A Career in Aviation

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In this writing you will find the life story of one army aviator from high school to retirement. It begins with a young Iowa farm boy searching for a career field and finding a lifelong association with the U S Army Aviation Branch. I had the opportunity to get into the farming business with my father but finding all the hard work that is involved I decided to enlist in the army and attend the flight training program and work at a career in aviation. This life story begins with enlistment basic training flight school and a life in the flying world. It covers two deployments to Vietnam each was one year in length a segment with the Iowa and Alabama Army National Guard and sixteen years of being stationed at the home of army aviation Fort Rucker Alabama. I was a ground and flight simulator instructor for a civilian contractor Flight Safety International following my retirement from the military. I also worked with a FAR part 135 Charter company in Iowa. With that company I flew Piper Azetec Navaho Cessna 182 210 340 402 and 414. I also flew a Skymaster part-time. I was assigned duties as chief pilot for them. My last assignment was with Simcom Training Centers in Scottsdale Arizona; Miami Florida; and Orlando Florida. While I worked with them I had duties of ground flight simulator and aircraft flight instruction. I was also selected as assistant training center manager ultimately ending up my career as the director of business of Jet Training in Miami Florida. Simcom was a FAR Part 142 Training Center. After leaving them in 2002 I moved to Iowa for a life of retired living. Some of the photos have dates of 2015 on them. This was when I made copies of the originals. All the dates places and facts are accurate to the best of my memory.</span></p>