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Hello, my name is Don McMullen
I was born in Oxnard, California. I moved to Port Hueneme when I was 9
years old grew up the oldest of 4 children. I have 2 brothers John &
(Mike) and a
sister Barbara, my parents were Roy & Opal. When I graduated from
Oxnard high
school I joined the Air Force to become a pilot
but that didn't happen,(Got a few hours in a Piper J 3) so the motor pool got me. After I got out of the
Air Force I started working for GTE (now Verizon) company until I could find something
better. That stretched into 30 years when I retired. I had two marriages
of about 9 years length each to Joy and Jeanie. I have a daughter,
Shelly from Joy, and raised a stepson, Joel, with Jeanie.
After retiring from GTE I worked as a handy man for 2
years and then I started looking for something better to do with my
life. That is when I started Flying Lessons (age
55)
and advertised in the news paper for a
wife. I finally met Joan
and got my private license in 1995 and
marriage license in 1996. After renting and researching planes for 2
years I decided to build the
RV6A
which is named after Richard (Dick) VanGrunsven,
the engineer/designer. It took 20 months to finish my quick-build kit
and I flew it for the first time in October of 1999. My wife Joan and I
flew to Oshkosh about 8 months later, our first long trip. |
