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SENIORITY LIST by courtesy Duane Delk ![]() On Aug 72 I was transfered to KFFO which is at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH on the Logair contract. I remained there until I was furloughed on Aug 74. A career on vintage prop transports DUANE DELK ![]() I was hired by ONA on 11 Nov 71 and was based at KNGU, Norfolk NAS, VA flying the L-188 on the Navy Quicktrans contract. ![]() ![]() Porter PierceI see that you have a site for Porter Pierce. I have a story about meeting Porter at ONA. We were on a Horse Charter to LAX in the L-188 and were talking and I said that I was from Florida. He said that he was also. I asked him where in Florida was he from, and he said Elfers. I said you have to be kidding me, I didn't know any of the boys from Elfers got enough education to know how to fly airplanes. Then I told him that I was from Palm Harbor. Then I asked him if he knew my wife who was Shirley Burney before we were married. He said not only do I know her, but I used to ride home from the movie with her Daddy, who ran the projector at the movie in New Port Richey. Then I came to realize that I knew his sister Joy Pierce who was older than him. I thought that this might show how small the world is. |
![]() SAM CULPEPPER These are photos of an Electra training class, March 1969. Graduations were commonly held at The Owl, a local "watering hole". Squatting front left Front row left to right 1. FEO Earl Spagenberg 2. Ted Moore 3. FEO Jim Basham RIP 4. Byron "Roger" Harlow 5. Frank Schooley Second row 6. 7. FEO George Coit RIP 8. 9. Two people standing far back left to right 10. 11. ![]() ![]() |
Amazing ONA Crew! The Charleston Community Band ![]() French Horn instrumentalist DUANE DELK |
The Charleston Community BandMusic has been a great part of my life. Up until about two years ago I did a lot of singing. One of my claims to fame was that I sang for a wedding in Sondrestrom Greenland when I was flying KC-97's in the USAF and we were pulling Alert there! Over the years I sang in the Chorus with the Tampa,FL Philharmonic Orchestra, the Springfield, MA Symphony Orchestra and the Oklahoma City Opera Chorus. I played the French Horn in High School 1947-1949. I didn't play it again until 1996 when I joined the Charleston Community Band. I play the same Horn that I had in High School. Our Band is pretty good. We have between 60 and 70 people in the Band. Rehearsal of the Charleston Community Band Greetings from Duane Delk! Load down a fun music file! Seattle Airline Collectibles Show |
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In addition to Logair I flew a lot of adhoc charters to |
I mentioned that I had flown C-97's with the Oklahoma ANG and when I finally got around to clicking on Guard C-97's, guess what came up! Aircraft 53-218 which was in the Squadron I was in at Westover AFB, MA the 384th Air Refueling Sqdn. from 1958 till 1963. We had consecutive Aircraft 53-218 through 53-238. I also was in McMinville, OR going to DC-8 School with Evergreen Intl in 1989 when the Aircraft was a restaurant there. I just thought this was interesting. |
![]() Caribe Hilton San Juan, Puerto Rico Prior to my employment with ONA I was in the USAF for twenty years as an Aircraft Mechanic and Flight Engineer. My last assignment in the Airforce was as an Advisor to the Oklahoma Air National Guard at Will Rodgers World Aprt at OKC. While I was there was when I found out about ONA. Also Ted Moore and Bryon Harlow were Flight Engineer's on the Guard C-97's. So I got to give them check rides. ![]() Lockheed L-188 Electra N284F at JFK in 1973 When I was hired by ONA I was working full time for the Airforce Reserve at Charleston AFB,SC flying C-141"s as an Instructor Engineer. One Thursday night FEO Roy Harrison came through KCHS on a Quicktrans flight and called me at home and wanted to know if i would like to go to work for ONA. I said "yes", took leave from my civil service job and reported to JFK for ground school. ![]() LOGAIR operations at Wright-Patterson ended in 1992. Some of my favorite Capt's were Bill Fox, Ron Richardson, Neff Dee, Earl Howe and ...
![]() Duane made several trips in December of 1988 from Gothenburg Sweden to Belem, Brazil flying the CL-44 with Aeron Int'l Airlines, which was formerly AirExpress International. {AEI}. ![]() Eldorado International Airport, Bogota, Colombia
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