The Party is Over

June, 1986

The first CDR on a Military type program, the big guns from McDonnell Douglas were there, some fresh faces from the Navy, including some Navair types and of course, the APPH contingent.

The work had been done, the presentation polished and all that was left was the delivery, which was reasonably smooth, a funny moment or two, especially when Uncle Phil stood at the front of the room and faced the wrong way all through his part of the presentation.

I was there for support on the FEA, loads and support reactions, so I sat quietly to one side and relaxed, it was, for the first time, a proud moment to be working on a program of this magnitude and definitely a team effort.

Along the way, peoples lives had been changed, and I'm sure that my experience was not unique and in retrospect, all the angst and heartache that the previous eighteen months had brought into my life had been more than balanced by the love, joy and good old fashioned excitement that the experience had brought.