WEB OFFSET REPORT -- Back to the Future

Basore loved military life and had planned to make it his career. But, in 1959, he found himself in his hometown of Hagerstown, MD, looking for a job. "I would have stayed in the military, but they were downsizing at that time, so I decided to get out," he notes.

Basore had thought he might continue his love affair with planes and pursue a career in the airline industry. But, at that time, the country was in the midst of a recession and the airline industry was not hiring.