i'm writing a book - right here!

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Mom's Log
Day 94
Monday, August 29
California
No report today.
[I went swimming and sunning at Manhattan Beach today. Ah, the life!]

Day 95
Tuesday, August 30
California
No report this day.
[I had a pre-lunch flight with Torrance Parker again in his gorgeous 1928 Travel Air 4000 out of Torrance Airport over the hill of Palos Verdes to view the L.A. Harbor and its shipping industry and port. He pointed out to me his diving boat, from which he makes deep sea dives wearing a hard hat, a dry suit and an oxygen hose that goes all the way into the boat. Then we flew over the Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose as I had done a month ago with Brian Launder and Dave Pyeatt.]

Day 96
Wednesday, August 31
California
Torrance Parker flew Martha to Chino from Torrance, CA. From there, tomorrow, David Waterman will be flying her to Bartlesville, Oklahoma for the fly-in.

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[Yank44]

I'm in the middle of writing a book myself and so I sympathize. My book is about faith. (that is all I will say for fear of someone ripping off my ideas). Anyway, I love that pic of you in the paper! The iconic look of an aviatrix is timeless. I wish I could get my wife to dress like that, but I can't even get her to dress up on Halloween! LOL

Good luck with the book, I hope it's a wild success! It's wonderful to see you using so much of your creative side in life, between the painting, writing, barnstorming (living history), etc. 'Tis a rare thing nowadays in this era of solemnity and seriousness. We need to lighten up as a culture, and maybe you can be a spark towards that end!

Hi Martha,

I never saw the footage from Tulsa, the Fort Smith station did a little on our preflight and take off at the end of the newscast as they were running the credits. It was nice. DZO stands for Drop Zone Owner/Operator, which in English means there is a plane or two in the hangar where all the money goes.

Are there excerpts of your book online? I would like to check it out if so.

Blue sky,
Wolf

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Originally Posted by Yank44

I'm in the middle of writing a book myself and so I sympathize. My book is about faith. (that is all I will say for fear of someone ripping off my ideas). Anyway, I love that pic of you in the paper! The iconic look of an aviatrix is timeless. I wish I could get my wife to dress like that, but I can't even get her to dress up on Halloween! LOL

Good luck with the book, I hope it's a wild success! It's wonderful to see you using so much of your creative side in life, between the painting, writing, barnstorming (living history), etc. 'Tis a rare thing nowadays in this era of solemnity and seriousness. We need to lighten up as a culture, and maybe you can be a spark towards that end!

yank44,
i wish you luck as well with your own book. regarding that pic in the paper, not sure which one you meant, but i've got lots more from different papers. there are a number of others i'd like to include but it's going to take time to hunt down all the copyright owners for permission for them before i print or post them.

Thanks for what you said about use of my creative side in life. That's better than being told that I live in my own fantasy world.
~martha

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Originally Posted by theloadarranger

Hi Martha,

I never saw the footage from Tulsa, the Fort Smith station did a little on our preflight and take off at the end of the newscast as they were running the credits. It was nice. DZO stands for Drop Zone Owner/Operator, which in English means there is a plane or two in the hangar where all the money goes.

Are there excerpts of your book online? I would like to check it out if so.

Blue sky,
Wolf

my dear wolfey,
what kind of a zone do you own? this is it, man! how many more excerpts do you want? these 240+ posts already add up to a pretty thick first-half-of-the-book, so...perhaps i'm not sure what you mean. go back and read from the beginning of this thread, wolf. you'll see that i'm writing the book, right here - posting a bit more of it each day. you are seeing it in the 1st draft form, online. actually, it's about my 10th draft, but now it's becoming a whole new 1st draft again, since i'm starting fresh with some of the chapters and excerpts and adding some photos. as far as where you can see it online? you're lookin at it! this is the first place i've posted any of it online.

i'm saving the very best chapters and photos for the printed version so you'll want to buy a copy for yourself and five more for your best friends.

fort smith had us on the news, too? i'd forgotten they were there. did you get a tape of it?
~martha

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Mom's Log
Day 97
Thursday, September 1
California, Arizona, New Mexico
Today, Martha and David Waterman are starting a long flight in his 1946 Stinson 108 across 4 or 5 states to get to The Bartlesville antique Fly-in. Their first stop was at Daggett, California, then Flagstaff, Arizona, then the stopped in the evening at Grants, New Mexico.

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From my Pilot Logbook
September 1, 1988
1946 Stinson Voyager 108, Franklin 150 h.p. engine
Lic. # NC97169
Pilot/Endorsement: David Waterman

Chino Airport, Chino, CA to Barstow-Daggett Airport, Daggett, CA.
Sky Conditions: MVFR, Hazy early morning, warming fast
Altitude & Airspeed: 5500 MSL/110 mph
Take-off: 7:10 a.m.
Landing: 8:10 a.m.
Elapsed: 1hr.
In Control of Ship: 25 mins
Landings: 0
Miles:90
Remarks:
We rise early and pack up Stinson for big
trip to Bartlesville AAA Annual Fly-In, and
gladly leave the stench and mosquitos of
"cow town" behind. It amazes me what good
spirits and friendly manner the residents of
Chino hangars are always in, what with the foul
air they have to breathe. I love Chino Airport, but
cannot stand the air. ~ As we depart into
the quiet hazy morning from Chino, we first head south
toward Corona, then north, climbing above the ARSA.
We see three large airliners on approach from the east
into LAX as we pass overhead above their airspace.
Through the San Bernadino Mtns I reminisce about our
jeep trip with Joe Sand & Dave Pyeatt in those mtns a month
ago. Landing in no wind at Army helicopter/civilian
old airport out in Calif desert. Meet & sign up (into AAC) 5 Army
guys & take their picture. Dave refuels.


Daggett, CA to Pullman Field, Flagstaff, AZ (elevation 7011 ft.):
Sky Conditions: Clear, 20 miles vis., haze
Altitude & Airspeed: 3-4,000 MSL/110 mph
Take-off: 8:55 a.m.
Landing: 11:55 a.m.
Elapsed: 3 hrs.
In Control of Ship: 1hr 30 mins.
Landings: 0
Miles: 316
Remarks:
As we leave the quiet large two-runway air base,
Dave makes a departure from Runway 26 then
mid-field, turns on course due east into hot desert
morning sun. We decide to fly low and follow I-40,
rather than taking a direct line over vast desolate areas
of desert. Not much added mileage doing it this way,
and highways usually go through the lowest spots in
the mountain passes. We pass to the far south of huge area
of sand dunes between Hector VOR & Goffs VOR. The highway
below us provides mental comfort of being within sight
and reach of civilization and help should we need to make
an emergency landing. Other than the road, as far as we
can see in all directions is brown desolation - washed
out, dried up river valleys. The patterns on the ground,
created by ancient floods look like magnifications of
wet sand at the beach when the tide approaches
and retreats from the shore. Due west of the city of
Needles, Calif (16 miles) we make a low pass over a
tempting plateau sticking up out of the ground [sketch]
Needles river valley lights up with bright green rectangular
farms within the surrounding browns and grays.
If there be any pilot who can keep the ball in the middle
of a Stinson 108, he or she be known to the world as
"TOP PILOT."

Flagstaff, AZ to Grants Milan Airport, Grants, NM:
Sky Conditions: Sunshine, scattered clouds
Altitude & Airspeed: 7,500 MSL/110 mph
Take-off: 12:35 p.m.
Landing: 2:55 p.m. (3:55 MST)
Elapsed: 2 hrs. 30 mins.
In Control of Ship: 1hr
Landings: 0
Miles: 242
Remarks:
Flew past petrified Forrest, Continental Divide by Gallup, NM
Beautiful desert reds, pinks, beiges and greens.