J. Penry, post: 326453, member: 321 wrote: Being from the PLSS states, it is easy to retrace the exact location of a parcel by it's legal description ...
Andy,When I was based in French Morocco, was there from November 1954 till May 1957. The SAC troops came over on 90 day temporary duty assignments. Th...
Doug Crawford, post: 326284, member: 9 wrote: I seem to remember, a square US C & G S Monument at the 'High Point". Google earth gives 1900' dif...
RETIRED69, post: 326220, member: 1248 wrote: When you stood on the peak of that hill ... that hill that is either 1549.09' or 1509(?), did you get the...
Doug Crawford, post: 325912, member: 9 wrote: Ohio High Point Historical, on the day it was dedicated. Yep Doug that is it. The marker is still t...
Bill93, post: 325863, member: 87 wrote: In 1971/72 I was in college and worked for a professor who was trying to convert one of those early-warning ra...
NDrummond, post: 325834, member: 1865 wrote: Jerry,I'd be curious to hear more about your Air Force service- was your radar in Morocco used for Air Tr...
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Jim,I was at Kansas City from 1967 till 1980 and I don't remember meeting anybody of that name. I left Kansas City for New York in 1980 and retired in...
I was based at Kansas City for 13 years while employed by Trans World Airlines. I lived in Independence and kept a Piper J-3, a sailplane and a Cessna...
Here is a photograph of my Buff & Buff circle.The Patent date is partially hidden by the needle lifting arm. I looked at it with a magnifying lens...
I retired from TWA in June 1991, I hired on in June 1967 after thirteen years Active Air Force. I spent seven years with the Nebraska Air Guard unit t...
PADEN,During the fall of 1982, I was flying for TWA out of New York, Kennedy Airport. I lived in Rocky Mount, NC and commuted to New York on Piedmont ...
One question about the U-2 JerryPaden, I started flying Sailplanes in the spring of 1964 at Winfield, Kansas. I belonged to a Soaring Club there. My f...
One question about the U-2 JerryIf the U-2 Powers was flying was actually hit by the SAM, then there would be just small parts of the aircraft recover...
One question about the U-2 JerryI don't think the autopilot was any problem on the Powers flight. There was a big bunch of SAM missiles fired at him. ...
I met him in 1966, Lockheed was deep into the design of the follow on U-2. It has 105 feet of wing span and is considerable larger all around. Kelly J...
One question about the U-2 JerryThe version of the U bird I flew was the original wing span of 80 feet. The version flying now is 105 feet I think. We...
Jake, the U-2 portion of my flying was just a little over two years. I had over five years flying the B-47 before going to the U-2. I had seven years ...
