[R-390] OT Apollo 11 Mission

[Bill Kulze]

Boy, it's been a long time since I felt like such a puppy! I was 12 
years old, spending the summer in Islip, NY on Long Island with my 
uncle, aunt and cousin. Watched it on their old BW TV, maybe 12" or 13", 
with rabbit ears. Could barely make out what was happening. Same TV we 
watched the Mets on. They were die-hard fans, and that was their big 
pennant year. I remember Walter Cronkite covering the moon landing. IIRC 
he was without words for a bit and kind of choked up. My dad worked for 
IBM in Owego, NY and I remember going to the Broome County Airport a few 
years earlier when he flew down to Huntsville, AL to work on the landing 
module. I guess there's a piece of him on the moon still. Flew on a big 
prop plane with Mohawk Airlines. Stood up on the observation deck and 
watched it go. He was also a ham, W2NVD, and he's why I'm one now.

Bill KC2SUO