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"Welcome aboard to my best friend and shipmate since 1945! We share a lot of memories and history! Charles E. (Chuck) Nienhaus."
"Yep, that's the one. It was a neat little airplane. When I was doing all that flying I was 20 years old. I once had a forced landing and came down dead stick in a farmers field near Mexico, Missouri. I got lost once and had to be directed to Lambert…"
"James, Too bad. You missed a lot of fun. One other plane I forgot to mention was the Ercoup. Remember that one? IT HAD NO RUDDER PEDALS !! You just drove it on the ground as well as in the air JUST LIKE A CAR! Weird! I took my ten year old son up…"
"Hi James, I did pursue Aviation but not as a career. I took flying lessons and ultimately got my "Commercial License" which meant I could fly for pay. But I never did.
I was checked out in the PT 19 open cockpit, the Stinson voyager 4 place, Aeronca…"
I was checked out in the PT 19 open cockpit, the Stinson voyager 4 place, Aeronca…"
"Please my enlistment date in the comment below. I
enlisted on Oct. 4, 1944---NOT 1945. Sorry"
enlisted on Oct. 4, 1944---NOT 1945. Sorry"
"Hi Shipmates, In boot camp NATTC Nov, 1944 I had a good buddy named Nick Pondoff. He was from East St. Louis, Illinois, right accross the river from St. Louis. I realize that was a long time ago and he may have passed on by now but I just thought I…"
"Hi James, Glad to oblige. On Oct. 4, 1945 with Mom in tow for parental consent I marched into the Fed, Bldg and enlisted in the Combat Aircrew program. Don't laugh but my inspiration was the Buzz Sawyer comic strip. He flew the SBD Dauntless and had…"
I Graduated "BOOTS" in Nov. 1944 and have a photo of that class. I remember many of the faces but very few of the names. I would like to find all the names but no luck so far. Any ideas out there? Chuck
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