I knew I wanted to fly for the airlines.”
I took advantage of all that, went to college, majored in aviation, and began building time. I was born and raised down in New Iberia, and my dad was a general aviation pilot and instructor. But, naw, I started flying in high school. “You know the history and all that because you’re an Atlanta boy. “Ha-ha, I’m just about that old!” he countered over the intercom. “So, did you start with Delta in Monroe?” I kidded as we taxied the big warbird past Vintage Camping to waves of appreciation from attendees crowding the flight line as the red-and-white AeroShell taildraggers snaked toward the runup area. I’m from Atlanta, which is Delta’s modern-day headquarters. We hit common ground with Delta, which began as an agricultural application company in the late 1920s in Monroe, Louisiana. His aviation career spans 53 years with more than 22,000 hours logged, beginning as a teenager and progressing through a 27-year airline career capped by senior captain status with Delta Air Lines. I quizzed Fordham about his flying background, and vice versa, so we got to know each other a little better. I was glad to have been offered a rear-seat ride as Fordham and teammates Steve Gustafson, Mark Henley, and Bryan Regan sharpened up with a morning practice flight ahead of the midweek night airshow in which this team has played a starring role for years.
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