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Back in the summer of '75, i had taken a new job in Pinetop AZ, a small town which hosts a lot of summer resort cabins. Went on a service call to a cabin where the TV was a Zenith 19" color table model, 4 tube hybrid. Repair was very routine, tube replacement and minor set-up.
Back at the shop the Boss (with a slinky grin) knowing i was an aviation buff, asked "do you know who that guy is?"
"No, just 'Mister Boynton'".
"He is Pappy Boyington."
"You mean THE Pappy Boyington?!"
"Yep. He uses the shortened spelling to avoid the limelight."
'Mr. Boynton' in person was just a regular, anassuming guy.
To this day don't know for sure if the Boss was pulling a fast one. But doubt that he was, since he was a devout Christian and adherent to the Good Book.
(Lots of tuner repairs from blown baluns up there too, from nearby lightning strikes.)
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