Mom's Log
Day 33
Wednesday, June 29
Idaho to Nevada
M had 12 rolls of slides processed and printed $150 at Boise. Will have others processed elsewhere as they are Kodachrome.
Joe Corlett from Boise flew Martha to Winnemucca, Nevada arriving at 5:30 p.m. in his 1957 Cessna 182.
Ted Contri is coming in from Reno to pick Martha up and take her to Reno in his P-51 Mustang WWII fighter. He is Butch Gordo’s employer. He flies Butch to California on Mondays where he works.
Ted Contri flew M from Winnemucca to Reno, Nevada's Cannon Int’l Airport where he has three Warbirds in his hangar. They flew very fast (370 mph?) and
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She did not fly as there was no control stick in back.
At Reno she met Butch Gordo [who has a] Cessna 172 and his friend Volker Zakerei who soloed first time today. They all went downtown for dinner at a casino. Martha gambled $5 of Gordo’s money and quit.
Martha stayed in spare room of Butch’s mobile home with his brother and sister-in-law. It is near the desert and mountains. Ted Contri flew Butch back to CA and Butch Gordo left his car, a classic Thunderbird and his plane, a Cessna 172 for Martha to use.
Day 35
Friday, July 1
Nevada
M catalogued photos and sent them to us. Worked all day on organizing notes on trip so far. Has 12 more rolls of film to be processed (Kodak). [Drove Butch Gordo's T-bird into Reno, did some sightseeing, some swimming, then met with Brandon Gentry for lunch at a second floor outdoor cafe to plan out the next few flights to go with him in his 1947 Aeronca Champ Arizona and California.]
