Meet Uncle Frank

This is uncle Frank. He’s not my uncle, he’s Barbara’s, but he greets me with a strong hand shake and a fake punch to the gut every time I see him. Frank is 97 years old in this photo. He gardens, takes care of his home, play’s first chair violin in a senior symphony and plays scrabble every evening with his wife Mary. The only medication he takes is a single baby aspirin every day.

Ask him what it is that works for him – okay, you don’t have to ask, he’ll tell you – and Frank will say this; “Everything in moderation. I enjoy a glass of red wine every day, you shouldn’t over eat, and don’t each much meat. I still have my wife, I’m not alone and she cooks for me. Pasta is a wonderful food. Pasta and vegetables.”

But Frank would rather talk about aviation – and he has some stories to tell.

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