From: Bill Sears <billcsears@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2025 11:50 AM To: skytrainco@protonmail.com Cc: mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com; HeloBubbas <helobubbas@helobubbas.com> Subject: [Helobubbas] Re: VT-1 Solo Instructors-Summerdale, AL No, sir. In 71 I was begging flight time on shore duty in Norfolk. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM skytrainco@protonmail.com <mailto:skytrainco@protonmail.com> <skytrainco@protonmail.com <mailto:skytrainco@protonmail.com> > wrote: Bill, Were you an instructor at VT-1 in the fall of '71 ? CDR Lindsay Blanton, JR USN (RET) 399 Abercorn Circle <https://www.google.com/maps/search/399+Abercorn+Circle+Chapel+Hill,+NC+27516?entry=gmail&source=g> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/399+Abercorn+Circle+Chapel+Hill,+NC+27516?entry=gmail&source=g> Email: skytrainco@protonmail.com <mailto:skytrainco@protonmail.com> Phone 406-471-7259 Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> secure email. On Friday, November 14th, 2025 at 2:08 PM, Bill Sears <billcsears@gmail.com <mailto:billcsears@gmail.com> > wrote: You had to do well or your instructor had no ride back to Saufley.. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM <mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com <mailto:mgbrattland@gerlecreek.com> > wrote: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02i6r7YvgviPNJGBd7JHc... <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02i6r7YvgviPNJGBd7JHcFTaD6A2oKU1EAGj68WeL3jBQ5ucdvRvjEeuNbWwyzGbZzl&id=100064070529204> &id=100064070529204 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... <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> &g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTExMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D 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 -- helobubbas@helobubbas.com <mailto:helobubbas@helobubbas.com> To unsubscribe send an email to helobubbas-leave@helobubbas.com <mailto:helobubbas-leave@helobubbas.com>
