Blog

January 2009
Interview with Harrison Ford
January 25, 2009
Interview with Harrison Ford I really enjoyed meeting and interviewing Harrison Ford for the Legends of Aviation project.  Harrison is being honored and recognized for  his work with the Young Eagles program, which tries to introduce the love of aviation to young people all... Read more
 
Janet Haberbush - Windermere Real Estate Broker
January 18, 2009
Janet Haberbush.   Janet Haberbush - Windermere Real Estate Broker.   Janet visited our Inventive Productions studios to meet about the possibility of our doing a recruiting video for your family business. Janet's father had been one of the first franchisee's of the Windermere... Read more
 
Herb Blanchard - US Air Force & Navy Seabee
January 18, 2009
Herb Blanchard.   Herb Blanchard - US Air Force & US Navy Seabee - 1962-1972   I really enjoyed meeting and interviewing Herb. He is a real nice guy.   Herb came to our Inventive Productions studios to be interviewed for my documentary "The NEW Fighting Seabees... Read more
 
Barron Hilton - Legend of Aviation, Friend of Johnny Myers
January 18, 2009
Barron Hilton     Barron Hilton - Legend of Aviation, Friend of Johnny Myers   My GPS said it was recalculating the route, which means I might be lost. This made me worry that I might be late for my meeting with Barron Hilton. But it all worked out and I made it in... Read more
 
Tony Bill - Filmmaker, Aviator
January 18, 2009
Tony Bill   Tony Bill - Filmmaker, Aviator     It was a beautiful clear morning in Venice Beach, California. I had driven there early because I was afraid I wouldn't get a parking spot. But there was no problem on this Monday.   I was there at the steps to... Read more
 
Luke & Wes Myers, Grandsons of a Hero Aviator
January 18, 2009
Luke & Wes Myers   Luke & Wes Myers, Grandsons of a Hero Aviator. It was a gorgeous Sunday morning in Southern California. I drove up the beach past Malibu in my rental car, looking at all the joggers in bikinis. After a brutal winter up in Seattle, this sunshine was a great... Read more
 
Linden Blue - Legend of Aviation - Entrepreneur
January 18, 2009
Linden Blue - Legend of Aviation - Entrepreneur   The sun was shining and it was an awesome California day in January. Totally clear skies and no smog. I drove down south towards San Diego on my way to meet Linden Blue at his office at the Palomar Airport near Carlsbad.   I... Read more
 
Bob Hoover - America's Greatest Living Pilot?
January 18, 2009
Bob Hoover - America's Greatest Living Pilot?   It was a beautiful sunny day in California. I had gotten up real early that morning in Seattle, fighting snow and bitter cold to get to the airport on time. I had slept a little on the plane, so when I saw the sunshine, it really made... Read more
 
Johnny Myers - American Hero, Test Pilot, Aviator, Attorney
January 18, 2009
Johnny Myers: American Hero - Test Pilot, Aviator, Attorney         A few months ago I was contacted by a Writer-Director, Robert Dal Collette, who told me about an exciting project about fighter pilots, jet test pilots, and legendary pioneers of aviation. It was called... Read more
 
Martie Johnson - West Point, Marines, Seabee, Chaplain
January 18, 2009
Martie Johnson, Jr.   My life will never be the same after meeting Martie Johnson, Jr.   Martie was kind enough to come to our Inventive Productions studios to be interviewed for my new documentary, "The New Fighting Seabees."   In came this loud... Read more
 
Patti Payne - Voice Over, Writer
January 18, 2009
Patti Payne I was first introduced to Patti Payne by Jeff Kirby, CEO of Puget Sound Security in Bellevue. Jeff suggested I use Patti's great voice over skills for the video we are creating for Jeff. This last week, Patti came to our studio and recorded that very Voice Over. She came to the... Read more
 
Brian Sweet - Seabee - Iraq
January 18, 2009
Brian Sweet Brian came over to our Inventive Productions studios in Redmond, WA to be interviewed for the new documentary "The New Fighting Seabees." While he was here, we also asked him other questions so we could send in his DVD footage to the Library of Congress under the Veterans... Read more
 
Bill Neubauer - Seabee - Korea, Vietnam
January 18, 2009
Bill Neubauer     I really enjoyed my time interviewing Bill Neubauer. Bill is a great guy. Bill was at our green screen studio for an interview for the new documentary film, "The New Fighting Seabees." Bill was born in 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska. He served in the US... Read more
 
Greg Shaw - US Army - 1st Calvary - Vietnam
January 18, 2009
Greg Shaw (today) Greg Shaw (1968)     Greg Shaw came to our green screen studio to record his free interview for the Veteran's History Project for the Library of Congress. We have volunteered to do 100 free video interviews of veterans for the great Library of Congress... Read more
 
Bob Moeller - Seabee - Vietnam, Japan
January 18, 2009
Bob Moeller Bob Moeller came in to our green screen studio in Redmond to be interviewed for our new documentary film "The NEW Fighting Seabees." Bob served over 30 years in the US Navy, including time in Vietnam, Japan, and several places in the US. Bob earned two Legion... Read more
 
Ted Taylor - Seabee - Alaska, London, Cuba Missile Crisis
January 18, 2009
Ted Taylor Today I had the priviledge to interview a true American Hero, Rear Admiral Ted Taylor (retired). Ted was kind enough to allow me to interview him for my documentary "THE NEW FIGHTING SEABEES" and then I convinced him to let me send the DVD to the Library of... Read more
 
Al Bentley - Seabee - Greece, Spain, Anarctica
January 18, 2009
I really had a super time interviewing Al Bentley yesterday. Al came in to do an interview for my new documentary "The New Fighting Seabees" and while he was here he went ahead and let me ask him 124 questions about his life. I recorded the interview in our green screen room, on... Read more
 
Gordon Perin - Seabee - Guam & Alaska- Cold War
January 18, 2009
Gordon Perin This morning I interviewed Gordon Perin who served as a US Navy Seabee during the Cold War. His parents were both private pilots who died in a plane crash when Gordon was only 12 years old. From that moment on, he learned to be self reliant. During his four years with the... Read more
 
Jon Koenig - Seabee - Iraq
January 18, 2009
Jon Koenig I really enjoyed interviewing Jon Koenig. Jon came over to our green screen studio to be interviewed for my new documentary, "The New Fighting Seabees." The first thing I found out about Jon was that he had served with my youngest sister, Patty McHatton, as a Seabee... Read more
 
Frank Meyer - Seabee - England, France South Pacific
January 18, 2009
Frank Meyers. I really enjoyed shooting my video interview with Frank Meyers for my new documentary "The New Fighting Seabees." Frank and his wife Barbara came by the studio. Frank told me stories about his being drafted after Pearl Harbor and about his service in England... Read more