MY PATH THROUGH LIFE - Tapa blanda

MY PATH THROUGH LIFE An amazing life filled with adventure and romance. . Flew side-by-side with the famed Graf Zeppelin . Tangled with an outlaw alcohol-smuggling ring during Prohibition . Became an unwelcome guest at a super-secret aircraft manufacturing field . Worked for over 20 years for aircraft genius Jack Northrop and saw the birth of world-famous aircraft . Dined with Dean Martin and drank Zazaracs with Liz Taylor

Jack D. Kahlo developed a passion for airplanes and flying when he was just a kid selling newspapers in Ohio, and the news of Lindbergh's historic flight swept the country. After the Kahlo family settled in Southern California, l4-year-old Jack was the first to answer a help wanted ad to "Hoe weeds in exchange for l0-minute airplane ride." They couldn't get rid of him at the airport. With permission from understanding parents and a promise to keep his school work up, he became head flunky and soloed on his l6th birthday.Finally, tired of missing meals, he added a night shift job at Northrop Aircraft to his duties. Airplanes remained his top priority until one day a beautiful girl appeared to take flying lessons. That day Jack said, "I'm going to marry you," and three weeks later, he did. It was the start of a wonderful nearly 60-year marriage.December 7, l94l, was the last day he flew for many years because all non-military planes were grounded, and his eyesight didn't permit him to become a military pilot. With hard work and determination, Jack rose at Northrop to become assistant to the president.Jack made a career shift to real estate, and Kahlo Realty prospered. It wasn't until his 85th birthday that he started flying again - in his own little Great Lakes Trainer.Jack knows how lucky he's been to even survive all his adventures. He thanks his guardian angel.