Biography

I flew the [F-100] “A” at Nellis in 1957. It was the hottest airplane I ever flew. Once on takeoff on a solo flight, I was slow to disengage the afterburner and broke the mack between Nellis and Henderson. I expected real trouble, but nothing was ever said about it.  Once returning from the range in a four-ship flight the instructor had us cruise through Mach 1. The little “A” was rock solid. My first love was the ’86, but the “A” ran a close second.

Units Assigned

2/1956 Aviation Cadet Class 57-O (Distinguished Graduate, Commander’s Trophy)
6/1957 Regular Commission
Gunnery School at Williams AFB, AZ F-86
Gunnery School at Nellis AFB, NV F-100
387th FBS at Cannon AFB, NM F-100
523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM F-100
Hahn AB in Germany
Incerlik AB in Turkey
1960 University of Virginia
1962 University of Virginia law school, Virginia Air National Guard F-84
1965 Moved to Sitka, Alaska
1967 Appointed to the bench as Alaska District Judge in Sitka
1969 Alaska Attorney General’s office
Served as Assistant District Attorney in Juneau and Anchorage, and as Assistant United States Attorney in Anchorage
1974 A partner in the law firm of Gregg, Fraties, Petersen, Page and Baxter
1998 Retired

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-86
F-100
F-84

Military Education

Civilian Education

St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, VA
1953 Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA
1965 University of Virginia law school