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Carl Larsen



                   After  graduation  I  went  on  active  duty  with  the  Navy  and  was  assigned  at  Attack
                   Squadron 15 departing for the USS Intrepid (Yeah, it’s been a museum for over 30 years)
                   for two Vietnam cruises. After our last line period, I left the squadron and flew back as
                   they weren’t sure I had enough active duty time left to return with the ship.

                   After  30  years  with  the  phone  company,  I  retired  as  an  Operational  Support  Systems
                   Supervisor. A few days later I went to work as a consultant with Bellcore on various
                   projects including testing to be sure the telecommunications systems would not come to a
                                                            st
                   halt when the calendar roller over to the 21  century.

                   Next came a few years selling real estate. About that time the Navy was looking for a
                   blimp ground crew, so I applied. They weren’t quite ready for us so I went on the road
                   with a commercial airship in the interim. I left the commercial blimp for the Navy blimp
                   but not before logging some flight time in the commercial airship. After a while I left the
                   Navy crew and joined the Navy Lakehurst Historical Society to do tours on the base and
                   eventually began doing restorations for the Society one of which was a full size replica of
                   the Hindenburg Gondola that was used in the movie Hindenburg.

                   Currently,  in  addition  to  my  Lakehurst  projects,  I  am  a  mission  pilot  and  Operations
                   Officer  of  the  Ocean  Air  Support  Squadron,  flying  missions  in  support  of  the  Ocean
                   County Sheriff.
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