Brad with Poppie...

Brad stayed with me today. We went to "Poppie's" McDonalds for lunch and play (2 hours).

We then came back home to go swimming. We were in the pool for 30 minutes, then it started to rain. So, we had to get out when it started to thunder.

When it stopped, Frank was here to pick Brad up to go home. Needless to say Brad was not a happy camper. LOL!!!!!

2 hours break until Natalie gets here for her visit.

Trip to Independence

This is a picture of the Temple in Independence, MO. The second picture is of the spire inside looking up. We had a good time visiting the area we grew up in. I was the co-tour guide (kind of).

We also went to the Liberty Jail. This was where Joseph Smith was jailed for trumped up charges during the winter of 1833-1834.

We had Sunday morning worship service in the Temple sanctuary.

Played minature golf at Cool Crest and I tied for 1st (15 players). Susan got 5!!!!! hole-in-ones! But I got the free game. LOL!!!

Overall we had a good time touring, visiting, laughing, and just having a good time with our church friends.

Independence, Missouri

Community of Christ

International Headquarters

The Temple and Auditorium

Susan and I are in Independence, Missouri this weekend. We are going to tour some of the historic sites of the Community of Christ Church in the area, with others from our home congregation. The picture is of the Temple (foreground) and of the Auditorium. The Temple was built about 10 years ago and is dictated to world peace. The Auditorium was built from 1930's and finished in 1958.

Home again...

It is always good to be back home again. Lot of work to do before we go back to Kansas City on Thursday.

I don't go back to work until the 3rd of September. Lucky me.

Happy Birthday Susan !

Today is my wife Susan's birthday. Last Wednesday was my sister Diann's birthday, Happy Birthday to her , and my mother's was Saturday. Buzy month in our family for birthdays. Next is my niece Shelly's.

Finally got home last night. Spent 4 days in Kansas City with my mother-in-law. We had her settled in a nursing home, but this morning, she was sent back to the hospital. They had to deal with her water retention. And that affects her kidneys which affects her water retention, which affects her kidneys.......

Kansas City

I left New York Wednesday evening for Kansas City. Susan's mother had taken aturn for the worst. I have spent Thursday and Friday with her at the hospital and the nursing home. They transfered her to a nursing home Thursday noon. She is doing better but still needs help moving around and staying awake. Her spirits are good and mind is clear except for when she first wakes up she is a little confused. Susan and I will be here until Sunday evening to help her sister.

Lockheed L-1011 Tri-Star

This is a picture of one of the best flying jet aircraft ever produced. I was first a mechanic for TWA in Kansas City in the L-1011 hanger. Then I transferred to St. Louis, to the Flight Operations Training Center, to be a Flight Operations Training Specialist (Ground School Instructor).

Then I was hired by American International Airways (Kalitta Air) as a Flight Engineer/Ground School Instructor.

We had 10 of these L-1011-250 Tri Stars. Two (2) passenger aircraft and the other eight (8) were converter to freighters.

I taught systems ground school to the majority of the AIA pilots and engineers.

The autopilot system is the same autopilot system used on the space shuttle. The horizontal stabilizer wing area is the same size as the wing area on the DC-3.

There were only 248 of these aircraft built by Lockheed.

By the way, I am still in NY waiting for Friday, so I can go home.