{"id":2171,"date":"2011-05-12T14:42:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T19:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fitzvideo.com\/sky_surfing\/?page_id=2171"},"modified":"2011-05-14T06:28:04","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T11:28:04","slug":"about-bob-punch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzvideo.com\/skysurfing2\/about-bob-punch\/","title":{"rendered":"About Bob Punch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bob Punch captured in a "Quick Draw" moment<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bob has temporarily dropped his camera to elevate the temperature of some processed meat items we all love to eat<\/p><\/div>\n

The Flight Blog would not be the same without the sharp and colorful photos taken by Bob Punch. He has been a welcome addition. When asked for some biographical information, he was self effacing as always belying the years of dedicated service he gave to our nation’s airways. A man accustomed to a career of pressure in the tower still wants to stay close to those objects we all love: Airplanes. To that end he has become one of the foremost photographers of all types of flying craft.<\/p>\n

He did share a few words about his career and forwarded a photo of an interesting aviation artifact you will see below:<\/h4>\n

“When I hired on with the then CAA in January of 1957, this was the sign
\naffixed to the wall over the front door of the Saint Louis Air Route Traffic
\nControl Center, which was one large room in a very old Navy hospital just
\nadjacent to Lambert Field, St. Louis.<\/p>\n

In 1962 when the “Center Consolidation Program” was announced, it was
\nannounced that Saint Louis Center would be abolished and the surrounding
\nCenters would divide up all our territory (which took place).\u00a0 Two weeks
\nlater, I reported for work on a scheduled ‘mid’ shift, and brought with me
\none Craftsman ‘blade’ screwdriver.\u00a0 I shimmied up the exterior wall (I was
\non
\nbreak!) and used the screwdriver to “rescue” the soon to be forgotten sign.
\nI’m sure that it must be a ‘one-of-kind’ item at this point and I plan to
\nfind a museum (EAA?) at some point and donate it.<\/p>\n

The sign is about 15′ by 25′ and is made of 1\/4′ masonite board.\u00a0 I’ve put
\nthe history of Air Traffic Control on the back of it and encased it totally
\nin plastic for posterity.\u00a0 I put the sign up in the OSH tower each year for
\na few days so the 20 or so first timer controllers can see it up close.
\nThey ask me all kinds of question about it for the next ten days as we all
\ngather in a watering hole evenings.<\/p>\n

bob<\/p>\n

p.s.\u00a0 There were no controllers sleeping when I and some Navy Seals saved
\nthis sign from a certain death.<\/p>\n

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