.. the kinks had pretty much been ironed out. Two hundred critical modifications ... like wing spars and engine mounts ... had seen the 18 become a fa...vorite pontoon aircraft for getting into and out of ... tight wet places. Air America had a whole fleet of them.(In case you didn't know, here's what Wikipedia has to say about them:In August 1950, the CIA secretly purchased the assets of Civil Air Transport (CAT), an airline that had been started in China in 1946 by Gen. Claire Lee Chennault (of. As it happened, that put him in a good position to watch her swagger, so he did. He couldn't help it that her mother had put him in an incredibly ... observant state. His eyes followed her hips as they swayed in what he assumed was an unintentional sashay, the swish of her hair, her weight shifting from one side to the other. She wasn't nearly as full-figured as her mother, but she was still scorching hot in her own, petite way. Though she'd come to school the previous day looking two points. He watched the thin black fabric stretch over her curves as she reached up. He took another sip of his drink and wished she would reach a little higher so he could see more of that luscious behind. He heard her mumble as she kept struggling to reach whatever it was she was looking for. He knew he should help her, but the view was entirely too good to pass up on. She was not his normal type. He tended to like skinny, athletic blonds. This woman was neither. Her dark hair was falling down her. ” Still, we had Sonya, and we were happy. I must have asked Joanne to marry me at least a dozen times over the years, but she would always say something like, “Why do you want to risk ruining a great relationship by getting married?” or “We’re really happy the way we are. There’s plenty of time for that later on. Let’s just leave it for now.” She probably had her reasons, but then Joanne was very much her own person. I finally got her to come round, after nearly seven years together,.