I am Michael C. Bernhardt, the oldest son of Berny13 aka, Phantom Phixer, aka Bill C. Bernhardt, and also retired AF. Dad and I built models together when I was a kid, and as most kids I outgrew doing things with Dad, my loss.
While Dad was a Crew Chief on F-4's most of his career, I was an Aircrew Life Support technician, always answering Dad's questions on G-suits, flightsuits, helmets, O2 masks, ejection systems etc. Now that I am retired with too much time on my hands, I have decided to build my first model since the 70's. Boy do I got a lot to learn. Having always had a love for Military History (Thanks to Dad), my first venture will be a basic Revell B-17G, we'll see how that goes.
Spent my career doing Life Support on OV-10A's, F-15A, B, C, D's, MC-130E's, C-130E's, C-130J's, C-130E's ABCCC, C-9A's, MC-130N, P's.
Michael C. Bernhardt