by Danny L.
Upon graduating
from University of California, Berkeley in 1963, I was interviewed by Steve
Temshiv for a stress analysis position on the F-111 program in Fort Worth at
the then-General Dynamics plant. Steve was concerned that I would not leave
California, but was reassured when he found that I was originally from South
Dakota. My two job offers were Fort Worth with a defense draft deferment or
Vietnam with the United States Army. Ken Hensley, my first lead and lifelong
friend, asked me to get engine mount drawings from the designer and determine
if the size was right. "How do I do
that?" I asked. Ken replied, "Just
use what you learned in college," and so I did and continued to do for
44 years. The company never did learn that I was amazed that they would pay me
for playing with airplanes.
