01/15/2003. Remarks by Earl
Hodges: "I took this picture in
1936 at Fairfax when I rode my brand new Schwinn balloon-tired bike
and borrowed a Baby Brownie camera from my mother. That Curtiss Robin
was the one in which I got my first flight. I don't remember the
fellow's name but I was sitting there on my bike looking lonesome, I
guess, when he asked if I'd like a ride. I dropped my new bike on the
edge of the grass and climbed aboard for about a 23 minute ride. Talk
about thrilled!! I didn't dare mention it to my folks or they'd have
killed me. Not only for the airplane ride (my mother was against
them) but for leaving my bike. I don't think they ever found out
because I sure as the devil never told them."
