Archive for July, 2009
A F4U Corsair, a P-39 Airacobra, and Sinclair Lewis
The summer of 1947, I was coming back on a Production flight mid-afternoon and was happy. I had a good bird with only a few minor problems. When I called Tower for clearance into the pattern, the controller said I had a guest, south of Milford off Pond Point, waiting to meet me. That was [...]
20Jul2009 | Wayne Harding | 1 comment | Continued
Author Meets Lindbergh
Mid-fall 1947, Mr. Taliaferro called me to his office for a non-scheduled meeting. I thought maybe his records were different than mine. I found out that they were not, and we were on target for quotas, but it hadn’t been easy. The large Corsair orders, mostly for the Korean War, had necessitated long hours of [...]
5Jul2009 | Wayne Harding | 3 comments | Continued
