Done That, Really

by Michael Furst

Overview

Complete with photos, Done That, Really highlights the author's experiences and varied life. From traveling across the country on Route 66 to living in border towns in the desert, he's had the opportunity to do some interesting things. Mike grew up in a veterans' housing project that was constructed to house men returning after WWII. There, all types of people lived together with a common goal to rebuild America and make it better. He served in the Air Force during the Cuban missile crises. After spending a year designing roads, Mike went on to spend many years on the Apollo moon landing. He also contributed to Americas first space station, the F14 aircraft and other research projects. And he has the awards and photos to show for it. Reading through Done That, Really, you can experience it all with him from his very personal perspective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637642702
Publisher:	Dorrance Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/24/2022
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Michael Furst studied engineering and signed up to join the Air Force. He has degrees from UCLA, Stony Brook, and Cal Davis. This is his second published book, his first, Possibilities, is science fiction.

Table of Contents

The Very Early Years 1

At About 4 Years Old, Mike Reads His First First Word: Wheatena 3

On to California 4

First Year Novels, Encyclopedia 7

Kids Say the Darndest Things 13

Time Moves On and Summer Ended, and It was Back to School 18

Model Airplanes: Mike Was Good at It 25

Mike Goes to the Model Airplane National Contest 1952 Los Alamitos Navy Base 28

Time to Leave the Village 30

Junior High 32

Bar Mitsvah and Then to High School 36

Fishing with Dad 39

Teenage Girl Watching 41

On to UCLA 42

We Were Kicked out of School for Our Junior Year! 45

Not Easy Living with Parents 47

Military Life 51

Biloxi Blues-Mike Style 52

858 Radar Squadron. Fallon, Nevada 54

Doggy Story 59

To Life 60

After the Air Force 62

1965, the Watts Riot Broke out 64

To the Moon 65

Minnesota, Land of Lakes During Mid-Winter 66

Leaving California 67

And Then off to General Electric at Grumman, Bethpage 71

On to My Real Job 74

Big Red off Switch 76

Driving to Albany 160 Miles 78

Hey Buddy, Wanna Buy a Watch? 79

Made in Texas, by my Cousin 80

Signing the Document 81

Some People Never had THE TALK about Sex 83

20 July 1969 The Apollo 11 the First Manned Mission to Land on the Moon 84

Have a Cup of Coffee with Grumman 86

Next Day at Grumman-Timer B 87

So, What's a FAT Table? 89

You Call that a Computer! That Drives the LEM? 90

The Numbers, Please 92

Apollo 13, the LM Lifeboat, April 11, 1970 93

My Family Life Goes on 95

Grumman Research 97

Water? 99

Francis Bitter Magnetic Lab 102

Cow Harbor Race 103

Tech Meeting in Washington 105

Black Tape 106

F14 Trainer 108

Sometimes Not Going Is the Right Decision 113

The Difficult Years 115

Wait, Mike. Back up a Bit 116

Questions Asked, Gentle Answers Given 117

Now the Good News and the Bad News! 120

Back to My Real Job 1987 129

Judy was Now Suffering More 131

Meanwhile on the Home Front 134

Meanwhile I Still Had My Day Job 140

Sometimes a Friend Is Exactly What You Need 148

September 1982 149

A Time to Rebuild 151

Irma 153

The Last Hurrah 154

Postscript 159

Extras 160