[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by GT182

Yeah, the UFO in the upper right corner of the picture. LOL Could be an F-14????

Ok, now you've got me thinking of DPG stories...

a) Speaking of F-14's, for years Williams Air Force Base (aka "Willie Field") was on the other side of Ellsworth Road from the Proving Ground. We had a very good neighborly relationship with them; ocassionally we would host a "Manager's Exchange Day" where our manager would spend the day at their facility, culminating in an airplane ride, and their manager would spend the day at our place, usually culminating in a "fast car" ride.

We would laugh when we would get the feedback from the day. It was reported the Air Force pilots would look over at us and say "...look at those clowns. All they do is 'drive around' all day...".

Naturally, we were thinking "...look at those clowns. All they do is 'fly around' all day".


b) Willie Field would host an annual "Willie Field Day", which would include displays and an air show. Often the headlining group would be either the "Blue Angels" or the "Thunderbirds". As you might expect, they would practice through the week prior to their weekend performance. We didn't get much done that week and, if you needed to find somebody, there was a good chance they would be on the roof of the building watching the "free" air show!

c) Speaking of standing around outside I remember the first time it rained after I moved there. Grown men, standing around outside (in the rain), with their mouths open...looking to the heavens. It was like they had never seen rain before! If they were turkeys they would have drowned....

d) One astute employee noticed that both Williams Field and the GM Proving Ground had barbed wire on the top of their respective fences - but - the wire on the top of Willie Field's fence pointed "out" and the wire on the top of our fence pointed "in". Our assement was either (1) there were prevailing westerly winds (not likely) or (2) the Air Force wanted to keep intruders "out" whereas GM wanted to keep the employees "in".