I joined AOPA in the 1960s. I had started flying in Aspen, Colorado, in 1957 in a 90-horsepower J-3 Cub, after I had my initial 10-hour instruction at College Park Airport in Maryland. Both airports were dirt/grass strips then. Hanging out at the Aspen airport, working on starting a glider-ride operation, I met an Aspen Airways pilot-who was flying Convair 580s between Denver and Aspen-and noticed he was wearing the Navitimer when he showed me his calloused hand from wrestling the Convairs on that route. I had to have one of those watches, and must have bought it from AOPA in the mid-1960s. I liked the circular slide rule and the stopwatch, which I used for flying glider rides and lessons. Simply a push on the button at the beginning and the timer was there to let me know my progress.
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