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Originally Posted by KittyHawk
ApS: out of town until SAT, will call Sun at 1155.
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To assure that my Dad would not be napping, I called at 11:30.
We had a nice chat 'til I got to the specifics of your aircraft.
—> You have to know he can be quite the kidder.
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ApS: ...The Kitty Hawk is not going to be restored with the EDO floats.
Dad: Oh?
ApS: What do the letters EDO stand for?
Dad: E (garbled) D (garbled) O (garbled).
ApS: I didn't get that. The cellphone reception here isn't so good.
Dad: That's his name.
ApS: Well, what does the "O" stand for?
Dad: That's his
last name.
ApS: The company had more than one name?
Dad: Not that I know of.
ApS: What did the "E" stand for?
Dad: That was his first name.
ApS:
What did he end up for a name, then?
Dad: EDO.
ApS:
EDO was his name?
Dad: Yes.
ApS:
Did you get much snow?
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After that Abbott and Costello routine, I went to Google to look it up.
EDO Corporation was named after its founder:
Earl
Dodge
Osborne.
BTW: Following the attack on Pearl Harbor,
EDO Corporation received WWII Government contracts for
amphibious floats on transport aircraft. It's interesting to watch the "rollout" of some huge floats, and how those big transport aircraft manage those floats at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_8ccwoVZTc