by Bo E.
I grew up a Navy kid living around P-3s
most of my childhood. My dad worked as a tactical officer on P-3s, and I've
always had a soft spot for “his” plane. This was in the days of the Cold War,
and while I didn’t get the implications at the time, I remember thinking that the P-3 was a great plane and how it always brought my dad home safe and sound. I
liked the plane so much that I would search high and low at shops for models
and toys of P-3s, but they were always hard to find. Although, once I found a
kit that had the stickers for one of the squadrons my dad served in. That was
the centerpiece of my collection.
Having gone on to work at the company that
makes the P-3 has always been one of the intangible parts of working for
Lockheed Martin. It generates a sense of pride no other company can offer. Few
other jobs would have given me the chance to get near P-3s in the course of
work.
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| "I've always had a soft spot for Dad's plane." |
