Speaking of airplanes and such, my mother worked at the Naval Air Rework Facility in Jacksonville, FL way back when. Being the only female in the engineering department, she was featured in the base newspaper and my dad sent me photos from the article.

In her own words, “Graphic design degree opened the door and I had a knack for the engineering stuff… Occasionally did other projects like value engineering studies in facility. I was responsible for sustaining engineering design, sometimes on the A-7 (which dad flew) and an occasional other aircraft, but mostly on the RA-5C. Meant no more than working with project engineer to design ‘fixes’ to aircraft that would keep them flying as they aged and needed more inspections and adaptations. I was about 26 or 27 in pic and supposedly documenting something in the cockpit of an A-7… My former life when I had a brain; pay was better than in art; hours better; discrimination really, really bad to subtley bad depending on situation. But great experience.” (Better viewed large.)

P.S. I’m turning 28 this year and I only dream of this kind of experience on my resume.