March 16th through the 18th turned out to be the "perfect storm", when all the components came together to create shear chaos at 39N.

It started when Ken, Naomi and the kids went to Disneyworld for three days.  By Friday the weather up here deteriorated so fast that all equipment was put into action.  But... First the pickup truck with the plow lost its four wheel drive, so the staff turned to the front-end loader with a 12' plow.  That blew a hydraulic fitting.  Mike Stachowicz brought in his pickup truck with a plow, and it dropped its drive shaft.  We were left with the huge snow blower, but that can't take care of ice.  Frequent calls to Florida couldn't put things back together. Oh, the Florida trip was great, aside from the extra nine hours wait to come home.  And yes, it is 

All of you know our senior Flight Coordinator, Chris Stark, who has been with us for well over four years.  Well, he will be leaving us to become an electrician.  His quick humorous quips and devotion to 39N will be sorely missed.  But on the brighter side, he will work on Sundays.  So if you need cheering up, visit with Chris on a Sunday.  We all wish him good luck and many thanks.

As a result of a series of events in his life, Dick announced to his wife, Naomi, that he was leaving the family furniture business to run an FBO.  This came as a surprise, but together the transition came to be.  He took over Raritan Valley Air at then Kupper Airport and he never looked back.  There were many difficult years learning what worked and what didn't.  Long hours became a way of life and if Naomi and the boys wanted to see "Daddy", they went to the airport, which really wasn't a problem as there were all sorts of things to play with.