, married and live in St. Louis, MO. I am a professional Civil Engineer and responsible for the City's water distribution system. I grew up in an aviation environment - my Father was a fighter pilot in the Navy when I was born, flying the Douglas F4D Skyray. He went onto fly for United Airlines (Caravelle, 737-200, DC-10 and 737-300/400/500) before retiring. I flew control line and free flight models, along with model rockets, up thru high school and I have been flying R/C models (sailplanes and electric powered models) since the early '80s. I got involved with the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum in 2007 which simply reinforced my Aerospace History treasure hunting. For years, I would go to the Vought Archives in Grand Prairie (my Father late in his Navy career flew F-8s and was a drone controller for Regulus I cruise missiles converted to target drones, hence my interest in Vought) and spend the week helping inventory/catalog items, help fill requests and spend time hunting thru the collection for material to scan or copy for my personal interests. I also am an avid amateur photographer focusing on aviation and also railroading which my son Jack lead me into. Jack is now a Freshman in High School and together we have done a lot of road trips over Spring Breaks and summer months visiting Museums, airports and other interesting locales.Enjoy the Day! Mark
Greetings All -
Well, I must say I never came across this thread before! Nice to know a bit more about many of you who post and who I have admired all these years.
I joined SPF June of 2007 - doesn't feel that long ago! I am 62, married and live in St. Louis, MO. I am a professional Civil Engineer and responsible for the City's water distribution system. I grew up in an aviation environment - my Father was a fighter pilot in the Navy when I was born, flying the Douglas F4D Skyray. He went onto fly for United Airlines (Caravelle, 737-200, DC-10 and 737-300/400/500) before retiring.
I flew control line and free flight models, along with model rockets, up thru high school and I have been flying R/C models (sailplanes and electric powered models) since the early '80s. I got involved with the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum in 2007 which simply reinforced my Aerospace History treasure hunting. For years, I would go to the Vought Archives in Grand Prairie (my Father late in his Navy career flew F-8s and was a drone controller for Regulus I cruise missiles converted to target drones, hence my interest in Vought) and spend the week helping inventory/catalog items, help fill requests and spend time hunting thru the collection for material to scan or copy for my personal interests. I also am an avid amateur photographer focusing on aviation and also railroading which my son Jack lead me into. Jack is now a Freshman in High School and together we have done a lot of road trips over Spring Breaks and summer months visiting Museums, airports and other interesting locales.
Enjoy the Day! Mark
