Even more stories from the “Einstein Years” … this one including a teacup
All in Family
At the “company store” of General Dynamics Convair in San Diego, I was delighted to find all manner of high precision parts that had become obsolete or been ‘Downgraded” to a status that would not allow them to be used in spaceflight equipment.
My older cousin, Temple Bowling, lied about his age at Maxwell Field in Montgomery and got flight training and went to war with Germany flying Lockheed P-38s.