Thread: The First Air Force One

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My first flight was on a Connie from Dayton, Ohio to NYC with a stop In Pittsburgh, I believe in 56. Changed airports and boarded a DC 3 to Worcester, Mass. That was the worst flight I was ever on. There was some severe turbulence between NYC and Worcester and the plane was bouncing around in the sky and of course somebody got sick. My Mom and I were sitting on the port side all the way front, 2 seats on the port side and only one on the starboard and the only carpet was in the aisle. The plane was going up and down and someone in the back got sick and missed the barf bag and every time the plane would go down the barf would come up between the seats and every time it gained altitude the barf would head towards the back. It didn't take long before it was quite a mess and stunk to high heaven. Neither Mom or I got sick enough to throw up and I was over joyed when we finally touched down in Worcester

I never met anyone who was overjoyed to be in Worcester, MA!... of course that must've been a LLLOOOOOOOoonnngggg time ago!

Originally Posted by 34_40

I never met anyone who was overjoyed to be in Worcester, MA!... of course that must've been a LLLOOOOOOOoonnngggg time ago!

I believe 1956 and it was the closet to Fitchburg as I remember. I had an aunt that lived in Fitchburg.

3 Bobs, I bet that was hard to watch. That's some neat history there.

By then we just about had everything shut down as far as the squadron went. Iceland REALLY, REALLY, SUCKS! So we were ready to get off the rock. My next duty station was Travis AFB in Fairfield Ca. As you could imagine it was a "Ready Set Go" attitude at that point. I would of jumped on the dozer and pushed it in the pit still on fire if I thought I could leave quicker! LOL

It was a job and these things were flying antiques even then. I have hundreds of hours on them flying from Iceland to England to Scotland and then to the home base at Homestead AFB in Miami Florida. We made the trip just about every two weeks so I was ready to become a Jet Jokey on the 141's and turn that page of my life. Seems to me that everyone was just amused at the whole incident. No biggie at the time. LOL I was engine run qualified and must admit I had a good time running up those smoke belching oil puking Pratt and Whitneys R3350 engines. Quite an experience.

Thanks for all of your guys's service and sacrifices!!!!