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Monday, November 5, 2012

Misc - HL 146 (1)


Tribute to Gib:


Date: 11/2/2012 4:12:55 PM


Subject: Gib Hanson

Hi, Carol - Sorry to hear about Gib - we knew each other pretty well - at the time....but it has been a long time..

Some factoids about Gib....he was a master ("cabinet-maker) carpenter - his house, on or near Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, was filled, I gather, with splendid examples of his work. He had a photographic memory - I sat beside him throughout initial ground school on the DC-9 (NE days) in 1968...he would appear to be sleeping half the time, then suddenly raise his hand to correct the instructor on some tiny error about small mechanical things we were covering! He told me he officially had the "photo" memory.

Last time I saw him was when getting on the employee bus at Logan - which took us to OPS from the lot.

He was getting off, seemed pretty upset, and told me he was coming back early from a trip - and said his arms had suddenly begun to wave around uncontrollably - he obviously had something serious and could not continue in the cockpit.

That was perhaps in ''71 or '72 - or somewhat later. I wished him well, and that's the last time I saw him - and never heard any follow-up from anybody as to what his medical problem was, or what became of him.

Regards - Mike Wood

DAL - ret. 1995

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