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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 6/11/25: Time For a Career Change [1]
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Date: 2025-06-18
Surviving a plane crash is a matter of luck. Surviving two is pushing it.
On August 2, 1943, while flying B-17E-BO, 41-2463, "Yankee Doodle", out of Espiritu Santo, the plane Roddenberry was piloting overran the runway by 500 feet (150 m) and crashed into trees, crushing the nose and starting a fire as well as killing two men: bombardier Sgt. John P. Kruger and navigator Lt. Talbert H. Woolam.[12] The official report absolved Roddenberry of any responsibility.[12] Roddenberry spent the remainder of his military career in the United States[13] and flew all over the country as a plane crash investigator. He was involved in a second plane crash, this time as a passenger.[13] He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.[14]
Commercial flight should be safer, right?
Good idea. The writing career worked much better. If the name sounds familiar, yes it’s Gene Roddenberry, who took us to explore new worlds.
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek.
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