30 September 1950 – The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) was founded in 1951, when scientists from the field of space research gathered in an attempt to ensure a constant dialogue between the space nations, regardless of political turmoil. In its early years, the Federation and its annual International Astronautical Congresses – better known as the
From his youngest memory he loved airplanes and made it his life’s mission to fly. A dream he achieved by applying for and being accepted for pilot training with the United States Air Force.
Mike married his high school sweetheart, Nancy L. Hartigan, in March of 1953 and they enjoyed a wide variety of duty assignments across both oceans before she preceded him in death in June 2012.
Mike lived, breathed and loved everything about airplanes and flying. He was also a model airplane builder and one of the early pioneers of the ducted fan technology in model airplanes. His other loves besides his family and flying were gathering the gang together at Lynnies, ice cold beer, Mexican food and soup of all kinds.
