This is an awesome book, and I was lucky to meet the author for a brief moment at Lew’s memorial!
Lew was always my hero, and I always had a lot of admiration, and respect for him! He, in my opinion, was the most important name in Boeing's history! He was there, and on most all the first flights of the jet age! Back when Boeing was a “Family”, kept their promises, and airplanes were delivered on time! Now, if they are 3 ½ years late on a program, and may never make a profit, they pat themselves on the back! The “big names” come and go, and many just drive the company into the ground, including McNerney as of late! Not so with Lew! He, and the other engineers and test pilots are who made it all happen! I took an early retirement from the now Chicago based company just because I could no longer stand what it had become.
We led kind of a weird parallel life. We both worked for Boeing for about 35 years, although, I was at the other end of the food chain. I spent a lot of time growing up at our little cabin on Lake Sammamish right across from the Wallick’s. I probably saw them out on the lake 100 times, although, we never met. Then, much later in life, my then fiancée, sees some Boeing “thing” I had and asked if I had ever heard of Lew Wallick? I said “Hell Yeah”! She said "he was kind of my Step Dad". I said “Yeah Right”! Then she brings out the photo album! OMG!! This was while Lew was in the hospital, and she set up a visit for her and I thru the widow, who, by the way, is a Lovely Lady! I told her that was awesome, and I would love to meet him, but told her I would wait until he got better. He never did! My Dad, who was also an engineer, and had worked for Boeing for a short time, also passed away about the same time. At the memorial where we met the author, we also met his widow (I don’t think the ex had actually met her before). I had once been given Lew’s Navy wings, but gave them back to the ex thinking she should have them more than I. Ironically, my tax man had Tex Johnston’s! At the memorial she gave them to the widow, she wept, and they became friends! She in exchange, gave the ex some of Lew’s ashes, and many links to urns to choose from. Out of the hundreds, ironically, we chose the same exact one, only with different colors! Had we not split up, it would be here. Maybe it will someday! We also got to meet John Cashman at the memorial, another hero I admired!
Anyhow, here’s to the Author for an awesome book, and to her Father Lew, A True Legend!!!
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