oh please share Wally,
my Dad did his training with Discover Flying in SYK & TXA and worked for big M doing office work and washing the aircraft to "earn hours". how many he earned i am unsure. Dad told me before he passed recently that he was called to MM's house one night with all the DF crew where they were show the master plan for the "Penguin Express" the dove arrived a few week later i think.
Cheers, Dan