Yeah, that's it. I grew up in the village of Scotia, NY, a part of the
township of Glenville, both also in Schenectady County, just across the
Mohawk River from the city of Schenectady.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:57 PM Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Could be. When I flew into there in 1977 it was called Schenectady
> County Airport.
>
> >
> >One of my first flights ever was via NYANG C-97 to Wright-Patterson field
> >in Ohio to go to the Air Force Museum, somewhere around 1969. It was a
> >Civil Air Patrol trip. Departed from the ANG base in the town of
> Glenville,
> >just outside Schenectady. Is this the same place into which you flew?
> >
> >On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 6:19 AM Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, I have one. Back in 1977 I was in the process of leaving
> active
> >> duty. I had been accepted for graduate school at Penn State and had an
> >> application pending to fly EC-130's for the Pennsylvania ANG (PANG). I
> >> flew a C-130H up to Schenectady, New York to deliver a casket with the
> >> remains of a poor fellow who had died in a HALO jump, along with the
> escort
> >> to take it to Long Island. While there I got to see the New York ANG's
> >> C-130D's, the ski-equipped versions that served the DEW line in Canada
> and
> >> Greenland. I mentioned that I was leaving active duty to attend
> graduate
> >> school and fly with PANG. They offered me a position right there.
> >
>
> Chris
>
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