Thomas Charlton:  

CLASS OF 1961
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Wheeling, WV

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1949~1951, 1st ~ 2nd grade, Steenrod Elementary School Back when Steenrod was located up on the hill on Steenrod, Ave. 1951~1955, 3rd ~ 6th grade, Valley Grove Grade School 1955~1957, 7th ~ 8th grade, Triadelphia Junior High School 1957~1959, 9th ~ 10th grade, Triadelphia High School Moved to Wells...Expand for more
burg, WV 1963 ~ 1967 USAF 1967 ~ 1969 Flight instructor / Charter Pilot (Parkersburg, WV) 1969 Married 1969 ~ 1971 Flight instructor (Florida) 1971 ~ 2012 Aerial Mapping Pilot / Flt Operations Mngr. (Florida) 2012 ~ Retired . . . and still married to the same girl that I rescued from Parkersburg<grin>.
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Sanding
Ta, da!
Yesterday 11/29/2020: 
Melody and I flew the trusty seventy four year old Piper Cub down to Sebring Airport and back. It’s a 199 statute mile round trip. (3 hours RT) Other than a bit of fog in the morning the weather could
A tandem / two seat airplane. Passenger in the front and pilot flies from the rear seat.
11/13/2020 @05:32PM, Atlas V, (United Launch Alliance), Space Launch Complex 41, spy satellite for our National Reconnaissance Office.

Melody and I watched from the edge of the Indian River in the vacant lot adjacent to th
The Ohio County Public Library Bookmobile
Valley Grove grade School . . . third through sixth grade. 
I sure remember the bookmobile. I remember checking out some science fiction novel. I found it, and several other SF book
You’ll see a thin wire sticking up in front of the windshield. It’s attached to a cork in the fuel tank. Yup, that’s the fuel gage. 
I have a small battery that needs to be recharged at a hotel every evening to power a hand
Roll-on bag strapped to the front seat, Computer back-pack on the hat shelf behind the pilot seat. In warm weather you can fly with the door open. It wasn’t! 
Loved Las Cruces when we visited a year and a half ago in the mo
One of several reasons I just moved us to Titusville. They have rockets. 

Melody and I headed out early and parked the jeep next to the Indian River and hung out with a few other Space-kadet fan-boys -n- girls. United Laun
My home airdrome: Myakka-Head Airport. 3,000ft north/south grass runway perfect for the Piper J-3 Cub.
I give you . . . “The Morris Sisters”
Melody, Susie and Margie!
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T’was an enjoyable visit yesterday evening and today with Melody’s sisters Margie and Sue and also Margie’s daughter Hope and husband Charlie.
T’was my father’s day dinner:
Sautéed Kielbasa chunks, Steamed red potatoes and Vidalia Onions with a drizzle of ranch dressing and Corn on the cob. All with –more- than a dash of seasoning. Dam . . . just remembered, I for
Just landed. Got the lineman to snap a photo of us. That’s Tony’s restaurant in the background. Note chin strap on my hat . . . it’s blow’n about 20mph.
Here’s a beauty shot I took of my, Pretty Baby, Piper Cub this morning. 

Met up with one of my airport bum buddies this morning and we flew to the Bartow Airport in his airplane. We enjoyed a great breakfast at the restaur
Yup, that’s a small piece of TP stuck to the front of the engine on my Piper Cub. 
Anyone care to guess how it got there? 
And no . . . I didn’t fly too low over the sewage treatment facility!
Husband is not crazy! 
I’ve proof: . . . right here on this invoice by “Nick”, my Honda Service Consultant!
Took our Honda Fit in to check out a possible problem. 
I sez: Wife thinks I’m crazy. 
Nick sez: Hey . . . I see al
Thomas Charlton's album, Timeline Photos
Thomas Charlton's album, Timeline Photos
Thomas Charlton's album, Timeline Photos
Sunday 8/20/2017 we had two Foxes hang’n out in the back yard. 
First brought to our attention by a low growl from our two cats who had been lounging on the lanai. I looked out expecting to see some stray cat snoop’n around
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