Finished  a  kinda long  term project  today. Re-reading The  Ring Trilogy.  Been some time  now but  hard to not see the  boxed  set daily in the  living  room  bookshelf.  Finally  had a  reason  to start but  did not  start at  the  very  beginning , about   half way into Fellowship  the  1st  book.  First  time  was in late  Fall 1969, worst  Winter of my  life  Spangdahlem AB  Germany .  My  sister  Fran  sent me the 1st  printing   ’65 , this  set is  from  ’75 2nd  print.  I’d  been   home  in  Sept  taking  the  Bitburg AB  Gooney  Bird   back to the  USA across the  N  Atlantic  pretty  late in the  year  going   in low and  slow  C-47.  Took a  full week in  weather  delays  at  Scotland, Iceland  and  Greenland  extra  day each.  Finally  had my  32nd  birthday  at   Goose Bay, Labrador over from Sondestrom AB  Greenland 2  day stay. Next   day, Friday,   we  hit  Dow AFB Maine  refuel and into  DC  at  Andrews  AFB  bit  after  dark. Next  AM met  an old  B-57  pilot   friend at   Base Ops  taking  some   Lt Generals  to the  Academy  for a Saturday   game  by  way of  St Louis  McDonald  plant . Ole ‘Black Jack’ Lowry OKd me to tag along  in  the  VIP  T-37  transport far  as  Peterson AFB  but  on my own to CA from there. Not  that much traffic out  on a  weekend but  got me well along  in 1 day hop.  To be  cont.

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