David Diamond:  

Life It’s hard to believe I’m old enough to have aircraft I flew in museums, but it’s happened. A Beechcraft T34-C TurbineMentor I flew as a student in VT-2 is now a static display aircraft on a stick in Brewton, Alabama and a Kaman SH-2F Seasprite I flew in HSL-30 is on display at a museum in Ruston, Louisiana. After over 30 moves in 42 years, in 2006, I made what I hope will be my final move to a small town near Orlando, FL. After High School, I returned to New Orleans for college at Tulane University where I earned my BS in Psychology and a commission in the Navy through the NROTC program and then spent 20 1/2 years in the Navy and Navy Reserve. While in the Navy, I flew the SH-2F Seasprite helicopter out of Norfolk, VA and served on two sea duty staffs in Charleston, SC and Norfolk, VA. I finished my Active Duty career as a helicopter flight instructor at Whiting Field near Pensacola, FL. I went in the Navy Reserve in 1998 and returned to graduate school at the University of West Florida for my MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. I finished my degree and had started a Doctoral program in Performance Technology when I was recalled to Active Duty as a helicopter flight instructor. During the recall, I was selected for Commander and screened for aviation command. I developed vertigo in 2003 which ended my flying career and started a long period of physical evaluations and attempts to cure my vertigo. While the Navy tried to cure me, I served in a Reserve NATO unit near Atlanta and got to go to London for 3 weeks t...Expand for more