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Spin Zone / Re: Pray for Israel
« on: November 17, 2023, 07:30:48 AM »
Off the subject a little. In 1978 I was an ATC instructor working at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS. At this time we usually had 3 o4 Iranian students in every class. I also did some flight instructing at the base aero club and sometimes flew a Cessna 206 for some shrimp boats chasing parts and whatever else they needed. One Friday night I got a call from the boat scheduler asking if I would be interested in a flight to an airport near Atlanta that night. When I arrived at Gulfport airport I found 3 Irainian female students that had been in my class a few months before. They remembered me and we had a good talk. They had just graduated and wanted to defect to America. During the flight they told me that things were going to hell in a handbasket back in Iran and they knew it would not be good for women and minorities. About 6 months later the Shah abducted and we know what happened next. I dropped them off at a small airport southwest of Atlanta, there were people there to meet them, gave them a good welcome. One lady sat up front with me very interested in the instruments, communications and navigation. I often wondered what has happened to them.