Finish What You Start: Appreciating The Man That Launched My Flying Career
One of the final trips of my 20-year career was to take Air Force General Ed Eberhart, commander of Northern Command (NORTHCOM) on visits to the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve bases in the southeast and south-central United States. Our planned final stop would be Ellington Field, just south of my hometown of Houston, Texas. As we flew toward New Orleans, I told the other pilot, my good friend Major “Ice” Icenhour, that I learned to fly at LaPorte Municipal Airport, not far from Ellington. He said, “That’s cool! You should call up your old flight instructor!”