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Frank Love

A secret we kept for 10 years, Diane (Hollier) and I ran off to Mississippi and got married in 1962, then we had a big church wedding in 1963 and have been married ever since.
After graduating from USL in 1965 I entered the U.S. Air Force and off we went to Laredo AFB where I went through pilot training and Diane had our first child, Greg in 1966.
We then went to California for heavy B-52 bomber training after which I was assigned to Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, where I checked out as the youngest aircraft commander in 2nd Air Force. In 1970 my crew and I competed in the "Free World Bombing Competition" in England, against U.S. bombers as well as England, Canada, Australia and others. Not only did we win the competition but when I got back from England I had a new baby girl! Cristy.
January 25, 1971 (my birthday) I was hired by Eastern Air Lines where I flew the Boeing 727, Airbus A-300, and the Douglas DC-9 which I checked out on as a Captain.
Knowing EAL was slowly going out of business I started a 90 home subdivision located just south of Atlanta. With my son Greg building the homes we did well until the recession hit.
As fate would have it, I was hired by startup ValuJet and started in the first class, and they did well until a DC-9 crashed in the Everglades, (you probably heard about this one). But we regrouped as AirTran, where I flew the Boeing 717 and from which I retired in 2003.
After 25,000 hours, (that's like flying 2 years 10 months without landing), and being 60 years old I was ready to quit strapping airplanes to my butt, and even sold my Cessna twin engine 414.
Diane and I have been lucky enough to have the time to travel. We sailed from New York to England on the QEII (35 MPH, 5 days) and came home later on the Concorde (1500MPH, 3 hours). We sailed the Panama Canal, sailed from Venice around Italy to Barcelona, did the Alaska passage, and in '08 sailed from LA to Hawaii and back, and a fun little cruise with the grandkids to Cozumel.
Flying wise(ugh) we have flown on trips to England, Germany, Italy, France, Greece, and our favorite, a trip (15 hours on a triple 7, did I say Ugh already?) with Diane, our daughter, son-in-law, and the grandkids to Australia, and the flying notwithstanding, a really great trip.
On the unlucky side I had a heart attack at 55 (I won), and a chain saw attack (the saw won) and it required several hundred stitches in my right cheek, You'll be able to decide if it gives me character or not. HA!
I now try to stay busy (and moving). Right now I'm building a lake on my property in Warm Springs, Ga. that I would like to have a little hunting cabin on. But all things considered, so far it's been a great ride through this thing called life. Oh! and of course Diane and I are looking forward to seeing you at the five-O reunion.
P.S. Check out Diane Hollier (Love) Bio when she gets it up and running.
P.P.S. July 2012 I had triple bypass surgery. I'm fully recovered (thanks to nurse Diane) and back to my usual routines. Good to still be on the green side of the turf!

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