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Stephen Matthews

Hello dear reader,
Lets see; left in ‘65’ as a C+ student without much enthusiasm for education. Ended up learning trigonometry from a German immigrant at Aeroquip, (learned nothing from Ms Morehead in 11th grade trig-many of you may share that sentiment) then on to Mechanical Products as a band press set up specialist, mostly female workers at the time – they taught me a great deal, never bust a zipper in a plant full of women, ‘embarrassment’ took on a whole new meaning. On to JCC for a just over a year, then in a fit of irresponsibility off to California (Long Beach) with the Crosthwaite’s (Jeff, Hal and Bruce) in a 65 Chevy Sport Impala. Also a little guy named Steve Barton who kept trying to smoke pot seeds, truly strange fellow. Learned how to mill door handles at Douglas Aircraft for DC-9s to put bread and booze on the table. Took up smoking – BIG mistake, repented 20 years later.
While in Long Beach I began flying lessons in a Cessna 150 but after 5 months we were disappointed and bored with Calif., so returned to good old Michigan in a 63 MGA with no top – of course it rained all through Albuquerque.
Completed my flying at Reynolds Field, (Lake Aviation for those of you who remember such things) and was drafted. At the time you were either in college or in the service. Became a helicopter pilot, did 13 months in Viet Nam, came back (in one piece) as an instructor at Ft. Knox in Kentucky. Left the Army, married Mary Kostielney and managed to land a job at Consumers Power (Consumers Energy now). Worked hard, went back to school for a BS in business and picked up a Commercial aviation license. Next came two children, boy, girl, then a beagle and cat – I won’t mention the Volvo sedan we had for years. I worked my way up to program manager here at the utility and look forward to a pleasant retirement in 2 to 5 years.

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