Francis Loftus:
CLASS OF 1949
Binghamton North High School (thru 1982)Class of 1949
Binghamton, NY
Roosevelt Elementary SchoolClass of 1943
Binghamton, NY
Francis's Story
Left Binghamton in 1950 when I enlisted in the AF. Wound up staying in the AF and became a fighter pilot which was my dream job. Can't believe I got paid for doing what I would have paid to do. I truly miss my "600 MPH sports car". I retired from the AF in 1972 and attended the University of Texas at Austin and got a Bachelor of Journalism with Honors. Worked for a few years at a small town paper in Texas as sports editor. My work won the paper three Texas Press Assn. awards. Left there and was editor of a sports magazine published by James Street, the quarterback of Texas' national championship team of 1969. James and I agreed to disagree and I went back to flying as a captain for a commuter airline serving Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. Got bored flyin...Expand for more
g straight and level and went to work for Ross Perot's computer services company form which I retired in 1993. Was married in 1956 and we had two children, a girl and a boy. Our girl is now a VP of a computer services company and lives in Annapolis, MD. Our son graduated from the AF Academy and was an AF pilot. He retired from the AF in 2005 as a Lieutenant Colonel C-130 Instructor Pilot. He now works for Lockheed as a simulator instructor at Little Rock AF Base. We lived in suburban Austin, Texas until my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2005 and we moved to Maumelle, Arkansas to be near our son and his family. My wife died of Alzheimer's in my arms at home on September 18, 2012. Would like to hear from old friends and anyone who feels like writing.
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