About shortfinals………
Aviation specialist? Yes, BUT…..lots of other interests and some skills of note. Expect references to Victorian literature, cookery, library science (a.k.a ‘L space’), science fiction, cartoons of the 19th and 20th century, allohistory, industrial archeology, World War Two, museums, air shows and much more. Watch out for the ocassional comment on the sad state of English cricket, and the complex fortunes (pun intended) of the New York Yankees (my late father-in-law was a ‘farm hand’ for the team in the 1930s!)
Your late father-in-law was there for the opener? Didn’t Yankee stadium open in 1929 to a packed house where George Herman Ruth hit a long ball? I wrote an article about it not too long ago.
In September I went on a guided tour in the archives of the Babe Ruth Museum, it was incredible.
Have you ever been to that? I’m sure you know, he grew up in Baltimore here.
You have an awful lot of knowledge…and interests.
I don’t know if Lou was there for the opener. He was from CT, and would have been a youngster. He played for a farm team in the South just before the war, and then went into the Service. My knowledge comes from about four different careers *chuckle*, including being a museum curator at one stage. Glad to see you returning to the blog. Oh, and my last cricket bat (which I brought with me, as a reminder of my playing days) weighs 3lb 14oz…….
Oh Yeah, I meant to tell you that I got to hold one of his bats..
it was big and heavy.