TIME FLYS WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN

Allow me to say straight off that, unlike most of you, I never grew up.  It's important that you understand that.  After graduation I moved to Lubbock; got a job pumping gas and enrolled in Texas Tech.  Sitting in class looking out the window I thought, "What a bunch of crap."  I had no interest in education, career, money or in fact, anything I saw around me.  So, US Army here I come.
Basic and Advanced infantry at Ft. Ord, CA.  Jump school and assigned to the 2nd/503rd of the 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg.  I no sooner unpacked than we were ordered to Okinawa as a Rapid Deployment force.  On leave before deployment, I met Carolyn in Lubbock.  In the spring of 1960, we were engaged and I left for 26 months of saving Asia from communism.  My outfit was later redesignated the 173rd and made history.
August 26th, 1962 I married Carolyn.  She was a class of '59 graduate of Highland Park in Dallas.  We lived in Lubbock where I again tried college.  No change, so I quit again.  Carolyn worked and supported us while I tried working.  After multiple failures, I determined I was unemployable.  I had developed an interest in flying early in life, so I decided, if I can't work maybe I can fly.  Life has never been about money for me.
For the next 2+years, Carolyn worked while I flew.  In 1964 we moved to El Paso to pursue my flying.  In the meantime, our son Devlan was born.  I flew from can to can't, anything, anytime, anywhere while I continued to upgrade my licenses.  By the end of 1965, I had the minimum requirements for the airlines.  I started sending applications.  I interviewed with Delta and they hired me in December.  I finally found someone that appreciated me.
I spent the next 20 years flying for Delta.  Over my years of flying, I have flown most of the more common light planes.  I have owned four, including a Bonanza and Cessna 310.  The 310 is a twin-engined aircraft that I converted into a flying camper which we explored the Bahamas, Mexico, and Central America in.  (More on this later.)  For Delta, I flew the Convair 340/440.  The Douglas DC-6, DC-7, DC-8, DC-9.  The Boeing B-727, and Lockheed L-1011.  In the first ten years, I was a Second Officer and First Officer.  The last ten I was a Captain.  I have Flight Engineers licenses for turbine and piston aircraft, Flight Instructors rating, Multi-engine Airline Transport Rating with a type rating.  I was 25 years old when Delta hired me.  Only two other pilots were that young.  I had finally found a way to make a living for my family without working.
To be continued...
Marshall Kimbrough-Warren