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REALM News - February 2019 -

Volume 36, Number 2, February 2019 Orlando, Florida

Retired Employees Association of Lockheed Martin of Central Florida REALM ews N

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Want to receive REALM News in 2019?

Take action, renew your dues ................ 3

News from Dave President’s Message .............................. 6

The Games we Play

Bridge, Bowling .................................... 7

Social Events

Christmas Luncheon Pictures ................ 9

Ed Wysocki’s Book

Out of This World Ideas ........................ 12

Travel

New Orleans, Mackinac Island .............. 13

2018 was a big year for our customers and employees. As it comes to an end, we reflect on the missions, milestones

and achievements. See our top moments of 2018.

Achievements: Continued on Page 4.

NASA awarded the contract to build a quiet, super-sonic aircraft, now known as X-59 QueSST.

In April, the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion showed off its cool features for the first time internationally during the ILA Berlin Air Show. The K will enable the U.S. Marines and militaries worldwide to move troops and more cargo from ship to shore at higher altitudes — faster than ever before.

Diversity and Inclusion is one of our biggest priori-ties. This year, we have been featured on the Best Companies for Diversity List by Black Enterprise, Indeed's Top Rated Workplaces for Veterans List and named one of 2018's Best Companies for Vet-

erans by Monster .

In November, NASA’s InSight landed on Mars and we became a company of 100,000 Lockheed Mar-tians. We even changed our brand name and logo for the day to celebrate the proud occasion.

In September, CEO Marillyn Hewson, was named the 2018 #1 Most Powerful Woman by Fortune Magazine


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REALM Communications direc-tor, mailing list, REALM roster Ed Jones [email protected] 407-859-3766 REALM News Evelyne Mitchell [email protected] [email protected] 407-855-8364 Membership, Care and Concern Ann Hartle [email protected] 407-862-8282

REALM News distribution Alan Courney [email protected] 407-876-4574 James Clontz [email protected] 407-293-4666 REALM Treasurer

Joe Lung [email protected] 407-678-5941 3208 E. Colonial Drive, Box #302, Orlando, FL 32803

REALM Points of Contact

REALM Board of Directors

Travel and special events Bill Bowden [email protected] 407-277-5599 Memorabilia John Owen [email protected]

321-972-4938

Coming Events

March 18-23,2019 ..................... New Orleans

June 15-23,2019 ........................ Mackinac Island

http://realm-fl.org/

The website has archives of REALM News,

minutes of the REALM Executive Board meet-ings, pictures of REALM events, our schedule,

the REALM Constitution, and helpful links to

discounts, other retirement clubs, and the Lock-

heed Martin Website, and much more!

We also have a Facebook page. Just search for REALM - Retired Employee Association of

Lockheed Martin.

Executive Committee (through January 2019) Chairman ...................... Open Position President ....................... Dave Hayworth ....... 407-886-6828 ..... [email protected] 1st Vice President ......... Open Position 2nd Vice President ........ Tony DiBerardino ... 407-851-6331 ..... [email protected] Secretary ...................... Shirley Jones ........... 407-859-3766 ..... [email protected] Assistant Secretary ........ Lynn Hayworth ....... 407-886-6828 ..... [email protected] Treasurer ...................... Joe Lung ................. 407-678-5941 ..... [email protected] Assistant Treasurer ....... Open Position

Directors (through January of year shown) 2020 ............................. John Owen .............. 321-972-4938 ..... [email protected] 2020 ............................. Harold Cates ........... 407-855-8246 ..... [email protected] 2022 ............................. Ed Jones .................. 407-859-3766 ..... [email protected] 2022 ............................. Bill Bowden ............ 407-277-5599 ..... [email protected] 2023 ............................. Tom Barnes ............. 407-580-2498 ..... [email protected] 2023 ............................. Mike Gillett ............. 407-772-5487 ..... [email protected]

REALM Website

Happy Valentine’s Day!


REALM Annual Renewal

Now is the time to pay dues for next year. Membership runs from January 31 to January 31. If your mailing label has 2018 after your name, you are NOT paid through 2019. So, make out that check now to ensure you contin-ue receiving REALM News. You can pay for up to three years at a time.

Dues: $7.50 per year, payable to

“REALM”.

You may pay for two or three

years by multiplying $7.50 by the

number of years you would like

to pay.

Send to: Mr. Joe Lung

REALM

3208 E. Colonial Drive, # 302

Orlando, FL 32803

Please cut out your mailing label and send with your check for $7.50 for the year 2019.

If there are any changes to your contact

info, including email address, please

make a note!

DON'T LOSE YOUR

NEWSLETTER!! If you change your address, we pay the post office to notify us. If your Newsletter copy is not delivera-

ble because you forget to renew, we can lose our

only means of communicating with you.

We can use old mailing lists to try and contact you,

and we have done this, but many have relocated and

we have great difficulty re-establishing con-tact. Personal privacy rules prevent us from access-

ing any retiree information, so we are stymied un-

less YOU take action.

So please follow the easy instructions to the

right. Look at your mailing label, which has your

membership information as we know it and which provides us with a key to your phone numbers,

email address, etc. Make your check payable to

REALM, and mail it to our Treasurer, Joe

Lung. Receiving your renewal sets a system in mo-tion on our end, and if somehow the system fails

you, we will be honored to receive your screams of

complaint, and will contritely fix the problem. As a

retiree, you were a member of one of the best teams in our business in the world, and we don't want to

lose that link.

How you tell if you are due to pay your dues?

Member name

Member ID number

“A” Stands for active

Year paid through

Followed by your mailing address.

In this example, the member has paid through 2018 and should send a check for $7.50 to pay for 2019.

Check your own mailing label today!

JOHN Q. MEMBER 5121 A 2018


Achievements: Continued from Page 1.

Achievements: Continued on Page 5.

In 2018, we began working on a project to scale the topography of the Arctic. This is important because it will allow us to monitor environmental changes in the region overtime with the best technologies available.

Colombia received its first Black Hawk 30 years ago, 2018 we celebrated three decades of success.

We've partnered with the Invictus Games and the Aus-tralian War Memorial to assist members of our armed forces past and present and their families and friends to achieve greater understanding of their sacrifice.

In 2018, we broke ground on a $50 million, 255,000 square foot office facility in Orlando. The Research and Development facility will support our efforts to continually deliver incredible and innovative technolo-gies for our customers.

Our civil multi-purpose air freighter, the LM-100J, owned the skies at the Farnborough International Air Show in July.

The Sikorsky S-97 Raider light tactical prototype helicopter exceeded 200 knots during a September flight test. Sikorsky’s X2 Technology is the back-bone of Raider and the core of our Future Vertical Lift Light aircraft, as the U.S. Army looks to revolu-tionize its aircraft fleet.

The F-35 completes SDD – the most comprehen-sive flight test program in history.

Our CEO Marillyn Hewson gave us a sneak peek into the future of spacecraft design, NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.


Achievements: Continued from Page 4.

2018 had more Littoral Combat Ship production milestones than any previous year. Construction began for LCS 21 (Minneapolis-Saint Paul) and 23 (Cooperstown), LCS 17 (Indianapolis) and 19 (St. Louis) were christened and launched, sea trials were completed for LCS 11 (Sioux City), 13 (Wichita) and 15 (Billings), and LCS 11 and 13 were delivered to the U.S. Navy.

The spotlights were on SBIRS -- Space Based Infra-red Surveillance -- before its launch in early 2018.

Bahrain became the first F-16 Block 70 custom-er. The Block 70 is the newest and most advanced F-16 production configuration, combining numerous capability and structural upgrades.

This year in Washington, D.C., our "Rad Labs" exhi-bition brought in over 300,000 visitors during the USA Science & Engineering Festival -- America's largest STEM education event. Students and family were able to get a hands on experience of our Flight, Orbit and Robo Labs.

Stealth fighter meets space explorer. The Orion and F-35 programs were highlighted at the Made in America event hosted on the White House lawn in July.

In 2018, the ONYX exoskeleton debuted in US Ar-my Green. We received a contract to enhance our super suit to help soldiers carry the heavy load by reducing the effort in walking and climbing. ONYX can help soldiers and first responders go the extra mile while carrying mission-essential equipment.


By Dave Hayworth

President’s Message

First of all, thank you for the overwhelming at-tendance to our Christmas luncheon, 106 attended! We try to make it a little enjoyable, without all the shopping, wrapping presents, cooking. Just relaxing and having a little fun while enjoying our entertain-ment of Greg and Connie Hayworth with their spe-cial music, some oldies plus Christmastime tradi-tional favorites. Several new members and some that had never been to one of the functions attended. Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year. I asked Linda Ri-vera and Kay Monroe to share their snap shots of the luncheon as well as our faithful Ed Jones and Ann Hartle always take pictures of all in attendance. A big thank you to the Country Club of Mount Dora and their Chef for the delicious food.

If you think back, our generation tried to build family memories that lasts. Remember when we would gather at a family home and played Christ-mas music. The voice of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Perry Como drifted around the room adding to the festivities; everyone knew the songs by heart: Rudolph, White Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and all sang along and nobody cared if you could carry a tune or not. This was a family tradition. Some of you probably still do this. Wheth-er you handwrite, type, or download your stories onto computers, record the family history as best as you can. Some day in the future, new generations are sure to enjoy them (stories that shape our lives).

2019 is here and we look forward to another challenging year. This digital Generation sure keeps us old timers on the ball. REALM gives me such a sense of pride to be your president since I worked for Lockheed Martin for 31 years. I would encour-age those reading this, to recommend to fellow retir-ees to join REALM; it is very self-rewarding if you get involved in helping others.

Linda Rivera and Kay Monroe Christmas Party picture contributions follow:

The Mount Dora Country Club Dining Room.

Greg & Connie Hayworth, our entertainers.

JoAnn Kaufman won a Center Piece.

Jim Goff won another Center Piece.


REALM Recreation

December 2018 Bridge Results By Wini Suarez

Friday, December 7, three tables played bridge. Ila Clontz and Wini Suarez made seven spades but, alas, had only bid four. Well, next time!! Maybe next time Santa will bring the gift of vision early. HE DID! Wini Suarez and Sharon Timme bid six notrump and made it. Ralph Staschke and John Lampe didn’t get the memo from Santa, bidding two diamonds and making seven the very next bid.

Everyone is so delighted with preparations for upcoming parties, visits with families and preparing for countless relatives and friends coming to Florida to see them (getting cold up north).

HIGHEST SCORES:

Sharon Timme, 4670

Loretta Fiebrandt, 4430

Friday, December 14, four tables played. Loretta Fiebrandt brought a delicious spiral-cut, baked ham for our Christmas Party lunch. Others brought gourmet recipes to accent the holiday mood. Wini Suarez brought dessert from Costco, explaining that she had lost her grandmother’s reci-pe at the last minute.

The sugar high did something to the bidding

skills. The following few hands brought many slams - made but not bid: Sharon Timme and Dottie Ciekot bid three notrump and made six, Susie and John Lampe bid three notrump and made six, Sha-ron Timme and Bob Fiebrandt bid four diamonds and made six, and Tony and Lynette DiBerardino bid five clubs and made seven,

HIGHEST SCORES:

Bob Fiebrandt, 4750

Lynette DiBerardino, 4710 Friday, December 21, three tables played. We

had one missing so we encourage those who we are certain will enjoy playing bridge with us at Beardall Senior Center Fridays from 9:30 am – 2:30 pm to call Loretta Fiebrandt, 407 894-6895 to join us. We need new members!

Lynette DiBerardino and Al Courney bid four hearts and made six. Susie Lampe and Missing also bid four hearts and made six. Norma Christensen brought scrumptious snacks to go along with the sandwiches we brought for lunch. Plans are that we won’t play bridge again until January 4, 2019. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HIGHEST SCORES:

Norma Christiansen, 4950

Alan Courney, 4910

We play each non-holiday Friday at the Orlando Beardall Senior Center located at the northwest corner of Gore Street and Delaney Avenue near downtown Orlando. Play starts at 9:30 a.m. and ten rounds of four hands each are played, ending around 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. Cards, score pads, tallies, regular and decaf coffee are furnished at no charge; players bring a lunchtime sandwich to eat while continuing the play. There is no charge for membership.

REALM members, including spouses are invited to participate. Contact Loretta or Bob Fiebrandt at 407-894-6895 for information or to reserve a seat.

In a Nutshell By Jon Ramer

I am still vocalizing solo and choral - "Young at Heart" chorus (about 60 voices, ages over 55, sings for seniors), several church choirs, and have not yet left Rollins Music Department after 20 years.

I refrained from singing "Humbug" (Scrooge's aria from 1967 "Stingiest Man in Town") at 'First Watch" on December 11th, so our Radar Breakfast Group, a dozen strong, enjoyed our meal.

Eric Neilson and I also attend the "Stardust Video and Coffee" (1820 Winter Park Road, just North of Corrine Drive) at 6:00am daily.

Since I have been in or through all 50 states, several of them for our company, and many foreign coun-tries, travel is mostly in the past.


Honor Flights

By Joe Ripino

There will be no more Honor Flights until March 2019.

Time & Flight number will be added when available or call Joe Ripino, 407-352-8480(H), 407-579-2020(C).

Travel and Events

By Bill Bowden

Our calendar is filling up!

The following events have been coordinated by your Travel Committee. Information about the ac-tivities that occur in the next few months is included in this REALM News. March 18-23,19 ...... New Orleans, page 9 June 15-23,19......... Mackinac Island, page 10

December 2018 Bowling Report

By Bob Riemer

Hello Realm members,

I am sorry to report that one of our bowlers and long-time friend of many Tom Clark lost his beloved wife Pauline on December 17th. Those of you who knew Pauline know that she was always smiling and loved to be around other people. Please keep Tom and the rest of the family in your thoughts and prayers as they grieve the loss of their loved one.

As this is the February issue, we in the REALM bowling league wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day. Hope you have something special planned for that someone special in your life. After week 15 of 32, here are the league standings:

Standing Team Bowlers

1st Place No Idea (72 points) Corinne Brownwell, Noel Grant, Claire Miller, Jim Miller

2nd Place The Heat (70 points) George McCumber, Carol Studer, Joan Wilken, Vacancy

3rdPlace Ten Pins (69 points) Barbara Marks, Diane Tomlinson, Romy Tomlinson, Vacancy

Men High Handicap Scores - Game

1st Place Carl Fairley 271

2nd Place Jim Miller 268

3rd Place Romy Tomlinson 265

Women High Handicap Scores - Game

1st Place Betty Cladianos 260

2nd Place Suzie Lampe 257

3rd Place Claire Miller 256

Men High Handicap Scores - Series

1st Place Carl Fairley 728

2nd Place Noel Grant 713

3rd Place Don Hoffman 702

Women High Handicap Scores - Series

1st Place Cindy Rushworth 705

2nd Place Betty Cladianos 703

3rd Place Carol Studer 696

That’s it for this month. Watch this space in upcoming issues for more news about the REALM Bowling League. Bob


REALM 2018 Christmas Luncheon at the Mount Dora Country Club

Greg & Connie Hayworth (Entertainers)

Dave and Lynn Hayworth Linda and Bob Rivera

Evelyne Mitchell, Sharon Timme Thomas Barnes, Yvonne Roberts

Deloris and Richard Connell Ken and Malee Ray Mai Lan Fowler, James Oliver

Jan and Joe Blum Becky and James Hamilton Sally Malena and Bill Bowden

Christmas: Continued on Page 10.


Christmas: Continued from Page 9.

Barbara and Seth Moorhead Peggy and Bob Barton Carolyn and Donald Kotar

Tony & Lynette DiBerardino Jim and Martha Goff Betty and Henry Hopkins

Eileen and James Stana Jean and Jim Mathena Harry and Eva Rogers

Ann Hartle, Becky Smith Jackie and Albert LeBoeuf Jo Ann and Russ Kaufman




James and Ila Clontz Robert and Edna King Fran and Roger Beckner

Lillian and Richard Stelter Loretta and Bob Fiebrandt Ralph and Natalie Staschke

Sarah Lambert, Ruby Getlin Shirley and Ed Jones Kathy Anderson, Toni Perrin

Carole Amy, Linda Begley, Janet Moulton Sybil Adkins, Barbara Foshee, Hugh Laumen



Mary Hand, Alan & Ruth Courney

June and Walt Wagner Dorothy Ciekot Anne Hurlock Kelley, Nancy Hulcher, Carolyn Bloom


Frances Sellers, Pat Mahar, Dolores Indek Linda & Andy Schaidt, Cheryl Richards

Have you ever heard someone say that an invention was in-spired by a work of science fiction? As it turns out, such things are possible. The problem is discovering which claims are true and which are not.

This was the problem that I considered. In previous issues of the REALM News were articles on my first two books. These were The Great Heinlein Mystery: Science Fiction, Innovation and Naval Technology and An ASTOUNDING War: Science Fiction and World War II. My latest book, which just came out in mid-September, is Out of This World Ideas: And the Inventions They Inspired.

Was a type of holography inspired by the story of the discovery of an alien artifact that was from the time of the dinosaurs? Was the Combat Information Center, one of the factors in naval victories during World War II, inspired by a system used to manage massive battles in space? These are just two of the cases considered in Out of This World Ideas. In addition, I look at science fiction authors who have also focused their creative efforts on actual inventions.

Out of This World Ideas is available now in print version on Amazon.com. The Kindle version will be out in the near future. For more information on this and my earlier books, visit my website at www.emwysocki.com.

Out of This World Ideas: And the Inventions They Inspired By Ed Wysocki


LEONARD and JUNE BERNARD their 54 th married 2 27 1965 in FL JOHN and ELEANOR BINGHAM their 61 st married 2 8 1958 in CLIFTON NJ AL and JOYCE BRASHER their 62 nd married 2 23 1957 in VANDIVER AL RICHARD and DELORIS CONNELL their 43 rd married 2 28 1976 in ORLANDO FL RICHARD and HELEN DOLFINGER their 39 th married 2 9 1980 in HAWTHORNE NY ROBERT and KIRSTEEN EWART their 25 th married 2 14 1994 in ORLANDO FL JOHN and GAIL FISHER their 56 th married 2 16 1963 in CHI-CAGO IL MARTIN and SILKE GALASSINI their 62 nd married 2 16 1957 in LONGBRANCH NJ MONA and DON GRIFFITH their 53 rd married 2 17 1966 in ORLANDO FL MARY and JOHN JR LEVELL their 32 nd married 2 14 1987 in ORLANDO FL ROBERT and RUTH MOORE their 62 nd married 2 24 1957 in ORLANDO FL BILL and MARCIA PEARSON their 57 th married 2 4 1962 in HINSDALE IL TONI and THEODORE PERRIN their 45 th married 2 2 1974 in PANAMA CITY FL HARVEY and ALICE READEY their 54 th married 2 27 1965 in ORLANDO FL JAMES and LOUISE ROSSETTO their 60 th married 2 12 1959 in FT LAUDERDALE FL WILLIAM and FLORENCE SMITH their 63 rd married 2 10 1956 in ROME GA CARMINE and LIBBY SPINA their 20 th married 2 14 1999 in WINTER PARK FL EDWARD and JOAN VAN AKIN their 61 st married 2 15 1958 in ORLANDO FL ROBERT and GLORIA WARD their 60 th married 2 7 1959 in SATEN ISLAND NY WILLIE and MARTHA WILLIAMS their 66 th married 2 17 1953 in ST LOUIS IL PHIL and PAT WOLKENS their 60 th married 2 14 1959 in ORLANDO FL

February Anniversaries

Legend: Anniversaries 50 Years or greater in Red Font.

In Memoriam Fred & Gladie Erdman’s daughter, Rhonda .. Dec 1 Ivan Stilp’s widow, Margaret (Maggie) ........ Dec 7 Wayne Sjoberg ............................................ Dec 15 Tom Clark's wife, Pauline ............................ Dec 17 Howard Eckenroth ....................................... Dec 29 Arthur Miller ............................................... Dec 30

Lunch Bunches

It’s time to get our lunch schedule established for the year.

We need a few volunteers to step up to sponsor luncheons in the coming months. It is not fair to expect the same people to do this every year. The luncheons are one of our most popular activities and one of the few times we get to socialize with our former co-workers. Pick a restaurant and a month that you would like to sponsor a lunch and call Bill Bowden (407-277-5599) and he will walk you through the simple procedure of scheduling and planning the event. For those of you who have previously sponsored luncheons just let Evelyne and me know the planned dates for this year.

Do you know a retiree who hasn’t joined REALM? Perhaps you know of one or two who forgot to renew their memberships? If so, please point them to the REALM website below so they can download the application and join our fun activities like Group Travel, Lunch Bunches, Volunteer opportunities at the Science Center.

http://www.realm-fl.org/documents/

REALM appl 2016.pdf

New Members

By Bill Bowden


LOCKHEED MARTIN REALM PO Box 1184

Windermere, FL 34786-1184

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REALM Schedule

REALM SCHEDULE

2019

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Executive Board Meeting 8 5 5 2 7 4 6 3 1 5 3

News items due 8 5 5 2 7 4 2 6 3 1 5 3

News mailout date 21 18 18 15 20 17 15 19 16 14 18 16

Travel

New Orleans 19-23

Mackinac Island 15-23

Bowling Every Thursday Sept to May Corrections? Call Evelyne Mitchell

407-855-8364 or e-mail

[email protected] Bridge Every Friday

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