Hi Folks

The Gordon Bethune thread is interesting; he is a fellow watch collector & I run into him at conventions several times a year, I never even think of him as having anything to do with flying, he is just another collector to me.

On the other hand, I was flying from Kansas City to MCO about 6 or 7 years ago and was in the left hand seat of the centre block of the first row in First Class. I just made the flight & out of breath dropped into my seat next to some older guy, who looked kind of displeased when I sat down. Then one of the FAs almost burst out crying when he handed her his hat to store. Then when the flight took off, all these people came up and asked for his autograph; including a small girl who offered him a book about ballet dancing to sign. I didn't get it & I turned to him & said, "You don't look like a ballet dancer" and he burst out laughing; it turned out he was a coach for some US football team, I think his name was Landry or something.

Good Luck
James

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