American Airlines Captain Herb W.

Herb was one of my favorites Captains to fly with. I flew as his flight engineer all over the world after we retired.  Lot's of great times. We were flying Boeing 707 after AAL stopped flying them.

My Son shot this portrait of Me while getting my Flight engineer cap on to go volunteer.

Yes I do volunteer at the CR Smith museum on Thursday. I enjoy showing off our Douglass DC 3.

It is located in our fancy hangar at the museum..Check out our blog at.... aal1946.blogspot.com.

                                   Feather- Mixture - Firewall.......3 important words in aviation.

I call this sunset of GOD'S ........Line into eternity.

American Airlines Curtiss Condor in 1933.

One of our early pilots,.Si Bitner.

Ask me to tell you some of his pranks he pulled at home and in the AIR..............randy

My son Randall wing walking.

The two of us built this German fighter out of steel tubing and fiberglass. Any one know it's name?

I took this sunset from my back yard.

Buford J., loading at Convair 240 bound for Louisville ,From Nashville,Tn.

                                         I took this picture of the Convair 240 in the year 1949.

Watch out Betty O. you are standing in front of the engine oil cooler scoop.The oil needs cooling AIR.

                                             Can you see that 25 year ID she is wearing .WOW

Gene Cernan....A moon walker....Dies at 82.....

A pilot gets home late He left home about 8:30 a.m. to do some work in his hanger at the airport with his friends. On the way out the door he answered his wife's "what time will you be home?" question with "probably about  1:30, I'll have lunch at the airport." 1:30 came & went, 3:00 passed, 6:15, still not home, finally at about 7:00 pm he rolls in the driveway, and presents his wife with a pizza, and begins the apologetic story. I finished cleaning the plane about 11:30, had lunch, and I started home, when alongside the road I saw this attractive girl with a flat tire on her car. I stopped to help, got the tire changed, and looked around for a place to wash my hands. She offered money, but I refused, so she suggested that I at least allow her to buy me a beer. She said there's a tavern just up the road, and they have a restroom, you can clean up a bit. I agreed to stop, we had a beer, then another beer, then a couple more, and I  realized that this girl was not only pretty, she was very friendly, and a good  companion to spend time with. Before I knew it, we were in the motel next door having sex. And that is why I am so late getting home.  His wife looked him right in the eye and said "don't lie to me;                                                             YOU WENT FLYING, DIDN'T YOU? *************************************************************

Checking on the activities of the day.

                                                AT THE C.R. SMITH MUSEUM
                                                     BETTY  and  CHASITY

Chasity and Ray.

Ray's farewell party.

QUAKE KAROAKE AT CR SMITH MUSEUM

Flight Science.

CR Smith's famous clock.

Yes we are a FLAGSHIP.

                                         The first thing the co-pilot did was to deploy the AA flag on landing.
                              The last thing the co-pilot did was to stow the flag in it's proper place,before T/O. .

A tread with a trace is ample. OK to fly.

A view from the hangar.