hi mac,good to hear from :)) hey,i,ve been trying to find mike mcCarthy(michigan) have you ever been in touch w/him ? tom fleming and i were in touch after for awhile and also duckworth. tom died quite a few yrs back. thanks and take care mac,your friend r.d.
It's only been 5 decades since we left Heavy 13,..yet here we are, somehow!! A huge blessing for both of us making it past 1967!!!! I turn 72 in Aug,..and sure do feel every injury I acquired while working on the Kitty Hawk's flite-deck,..and wish the V.A. would spread the $$$$ to us that EARNED IT,..and not stole it. Right???
I moved back to Daytona last Oct, 2016, got an apt. in the Towers condos, on the beach. Might as well enjoy it while I can,..the way our country is. What a mess.
"Hi, doubt if you remember me from RVAH 13 line crew from 66-67 cruise on the Hawk, but I was a cat checker and worked with Tilly, and Terry Fulton. Do you remember a Richard Duley who said he was on the cruise and worked the line? I have checked…"
"The only one I had been in contact with was Terry Fuller, but he died about 3 three years ago. I do keep in contact with his daughter. Every once in a while I get out the old 13 cruise book from 66-67 cruise and look at it. That was the one we…"
"I guess that would be me. I was in 13 from 1965 until 1968. Made 2 West Pac on the Kitty Hawk and one on the America. I was a troubleshooter on the line crew, got the fun task of walking the bird from parking to the cat. "
"Hey Joe,
Nice to hear from you. At times I miss the flight deck of the Kitty Hawk, some great times and some not so great. There were some good guys in the squadron and sorry to see that some of them have gone on to sail the waters above. I had…"
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hi mac,good to hear from :)) hey,i,ve been trying to find mike mcCarthy(michigan) have you ever been in touch w/him ? tom fleming and i were in touch after for awhile and also duckworth. tom died quite a few yrs back. thanks and take care mac,your friend r.d.
are you the same mac i knew ?( richard duley,amh-3,flight deck). isenburg,mccarthy,tilley,lyles,zarinko,fleming, to name a few friends.
Hey Mack,...
It's only been 5 decades since we left Heavy 13,..yet here we are, somehow!! A huge blessing for both of us making it past 1967!!!! I turn 72 in Aug,..and sure do feel every injury I acquired while working on the Kitty Hawk's flite-deck,..and wish the V.A. would spread the $$$$ to us that EARNED IT,..and not stole it. Right???
I moved back to Daytona last Oct, 2016, got an apt. in the Towers condos, on the beach. Might as well enjoy it while I can,..the way our country is. What a mess.
Drop a line and a call....
Later Mac
Joe LaFon
(321-277-0009)
Welcome aboard from an old Hoot Owl.
Don RVAH-8
Hello Mac,
Welcome aboard.
John VAH-9