Post by jesse on Jan 22, 2009 16:33:41 GMT -5
In looking thru some of my old files, I came across this little certificate that I had long forgotten. In August 1967 I came back home to Roanoke on leave before joining NASA in September. I had some spare time and I still had some of my old WWII G.I. Bill educational allowances left. I decided I would take an instrument refresher course at Woodrum Airport with Wes Hillman. Back when the Pilots License consisted of three separate sheets of 5 x 7 paper, your license, your medical and the third sheet was your ratings and qualifications. In 1950 the license was changed to the present day format on a piece of paper about the size of a credit card. Now they are plastic. My original license number from 1939 was 1457. In the course of machine data processing, the CAA/FAA changed the format to a six digit number, thus I now hold certificate #560567. Today's number are up in the millions. Anyhow, the logo that you see was purloined from American Flyers out of Fort Worth. The blindfolded duck with the headphones and the loop antenna and diploma tucked under the left wing was a classic design. You will also note the A and N range identifiers. Those were fun flying days. Now, too many regulations.
Jesse
Jesse
