Gary Redmayne:  

Here's the update..... After all these years I retired from the same place that I worked at after graduation.... Same place different name. Started as Douglas Aircraft, then McDonnell Douglas and now it's Boeing. Can't believe it's been over 48 years at the same place. Oh, the jobs have changed over the years. I started in January 1967 as a machinist making parts. On and off I have worked on the flight line with the ground support equipment for basically all models from the DC-2 to the MD-11. The last 30 years I've had a desk job in planning,writing the work instructions for others on how to make parts. I've written the work instructions for others too make and assemble parts for the C-17 wings. I ended up on the final assembly line and paint and flight ramp operations. Not much left of the old Douglas Aircraft. Now we only build one aircraft, the C-17 here in Long Beach. It looks like the end of the C-17 line here in Long Beach at the end of 2015. Mary and I finally made it to retirement this year.. I spent a few years in the Army also. Being a machinist at Douglas, I opted to take an extra year beyond the two that I was ...Expand for more