Captain American Airline Though my father did not graduate From the Tuskegee Airmen program, his participation in that program and picture of him in flying gear proved the original impetus for my interest in flying.

First Office For Northwest Airlines From a young child and early exposure to air travel, I knew I was interested in becoming a pilot. After high school, I began working and attending College and taking flight lessons, which was no easy task.

Captain American Airlines As an eight year old, my father took me to a house where the son built model planes. I immediately developed a love For planes and started building models.

Captain American Airlines My interest in aviation pre- cedes my own conscious recollection. My mother tells me that I was drawing pictures of airplanes when I was four years old! I guess you could say simply, that I've been interested in aviation all my life.

First Officer American Airlines My inspiration to become a pilot came from the poem "High Flight."

First Officer American Airlines I dropped out of High School in the 11^th grade and joined the Army. I went to infantry training. Subsequently I went to Europe. In my last year there, I started to take fly lessons on March 3, 1979. I took my first of a total of six lessons at $100 a piece.

Captain American Airlines As a child I enjoyed playing with and building model air- planes and spacecraft. During NASAs heyday with projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, I was constantly tuned into the TV coverage. I even traveled to Florida to see, in person, the launch of the final Apollo mission to the moon in 1979.

First Officer American Airlines My father, Charles Wooster Davidson inspired my to become a pilot. He completed his Private Pilots in 1946. This made him one of the First black men in N.Y. to complete a license via civilian training.

Captain American Airlines As faith would have it, I was in a conversation about flying with a fellow student who was involved in aviation. it was recommended that I join the Air Force and follow my dream. I immediately took his advice and enrolled in the Pilots Training program.