1)Yes , Edwards AFB base housing, I was in the second grade.
2) My Father introduced my brother and I , he got us interested from his many aircraft drawings.
3) Many of the early Monogram aircraft models. I once read these early kits were toy like to get kids interested ( many working parts, control surfaces, landing gear , props, etc.) It worked. No ships, however. Mom said they were too hard to hang from the ceiling.
4) My father was a Captain in the Air Force. He was the club officer at Edwards. This was during the X- Plane era.early fifty's. I was introduced to many of the famous test pilots.
5) I was 8 or 9. in the second grade.
6) This was in the early fifty's