So glad to hear from you, this BOB Blog was created for our circle of folks. Glad to have you on-board. Your account is now upgraded to “author” so you should be able to make posts without having to have them approved now.

Glad to hear you’re doing well, as we all knew you would be doing.

The Chuck

Sorry, indeed, that you and your family are in the midst of this time of difficulty. I will keep you all in my prayers. I am, however, joyful that I stumbled upon this Blog. Martha revealed last night that she had never Googled herself. I found that surprising, so we Googled her. She went upstairs and I decided to Google myself—it had been a while. That’s how I found this Blog—someone mentioned my name here.

We are well and living in Lakeville, MN, a very southern suburb of Minneapolis-St Paul. We are two blocks from a goat farm and within a mile of corn fields. We moved up to MN after my “retirement” since much of Martha’s family is up here. I have been working at Goodrich, first as a project lead, then manager, and now a director. My group of 80 engineers designs air data systems, including pitot probes, air data computers and a product called SmartProbe™. We are actually working with Boeing on a project to get the BUFF RVSM compliant.

I was offered recall to American a while back, but deferred as I did not see sitting reserve in New York (commuting and covering the three airports from a crash pad) as a great deal of fun. I still have a line number and recall rights, so we will see where life takes me. I have not flown an aerospace vehicle in nearly three years, but I keep saying one of these days I’ll get checked out at the local FBO. Still waiting for one of these days.

Martha is a stay-at-home mom, which means she is never home—taking kids here and there, volunteering at the church, and taking care of all of us. Laura is a junior at the University of Minnesota Morris, majoring in Anthropology. Christine is a freshman at the University of St Thomas, majoring in Biology/Pre-Med. Kathleen is a sophomore at Lakeville North HS. Anna is in seventh grade.

Reading through this Blog was like a breath of fresh air. Moving from Shreveport/Bossier City was like leaving the AF cold turkey. I miss you guys. There is a small Guard & Reserve Base at the MSP airport, but no club, BX or Commissary. Christine’s ex-boyfriend goes to school in Grand Forks, and we went up for a weekend about a year ago. Made the obligatory trip to Grand Forks AFB (an exciting place, for sure—NOT).

Well, you all take care and I will be adding my two cents from time to time.

All the best,

Professor

Still tough, but not flying the heavies.

I x’ed out your phone number so it wouldn’t make the rounds on the internet, but I’ve programmed it into my phone. Thanks again, I might give you a call later on.