Helipilot16 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 (edited) I thought I would tell a little about myself as a way of "breaking the ice". I graduated from Colorado University in 1966 and was promptly drafted into the Army. I went to OCS and became an officer. After attending flight school, I went to Vietnam in 1968 and came back in 1969. I then became an instructor pilot. I left active duty in 1973 and went into the California National Guard, where I was the chief maintenance officer for the state. I was stationed at the Pentagon from 1983-1987, when I was the Aviation Maintenance Staff Officer for the Chief of the Army Reserve. I retired in 1987. I then became a concrete contractor in California and Nevada. I was also a consultant in tilt up concrete design. I closed my business in the mid 90s and went on to my first love; building hot rods. I retired for good in 2004. I met Nancy in 1990. She is a great granddaughter of W.K. Kellogg; the cereal king. She attended the Berkeley school of textile arts. She is a nationally known tapestry weaver, among other things. I began building model cars in 1953, when I modified Highway Pioneers Revell models into hot rods. I became a serious gear-head and built many AMT models during the 50s. I recently began building again at the insistence of Nancy. Edited February 15, 2009 by Helipilot16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart-Resins Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 william Post was a relative of my family.LOL, always have room for a good bowl of cereal.Too bad theres no discounts for distant cousins.LOL. Welcome back to modeling. I look forward to see what you do with them now. Jody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzn Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 a Big thanks to Nancy for insisting you come back to Building Model cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWood Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) Nice to meet you Marcus, First off I want to thank you for your service to America, in a very turbulent time in our history. Much respect for you sir. With your experience in avation, do you build any helo/plane kits? Good to have you on board, Sir. Edited February 16, 2009 by RJWood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helipilot16 Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Nice to meet you Marcus, First off I want to thank you for your service to America, in a very turbulent time in our history. Much respect for you sir. With your experience in avation, do you build any helo/plane kits? Good to have you on board, Sir. I haven't built any aviation models yet, but I have two OH6 helicopters to build soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWood Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 I built a Huey helicopter once. it was about 20" long when complete. Did a nice job with it. Well, the day after it was finished I was goofin around on my bed and jumped off the end right on top of my Huey. I was about 13 or 14 years old. I'll be 51 next month and I can still remember the sick feeling in my stomach after doing that. I never leave models on the floor anymore. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodBurNeR Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 It's always nice to get to know a person a little better. This makes me wonder what we would all find out about each other if we went into this kind of detail? I am afraid a lot of lies would be told though I don't talk about this kind of stuff because when I do....people start to think I am full of it , or am just bragging. Neither is true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigphoto Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Welcome aboard Colonel Were you in loaches, slicks or bananas? or D all of the above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helipilot16 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Welcome aboard Colonel Were you in loaches, slicks or bananas? or D all of the above? Loaches and slicks. I was first in slicks, then became the scout platoon leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigphoto Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hey Col. do you by any chance know a Hugh Mills? He was a scout leader and instructor also, ( I know it is a big Army but ya never know) and has written some on the subject also is a frequent flyer on the following site: http://www.network54.com/Forum/163130/ I don't know him personally but he has answered many a questions about Loaches for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helipilot16 Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) Hey Col. do you by any chance know a Hugh Mills? He was a scout leader and instructor also, ( I know it is a big Army but ya never know) and has written some on the subject also is a frequent flyer on the following site: http://www.network54.com/Forum/163130/ I don't know him personally but he has answered many a questions about Loaches for me. We have corresponded, but I have never met him. I find his book to be pretty fanciful. He was in a different part of Vietnam than I was. He is a self promoter in the same sense as was David Hackworth, with whom I was well acquainted. If you are interested, I have written a bit on the subject of my service also. It is on my website;http://www.deadcamel.net/ Edited February 19, 2009 by Helipilot16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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