I've sent you a picture and, I'm sure you will not recognize me. You remember, I was this beautiful adonos with the great body and the beautiful hair and.......well, almost.
Sorry guys I won't be going to the reunion......I'd be embarrassed, I'm a shell of the guy I was. But, I tell you this, the more photos I see of you guys in the old days, the more I would be in the state of shock as to what we all look like now.
I would appreciate any photos (identifying who is who) of the reunion although, I'm sure I will be very upset......MY body has aged as much as anyone but my mind is still eighteen years old. It was preserved by all that alcohol.
God bless you all, you are all in my prayers - enjoy yourselves and: "HAVE ONE FOR THE GYPPER!" Errr....Excuse me, I mean, have one for "The Bird"
I have five children, Michael, Steven, Jennifer, Richard and Juliana.
Stayed a few years, married a Chinese Gal, was married for about 30+ years and separated in Aug. 04. Now I'm in California, in Saratoga. I've got 5 kids, about 6 or 7 grand kids....maybe 8.
Graduated from Saint Francis Preparatory School, NY in 1953
Graduated Parks College of Saint Louis University in 1956
BS in Aeronautics: Major in AME, Minor in Philosophy
56 - 57: Spent time concurrently at Ozark Airlines (with Jose Hizon) and Mac Donnell Aircraft in St. Louis, Mo.
57 – 59: Flight Test Engineer on the F8U, A4D, A4D JATO and F111F aircraft at Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center, Maryland. Meet a few of the astronauts who were flight test pilots at the time.
59 – 64: Lockheed Missile and Space Division in Sunnyvale California on the Samos, Midas and Discoverer programs, in the evaluation and analysis of the Rocket Propulsion and Space Capsule Recovery Systems. First recoverable U.S. satellite from orbit, Discoverer number 13. Invented CALIPAC, Capillary Liquid Packaging.
64 – 66 Grumman Aircraft in Bethpage, NY on the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) program, in the evaluation and selection of the LEM descent engine, the first successful variable thrust rocket engine. It was a STL (Space Technology Laboratory) design that won over Rocketdyne. Developed an equation for determining Specific Impulse (a measure of rocket engine performance).
66 – 67 Provided engineering support throughout SEA (Savanakhet, Udon, Vientiane, Plain of Jars, Laos and Cambodia; was one hundred miles from Hanoi – but never in Vietnam) for ‘The Company’ aircraft used in the counter insurgency efforts in SEA. Stationed at headquarters in Taipei City, Taiwan at Air Asia Company Ltd. Crashed landed four times. The Bird was rocked.
68 – 95 Employed with the U.S. Federal Government; retired in 1995.