Lihue FSS (LIH), Kauai, Hawaii,  Inflight, 1963
Ervin Dworzack, charter member of “The Society of Airways Pioneers,” one-time barnstormer, and ham radio operator since 1923, likes to reminisce about the old days when a radio operator had to be self-sufficient.

There were no systems maintenance personnel, electronic maintenance technicians, or even a radio repair man to consult when the equipment broke down.  Some of his duties included helping the mail plane pilot shovel snow, and occasionally he helped unload mail for delivery via rail when the mail plane couldn’t get through because of weather.