Volume 8 Number (Journal 668) May, 2015 in this issue

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May, 2015 RUPANEWS 
S.E. Florida Treasure Coast Sunbirds RUPA Luncheon 
Our April get together was under absolutely PERFECT conditions on the shores of beautiful Manatee Pocket 
at Shrimper's here in Stuart, FL. As our 'Season' here in So. FL comes to an end (more or less), our 
Luncheon was quite well attended and we all had a terrific time in IDEAL conditions along with enjoying a 
variety of delicious food and phantastick service provided by Miss Sarah!!! 
Lots of different conversations took place - depending on where you happen to be sitting. The only thing 
that seemed to dominate the BS that was being exchanged were the many 'stories' that were shared about 
guys whom they encountered during their 'flying days.' Needless to say, several specific names were 
mentioned (that I will conveniently NOT mention here - to protect certain reputations - along with the 
innocent that caused reactions from the group that ranged from Laughter to OMG to WTF and beyond. All I 
can say is by not being there.you missed a LOT of LAFFS!!!! Needless to say, the 'Sad State' of UAL 
(Smisek, etc.) came up for a brief time but didn't last too long since there is nothing that we can do about it 
now and we all wanted to get back to having a GOOD Time and talk about HAPPY and PLEASANT things. 
Those who attended the meeting included several of our UAL buddies from the FLL RUPA Group and they 
were; Ned Rankin (FLL Group Coordinator), Jerry Bradley (my Poker Pal) and Art (the Boy Captain) 
Jackson. A special thanks to Art for driving that 1 hour plus ride up from down South and playing Taxi 
driver for Ned and Jerry. Our regular Treasure Coast Members were: Ted Osinski, Dave Hoyt, Jack 
Boisseau (doing GR8 after his shoulder replacement BTW), Jim Dowd, Dave Damon, Bill Cole, John Pinter 
and myself, Bob Langevin. Bill and John will be heading up North for the Summer shortly so we won't see 
them for a while, but we wish them SAFE travels and will look forward to their return in the Fall. 
Our Treasure Coast Luncheon in May will be on the 12th at Shrimper's once again and we can look forward 
to another good time with terrific food with GR8 friends and (who knows) maybe Miss Sarah once again!!!
If U happen to be in the area we'd love to have you stop by and join us. Best Regards, 
Bob Langevin 
 

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May, 2015 RUPANEWS 
This “Shield” is representative of United’s personnel in San Francisco & Oakland. From 1940 to 1946 the 
number of Bay Area employees increased from 600 to 3,000 making them the largest single group of airline 
employees west of the Mississippi … and one-fourth of the total United Air Lines personnel. 
Marvin Berryman 
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 “Shield” from the cover of the Oct. 1947 United Air Lines New