This is how Ted and Barbara Brettell met. 
It was October 1957. It was a new job 
for Barbara, a young airline named Mohawk.
Ted  joined in  March  of '57. 

A short time later Mohawk opened a 
new base at Utica, NY, so naturally 
the two junior crews were based there.  
Ted  was a co-pilot back then, plus 
Ops personnel, became more than good 
friends, they became family. 

They started out on the DC3 and then 
onto the Convairs 240's, 440's, 
Martin 404's and BAC 111.


Ted left Mohawk to fly for Northeast 
Airlines, then a 2 month stint with  
Peter, Paul and Mary, then Saturn 
Airways based in San Antonio. 

It was at Saturn where Ted met Bob Love. 
He was a check airman and he rated 
Ted in the DC- 7  & 7C. After Saturn 
Ted joined ONA, thanks to Bob, as a 
captain on the DC-7 then on to DC-9, 
DC 8's,DC10 -  After ONA, Ted went on 
to United Air Carriers and he checked 
out on the B 747.  Based at NY, Saudi 
Arabia, Greece and Ireland, where he 
had another set of close friends, that 
became family. 
 
Ted had his wings clipped in 1986 at 
that dreaded age 60!! Then found a new 
home with the FAA. 
While at the FAA he then got rated on 
the A320 and Falcon 50. 

Ted retired September 2000.


Barbara stayed with Mohawk and became 
second in seniority and before leaving, 
did the crew scheduling for the stews 
in the EWR base.

Barb left Mohawk in 1967 to become a 
Broker Associate for a local Realtor 
in Mountain Lakes, NJ and is still 
currently plying that trade, in fact 
she is still very successful in the 
house selling business.

Barb lost her dad in 1967, her mom in 
1974 and was down to one cousin 
(Pat) in California.  Now,  thanks to 
Ted, Barb has a rather large family 
consisting of 2 sisters, aunts & 
uncles, nieces & nephews & many 
cousins.



Ted lost his first love, Jane, after 
46 years of marriage.  Ted has two 
daughters  Sherry and Wendy.  Ted 
also has two sister's, Marie (Mahwah),
and Joan (Tinton Falls), who has a 
daughter Laurie, and sons Scott and 
Mark.  

Mark, an ordained minister, on May 2, 
2004 joined Ted and Barbara in 
marriage at Mark's mothers home.



The happy couple is still waiting 
for the time to go on a honeymoon.  
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We wish all our families and friends,  
both on the ground and in the air much 
happiness and God speed, says Ted & Barb.




"It now appears that we will be able to 
go on a honeymoon around the end of 
May. Well, we had to try it out for 
the first year to make sure it would  
work out OK so now that we have 
successfully completed the first 
year of this union we can complete 
the marriage by taking a honey moon.



Regards to all our friends and  
hope we will see you all soon.



Ted & Barbara Secola"




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