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Name |
Years in VS29 |
| John Wurth |
1961-1964 |
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1965-1968 |
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| Don M. Barnes |
1966-1968 |
| Walter M. Krupnak |
1963-1964 |
| Elmer Beardshall |
1962-1965 |
| Bob Canepa |
1964-1967 |
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| John Wurth | |
| 1957 | Seaman Apprentice |
| 1957 | Ensign |
| 1959 | LTjg |
| 1961-1964 | VS-29 Safety Officer LT |
| 1964-1965 | USNPGS, MBA -Personnel |
| 1965-1968 | Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C. Project manager - New Production Training Aircraft Selected Aeronautical Engineering Duty Only (AEDO) LCDR |
| 1968-1969 | Officer in Charge of STRAAD (Special Techniques for the Repair and Analysis of Aircraft Damage). Offices: Cubi Point, PI; Danang, SV |
| 1969-1971 | Officer in Charge of the Navy Detachment at the Japan Aircraft Company, Atsugi, Japan |
| 1971-1975 | Executive Officer, Naval Air Rework Facility, Alameda CA CDR |
| 1975-1977 | Commanding Officer, Naval Air Technical Services Facility, Phila. PA |
| 1977 | Retired August 1977, 20 years 7 months of service |
| 1977 | Moved to Kansas and built a home in Goddard, 7 miles west of Wichita |
| 1977-1983 | 1/3 owner and CEO of a chain of 14 nursing homes in Kansas |
| 1979-1983 | 1/3 owner and CEO of 5 Italian restaurants purchased from Pizza Hut |
| 1979-1999 | Built, owned, and operated an 80 room motel in Fort Scott, KS |
| 1979-2000 | 1/3 owner and managing partner of a 7 story office building in downtown Wichita |
| 1983-Present | Own and operate an apartment complex containing 80 apartments in Wichita |
| Children: | Mike and Kendra Hobbs, Atlanta GA Tina (1985), Jessica (1987), and Grant (1988) |
| Bryan and Melinda Easterwood, Andover KS Joel (1993) and Sara (1993) |
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| Craig and Shana Wurth, Austin TX Max (2000) and Leo(2003) |
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| John D. McCorquodale | |
| JULY 1964 | Entered Navy Boot Camp San Diego, Cal. |
| 1964-1965 | Naval Electronics School, Memphis Tenn. |
| OCT 65-JULY 68 | VS-29 AT SHOP and AIR CREW, Crew # 7 |
| AUG 68- JULY 78 | McDonnell Douglas Astor, Combat Weapons Eng. Group, R&D, Dragon, Smaw, and Tow. |
| JULY 78-JULY 81 | Computer Science Corp. KSC, SRB Computer maintenance |
| JULY 81-JULY 83 | Textile Instrumentation Shop Supervisor/Computer Hardware Supervisor. Graniteville S.C. |
| 83 - 2004 | McDonnell Douglas/Boeing, Tomahawk, Jdam, Space Lab/Space Station, KSC. |
| 2004 - Until | Retired , Home working for Kathie completing, Honey do? |
| MAY 1971 | Married Kathleen Milczewski, Millbrook, New York |
| Two children James and Julie | |
| Don M. Barnes | |
| Nov. 64 | Entered Navy Boot Camp Great Lakes, Ill. |
| Feb.- Oct.65 | Naval Electronics School, Memphis Tenn. |
| Feb.66-Nov.68 | VS-29 AT SHOP and Flight Deck trouble Shooter |
| Jan.69-Jan.70 | AT&T Longlines White Plains N.Y. |
| Jan. 70-Apl. 80 | New York Telco., Bronx, N.Y. |
| Apl. 80-Apl. 86 | Debar Business Services Inc. Middletown, N.Y. |
| Apl.86-Jan.99 | New York Air National Guard, Newburgh, N.Y. |
| May 2000-Present | Retired from Middletown, N.Y. to Niceville, Fl. |
| Walter M. Krupnak VS-29 E5 (AT2 and AX2) 1963 and 1964 | |
| 11/60 | Entered USN |
| 3/61 | Entered USN Aviation Electronics School NAS Memphis, TN |
| 11/61 | Graduated AT school Honorman of class |
| 12/61 | Assigned to AEWBARRONPAC NAS Barbers Pt. HI |
| 11/62 | Assigned to VS-41 ( aircrew and electronic systems schools) |
| 4/63 | Assigned to VS-29 ( Assigned to Lt. Beardshall's crew/Avionics) |
| 12/64 | Separated from USN after WESTPAC 64 |
| 1/65-4/66 | Electronic engineering degree Onondaga college and Syracuse Univ. |
| 12/66 | Married Carmella Capria (Still married to the same great woman today) |
| 5/66 | General Electric Radar circuit designer Military Electronics Department Syracuse, NY |
| 7/69-8/71 | Attended Onondaga Flight school Obtained FAA commercial, instrument, multi engine, flight instructor ratings |
| 6/72 | Started a flight school (WACAAIR) in Syracuse NY |
| 9/87 | Krupnak family moved to Klamath Falls, Or. for General Electric to help install and test the west coast Over The Horizon (OTH) Radar system |
| 10/95 | Lockheed Martin Albuquerque, NM. Avionics engineer |
| 12/98 | US Gov. (Pilot and electronics engineer for unmanned aircraft (Predators) |
| 2/05 | Consultant engineer and pilot UAV projects--- US Naval Post Graduate School |
| Present | Consultant engineer and pilot USNPGS |
| Live in Klamath Falls OR. Married. Would like to hear from
any Tromboners. Contact:
Walter Krupnak 541 850 2051 |
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| 2 children Son Jeffrey married-Math professor UNev Reno Daughter married Klamath County Sherriff's Dept. 1 Granddaughter |
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| Aviation Resume |
Aviation Resume 1960 - USN Aviation Electronics Tech. School - Honorman of Class 1961-1962 - Assigned to AEW BarronPac NAS Barbers Pt. Hawaii. Became an Electronics Crew On EC121K super constellation. 1963-1964 - Assigned to VS-41 for aircrew training and Avionics repair Transferred to VS-29 AT shop. Designated AirCrew and assigned to Crew with Lt. Beardshall 1969- Started Pilot training at Onondaga Flight School, Cicero, NY. 1969- Private pilot ASEL 1970- Commercial/ Instrument 1972- Multi-engine Rating 1973- CFI rated 2019 -Awarded the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for 50 years of dedicated service to avaiation safety.  |
| Elmer Beardshall | |
| 1956-1960 | NROTC University of South Carolina, Midshipman Battalion Commander |
| 1960-1962 | USNATC VT1, VT4 (1 week-got kicked out), VT2, VT3, VT5, VT27 LTJG Married Ann H. Hardy 12/23/61 |
| 1962 | VS41 North Island San Diego CA |
| 1962-1965 | VS 29 North Island San Diego CA LT |
| 1965-1966 | USNPGS Monterey CA MBA Management/Data Processing |
| 1966-1968 | VT9 Meridian MS (Diagnosed with incurable Cystinuria) |
| 1968-1969 | ComCruDesFlot2 Newport RI (released 8/69) LCDR |
| 1969-1976 | Kurt Salmon Associates Atlanta GA (Consultants to Apparel/Textiles) |
| 1976-1994 | Stevens Sportwear Hattiesburg MS 1986 - AHB awarded Ph.D. in Psychology at Univ. S. Miss. |
| 1994-2002 | Scruggs & Associates Hattiesburg MS (ERP, MRP Software) |
| 2002 | Retired, self employed. EWB - Computer Services (web sites and databases) AHB - Biological Statistician Hattiesburg MS |
| Two children, Linsley Ann (1965)- Systems Analyst AT&T
Atlanta GA, William Hardy (1967) - V.P. Liquid Frameworks Houston TX Four grandchildren |
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