OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS
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 AUGUST 14, 2006 Deirdre Jones Weingarden was married to Carroll Jones from 1972- 1981. Deirdre saw his picture on Ed Kaye´s webpages of the ONA going out of business party to Dominican Rep. |
A LAST GOODBYE FROM CAPTAIN GEORGE FLAVELL I remember Carroll Jones very well, he was a fine pilot and an enjoyable crewmember to fly with. I last spoke with him when he was a Douglas Aircraft DC-10 Captain as was I. We accidently crossed paths on a layover in Lagos, Nigeria when we discovered our mutual positions. He was leaving the next morning for London and I was leaving for New York. We spent several hours and a few "Star Beers" toasting the people of ONA. Regards, George Flavell The Final Flight © By Patty L. Hamon I watched a shooting star as it raced across the sky. I was awestruck by it's beauty in the darkness of the night. Surrounding it like diamonds, like tiny twinkling lights, a million shining brothers witnessing it's flight. Sometimes in the evening I will stand outside my door and admire the peaceful heavens and I'll glimpse a shooting star. I'll wonder at it's glory and the nature of all things, at the silence of it's dying and sweet sadness, it's death brings. When the angels look down on us as we go about our lives, to them, a fleeting moment like the shooting stars, we spy, will our passing go unnoticed into the darkest night? Will we be a brilliant beacon, like that star on it's last flight? Lord, I want to shine that brightly and like moths drawn to a flame, bring others to Your mercy and honor to Your name. And when my days are finished may You look upon my life like a glorious shooting star as I take my final flight. |