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Charlie Wood enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after high school graduation and became an airplane engine mechanic. He was accepted as an Aviation Cadet, and after pilot/officer training graduated as a Second Lieutenant and Pilot. He flew worldwide transport aircraft missions in the Vietnam War and was stationed in Japan, Georgia, the Philippines, Spain, Germany, and Illinois. As a civilian pilot at Douglas, McDonnell Douglas, and Boeing, he flew experimental and production test flights, and trained airline pilots in the U.S., Yugoslavia, Mexico, France, Germany, Singapore, Argentina, Taiwan, China, and Japan. As an airline pilot he became the airline Director of Training. He retired with over 20,000 accident-free flying hours.
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