Vern
Well Known Member
Last week I checked out Tom in his RV-7A. When he handed me his logbook, there was another one there with it. When I asked what the second logbook was for, he said it had been his fathers and he keeps them together. He suggested I would enjoy looking at it.
So, in beautiful penmanship, there I saw a fascinating flying career beginning in Georgia in 1943, flying Stearmans, BT-13's, AT-9's, AT-10's, Martin B-26's, and C-47's.
It was exciting to read each precise entry but I almost flipped out when I got the the entries showing a C-47 departing the USA enroute to the European war front. Then I saw the entries that said "Invasion." Could it be?
There were entries showing missions all over the various European fronts, including missions deep into Germany. The amazing thing was that every flight was carefully recorded in that same steady beautiful script: the milk runs as well as the big ones.
Which brings me to a learning: record those flights and remember that it is your logbook: an aerial diary of special memories.
So, are you faithfully recording your precious aerial memories for yourself and future generations? Who will gaze at your entries someday with wonder and appreciation?
So, in beautiful penmanship, there I saw a fascinating flying career beginning in Georgia in 1943, flying Stearmans, BT-13's, AT-9's, AT-10's, Martin B-26's, and C-47's.
It was exciting to read each precise entry but I almost flipped out when I got the the entries showing a C-47 departing the USA enroute to the European war front. Then I saw the entries that said "Invasion." Could it be?
There were entries showing missions all over the various European fronts, including missions deep into Germany. The amazing thing was that every flight was carefully recorded in that same steady beautiful script: the milk runs as well as the big ones.
Which brings me to a learning: record those flights and remember that it is your logbook: an aerial diary of special memories.
So, are you faithfully recording your precious aerial memories for yourself and future generations? Who will gaze at your entries someday with wonder and appreciation?
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