by Diena P.
My dad, mom and their five children moved to
Ft. Worth, Texas, in 1942. Dad started to work for Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
Corporation in September of that year. He bought a house on the west side of
White Settlement in a community called “Liberator Village,” named for the first
aircraft built at the “Bomber Plant,” the B-24 Liberator. My parents raised
their family in that community and Dad worked at the plant for 29 uninterrupted
years. He retired in 1971. The company changed names several times over the
years. It was known as Consolidated, Convair, General Dynamics and lastly,
Lockheed Martin.
I went to work for General Dynamic in 1966 and
worked in every area of the facility, from receiving inspection in the south
end to the electronics building on the flight line. I went to night school and
was promoted to senior quality engineer. I retired in 1997 after 31 years. I
have many service pins earned by my dad, my late husband and myself from all of
the companies listed above. Between the three of us, we worked on every
aircraft built at Ft. Worth from 1942 to 1997.
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| Thanks Dad for the memories and wonderful life! |
