AlaskaAV
GONE WEST
Mission, TX
This e-mail was sent to me for a reply from bharris@ntelos.net. I chose to reply on my web site as finally agreed to by the sender. (Certainly, be my guest. BH)
You readers decide what is going on. I sure don't understand it.
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Hello Ernie and Larry;
Ernie, you have impressive web sites with lots of Alaskan historical information, especially in the Air Transportation area. But how in the hell come for the life of me you are a foreign object. I was the Manager of Logistics at DEWLine Sector POW-M in 1960 and was associated with the DEWLine from 1956 until 1988 - retiring as the Director and Project Manager of DEWLine, and at no time during that period was there ever an Air Force associated airport at POW-M or Barrow. I also personally knew Jim Dalton (worked for him), Red Severance, and all the other names you mentioned. I was the God father to Neil Bergt's first children (the twins). The Magoffins, Jim and Dottie, were personal friends that I spent time with at their duck camp. I assume you know that Jim committed suicide in January and Dottie past away in March. (heart broken). I still communicate with Neil Bergt at his new home in Homer - talked with him only two days ago. In 1976, when Tony Schultz was flying support missions for the Ididarod trail, he stayed with me and my family in Anchorage as I was at that time Manager of Logistics for White Alice. Give me some names at POW-M that you knew????? You mentioned your association with Great Northern Air - Gene Zerkle - who is a personal friend of mine. Great Northern was a minor player in Alaska Aviation. Until I hear from you, I think that most of your information is more bull shit than anything else. Sorry about that buddy, but I am a 73 year old DEWliner and call things like I see them. Regards, BH
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BH
You seem to not believe my life and what I have gone through and that gets to me. You are one of 18,000.
Names: First of all, I could start with my wonderful wife from Barrow that you would not believe either but according to your dates, you would have met her at POW MAIN over drinks and dinner in the early 60s. It seems you do not believe I lived and worked there. If you flew out of POW MAIN, military or civilian, you would have meet me and my wife since I ran the airport the terminal along with Jerry.
How about the person that taught me commercial aviation, Jerry Modrow, at PBA.
Thomas Broadly, project manager for Vinnell Corp, Tony Colonesso, Art Bowman, Dewy Phillps, Don Knutsen, John Brown (FECO), and so many others that I dare not mention.
How about the big storm when we lost the runway and saved your guys a** and the AF had to air drop SSP to rebuild it and in the mean time, I had to find a place for our C-46s to land so you could get fresh food so you would not complain so much. Sure, BH, I was not there.
I was within 500 foot of the shore when those huge ice chunks came in with some unbelivable surf for the Arctic Coast. Where were you? I kept a communication line open to the outside while you hid inland and safe. According to you, that meant nothing.
Tear me down BH if you want, makes no difference to me but for what reason, I do not understand.
Gene Zerkel? Ask him who set up his operation at Deadhorse. Or ask Gene Patterson with Great Northern, the same company. He was the guy that hired me in Seattle and gave me an L-188 to move my personal property from Sea to ANC and gave me full authority to set the station up.
You drop names BH, I almost never do but you pushed me this time and I just hope I didn't go beyond limits for these guys.
At any time you feel I should not continue sharing my aviation life, just let me know and I will immediately stop. Just tell Steve and it will be long gone. I have no desire to get into an argument of what I have done or have not done. Everything I have accomplished in my aviation life is on record somewhere if you want to find it. I don't feel I need to take the time to hold you hand and lead you around to locate it though.
Maybe others might disagree of course.
Would you care to hear from them?
Ernie
You readers decide what is going on. I sure don't understand it.
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Hello Ernie and Larry;
Ernie, you have impressive web sites with lots of Alaskan historical information, especially in the Air Transportation area. But how in the hell come for the life of me you are a foreign object. I was the Manager of Logistics at DEWLine Sector POW-M in 1960 and was associated with the DEWLine from 1956 until 1988 - retiring as the Director and Project Manager of DEWLine, and at no time during that period was there ever an Air Force associated airport at POW-M or Barrow. I also personally knew Jim Dalton (worked for him), Red Severance, and all the other names you mentioned. I was the God father to Neil Bergt's first children (the twins). The Magoffins, Jim and Dottie, were personal friends that I spent time with at their duck camp. I assume you know that Jim committed suicide in January and Dottie past away in March. (heart broken). I still communicate with Neil Bergt at his new home in Homer - talked with him only two days ago. In 1976, when Tony Schultz was flying support missions for the Ididarod trail, he stayed with me and my family in Anchorage as I was at that time Manager of Logistics for White Alice. Give me some names at POW-M that you knew????? You mentioned your association with Great Northern Air - Gene Zerkle - who is a personal friend of mine. Great Northern was a minor player in Alaska Aviation. Until I hear from you, I think that most of your information is more bull shit than anything else. Sorry about that buddy, but I am a 73 year old DEWliner and call things like I see them. Regards, BH
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BH
You seem to not believe my life and what I have gone through and that gets to me. You are one of 18,000.
Names: First of all, I could start with my wonderful wife from Barrow that you would not believe either but according to your dates, you would have met her at POW MAIN over drinks and dinner in the early 60s. It seems you do not believe I lived and worked there. If you flew out of POW MAIN, military or civilian, you would have meet me and my wife since I ran the airport the terminal along with Jerry.
How about the person that taught me commercial aviation, Jerry Modrow, at PBA.
Thomas Broadly, project manager for Vinnell Corp, Tony Colonesso, Art Bowman, Dewy Phillps, Don Knutsen, John Brown (FECO), and so many others that I dare not mention.
How about the big storm when we lost the runway and saved your guys a** and the AF had to air drop SSP to rebuild it and in the mean time, I had to find a place for our C-46s to land so you could get fresh food so you would not complain so much. Sure, BH, I was not there.
I was within 500 foot of the shore when those huge ice chunks came in with some unbelivable surf for the Arctic Coast. Where were you? I kept a communication line open to the outside while you hid inland and safe. According to you, that meant nothing.
Tear me down BH if you want, makes no difference to me but for what reason, I do not understand.
Gene Zerkel? Ask him who set up his operation at Deadhorse. Or ask Gene Patterson with Great Northern, the same company. He was the guy that hired me in Seattle and gave me an L-188 to move my personal property from Sea to ANC and gave me full authority to set the station up.
You drop names BH, I almost never do but you pushed me this time and I just hope I didn't go beyond limits for these guys.
At any time you feel I should not continue sharing my aviation life, just let me know and I will immediately stop. Just tell Steve and it will be long gone. I have no desire to get into an argument of what I have done or have not done. Everything I have accomplished in my aviation life is on record somewhere if you want to find it. I don't feel I need to take the time to hold you hand and lead you around to locate it though.
Maybe others might disagree of course.
Would you care to hear from them?
Ernie
