• A “First Timer” Reflects on the MMA Reunion

    A “First Timer” Reflects on the MMA Reunion1

    By Vince Geraldi, USN 1954-1957, AT-3, VP-56, CREW 5 There I was standing in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza, in Warwick, RI waiting for the elevator doors to open.  I hadn’t seen my old bud and crew mate since he separated from the USN in 1958.  My wife and I had just spent a

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  • Step by Step: Putting Together a PBM-5 Mariner

    Step by Step: Putting Together a PBM-5 Mariner0

    YouTube Videos by Frankie Day Franklyn Day is a 30 year veteran of the US Navy (1957-1987). He has been making models since he was four, starting with his father working on balsa wood models in 1944. “There was no plastic back then, only balsa wood was available,” and wartime restrictions limited the metal that

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