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2. Interesting Reading...
Click here if you are a Veteran of the US Armed Forces...
Click here to read about my interesting experience in my new job in 1974 (3-page printable PDF article) - "My First Week at My New Job"
Click here to see the article I wrote describing my service in the US Army in the mid-1960s (12-page printable PDF file) - "My Military Service"
Click here to see the article written about me in the November 8, 2023, edition of the Livermore Independent (2-page printable PDF file) - "Retiring Pilot Completes His 700th Flight with Young Eagles"
Click here to see the Gordon Joinville article I wrote (17-page printable PDF file) - "Gordon Joinville - A City of San Mateo Fallen Hero"
3. My 49-Star American Flag and Pawn Stars
Read the article I wrote on how I was filmed for an episode of Pawn Stars
Click here for the story (2-page printable PDF file).
Younger son - Engineer at Solidign in
Folsom, California, and college graduate (BS in Management) at Menlo College in Atherton, California
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Aviation
Last Flight: Friday, May 1, 2026
This morning, I rented a Cessna 172 from one of the FBOs at Livermore Airport and flew my final flight as a pilot.
It was a beautiful send-off, with touch-and-go landings at Stockton and Tracy Airports. I logged 1.2 hours on this flight.
After more than 60 years in the air, this marks my last flight as Pilot-in-Command (PIC). I am hanging it up as a pilot. I have no regrets. I’ve checked all the boxes, including:
Lifelong friendships and acquaintanceships with other pilots and customers
Nine owned aircraft...and a whole lot of fun!
More than 6,600 hours as PIC (including over 2,600 hours instructing others)
FAA Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, single- and multi-engine land
FAA Flight Instructor certificate with single-engine, multi-engine, and instrument ratings
FAA Commercial Pilot privileges for single-engine sea and gliders
Recipient of the FAA Wright Brothers "Master Pilot" Award
Over 700 Young Eagles flights
Flights across the United States, border to border and coast to coast
... and through it all, I have had no accidents and no violations on my record
All good things must come to an end. I’m grateful to be retiring from being a pilot and a flight instructor on my own terms. I may have had a few more years left in me, but I’d rather step away now than wishing I had done it earlier.
Aviation has always been a part of my life. In many ways, it has been my life.
