My Life in Aviation

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 Life Long 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.