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Major George Langfield passed away several years ago. We will always remember him as an outstanding officer, navigator, and personal friend. Both George and his lovely wife Elaine were delightful people with smile and a word of encouragement to others. They were not only wonderful to be around, they are the people who make America great. We are thankful for the good memories they helped to provide. |
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Notes: Jim Larkins retired as a Colonel from the USAF in August 1973 after a career that spanned 30 1/2 years. He then worked from 1973 to 1977 as an Account Executive for Merrill Lynch. From 1977 to 1980 he went to the University of Texas at Austin and received a Law Degree. From 1981 to 1986 he worked for the Texas Water Commission in Austin as an Administrative Law Judge. Colonel Larkins is a Life Member of The Order of Daedalians. Colonel James R. and Mrs. (Frances) Larkins reside at: |
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1157 Sheraton Drive |
Phone: (931) 528-6257 |
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In November 1981, Charlie Heifner retired as a Colonel from the USAF after 27+ years of service. He then worked for Lockheed Martin for over 17 years until his retirement in May 1998. He was the Lockheed C-130 Program Director for the Royal Saudi Air Force technical service contract at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. During his last assignment for Lockheed Martin at Marietta, Georgia he was the technical marketing support representative for the C-130J in Business Development. Colonel Heifner is a life member of The Order of Daedalians. |
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Colonel Charles T. and Mrs. (Bettye) Heifner reside at: |
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3000 Asheton Place, NE |
Phone: (770) 971- 0003 |
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"Skiing the Ice Cap" |
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Postscript: Subject: Ice Cap Story Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 16:10:43 -0500 Dear Nolan, Attached is a story of a flight to the Ice Cap that was a memorable one for several people, Jim Larkins and me in particular. After you read it you may consider making it available on the Firebird web site. You already have a similar story there but I believe they landed open snow. In our case, we decided not to land open snow because we suspected that the severe weather and strong winds had blown the surface into sustrugi (sp) waves to the extent that we could damage the skis. Jim and I decided to write the story a couple of years ago after receiving an open solicitation from The Order of Daedalians who had decided to publish a book entitled, The Legacy of Daedalus - War Stories and Flying Tales. The book was published by Turner Publishing Company, copyright 2000. The story we submitted (attached) is printed on ppg. 164-167. A couple of comments about the story. We knew that the reader would probably have a knowledge of aviation but would know little about the C-130, and would know zip about the C-130D and the ski mission. We tried to write the story in such a way that it would be interesting to the reader and not leave unanswered questions about the mission. Had we written the story solely for Firebirds to read on the web page we would have written it quite differently. Looking back, after all these years I can't believe we did some of the things we did, and lived to tell about it. Neither do I believe anyone will be as excited when reading the story as Jim and I because, not only did it happen to us, it still seems like it happened last month. The nice thing about a story like this is that many readers on the Firebird web site may have similar experiences. I welcome any and all comments and questions regarding the story. One last note, this one about the "Notes" at the end of the attached story. The attached story is word for word as we submitted it to Turner Publishing Co. They did not publish the Notes at the end of the story. They did give credit to the authors at the beginning of the story, however. Squeaky landings, Charlie |