by Larry F.
I was involved in the schedule of the YC-130 and knew when
it would make its first flight. So I sneaked off my job and ran to the top of Building
66 and was just in time to see the first C-130 blast off and into the sky. Another
man was standing not far away, and we both grinned and congratulated each other.
He was Robert E. Gross. Later when I was involved in the providing technical
assistance to Kawasaki and Mitsubishi for the manufacturing of the T-33
Shooting Star, P-2V Neptune and F-104 Starfighter, Mr. Gross was at a Mitsubishi
cocktail party and I reminded him of the YC-130 flight many years before and
many miles away. He said he did! I was very pleased.
