U-2/A-12/SR-71 reunion 2007 in Las vegas
........ a small but moving anecdote from the Las Vegas Reunion. As I stepped off the top of the escalator at the entrance to The Ballroom in the Gold Coast Casino hotel I met an old friend, Marty Knutson now 77 years old, who was one of the pilots with Frank Powers when they flew across Russia in the 1950’s. We chatted and he told me that he was fine and had recently had some good fortune. Another chum, John MacArthur, sometime RAF exchange U-2 pilot with him and now a Reverend in Australia was wont to call him about once a month.
Marty told him that his right eye was suffering from Macular Degeneration and that his driving licence was pulled. Leave it to me said John and promised to call him back in 3 weeks. He called and asked about the vision. Better, said Marty, but still needs more work. A month later when asked, Marty said his vision was back to normal and he had his driving licence. Marty asked John what he had done to achieve this. The reply “I asked my congregation of 300 to pray for you.”