Wow Don, that is a great bit of Inside Baseball. Watched all the BBC drama on this topic over the years but never really new anything about her first husband. Thanks for that addition….mgb From: Donald Steuer <steuerfamily@aol.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2025 12:10 PM To: mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com Cc: HeloBubbas <helobubbas@helobubbas.com> Subject: [Helobubbas] Re: VT-1 Solo Instructors-Summerdale, AL Earl Spencer went on to be the first CO at NASNI (then called NAS San Diego). He was the first husband (1916-1927) of Wallis Simpson. He and Simpson divorced and she later she went on to marry King Edward the VIII after he had abdicated the throne of England. On Nov 14, 2025, at 10:48 AM, <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> > <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> > wrote: <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02i6r7YvgviPNJGBd7JHcFTaD6A2oKU1EAGj68WeL3jBQ5ucdvRvjEeuNbWwyzGbZzl&id=100064070529204> https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02i6r7YvgviPNJGBd7JHc... This picture reminds me of Summerdale in Fall of 1971 where you did your solo flights in the “Tiny Winny.” The instructor would get out and sit in the shade adjacent to a small building like this in the center of the old airfield and keep track of their students in the pattern……..I suspect the picture if someplace more central to Pensacola, but the same principal…..waiting to fly or keeping track of your students…mgb <https://www.google.com/maps/place/Summerdale,+AL/@30.4828044,-87.7207961,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x889a129f7351c5f3:0x525940bf8f4ad623!8m2!3d30.4876954!4d-87.6997094!16zL20vMHBndzc?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D> https://www.google.com/maps/place/Summerdale,+AL/@30.4828044,-87.7207961,13z... CDR Mike Brattland, USN (Ret.) <mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mailto:mgbrattland@brattland.org> mgbrattland@brattland.org Admin/Moderator SanDiegoCarGuys List & Calendar of Events <mailto:sandiegocarguys@brattland.org> sandiegocarguys@brattland.org 619 454-0496 ’38 Willys 2 Dr Sedan Webmaster for <http://www.brattland.org/> www.brattland.org <http://www.overthehillgang.com/> www.overthehillgang.com <http://www.overdrivehotrodnews.com/> www.overdrivehotrodnews.com <http://www.gerlecreek.org/> www.gerlecreek.org <http://www.helobubbas.com/> www.helobubbas.com <http://www.prowlers.org/> www.prowlers.org <http://www.gerlecreek.com/> www.gerlecreek.com <http://www.ford6vcarburetion.com/> www.ford6vcarburetion.com <http://www.westcoastwillysclub.com/> www.westcoastwillysclub.com <http://www.nssha.org/> www.nssha.org <http://www.nhahistoricalsociety.org/> www.nhahistoricalsociety.org <https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/> https://sh60fhoas.nhahistoricalsociety.org/ _______________________________________________ Helobubbas mailing list -- <mailto:helobubbas@helobubbas.com> helobubbas@helobubbas.com To unsubscribe send an email to <mailto:helobubbas-leave@helobubbas.com> helobubbas-leave@helobubbas.com