We traveled the States in a Martin 404 charter plane. This was a two engine craft similar to a DC3 I believe, and the first plane I ever flew in. On one of our flights to Salt Lake City, Utah for a concert, a window blew out of the plane. We were in our customary , let’s play monopoly to alleviate the boredom mode, when there was a bang and the loud sound of air rushing throughout the plane. Bill and I were in our seatbelts when Brian climbed over me to rush up the aisle, screaming that we would be sucked out of the plane. Bill and I wondered why he took off his seatbelt when we felt that would protect you from being sucked out. But that wasn’t the problem, since we were not pressurized the sound was that of the air rushing in. And so we lived…
