When my grandfather was flying back from the South Pacific, he radioed in to Kansas where he was landing. He had just recovered from malaria and thus didn’t know that women were now working in control towers. When he called in he said, “This is Captain Allen preparing for landing. How do you read me?” My grandmothers’ voice came over the airwaves and she said “Hello Captain Allen, I read you like a book.” He was shocked and intrigued and giddy at the sound of her voice. He immediately went up to the control tower when he landed and asked her out. Shortly thereafter, they married and lived happily ever after.
When my grandfather was flying back from the South Pacific, he radioed in to Kansas where he was landing. He had just recovered from malaria and thus didn’t know that women were now working in control towers. When he called in he said, “This is Captain Allen preparing for landing. How do you read me?” […]