From November 1978 to late January 1979 I spent two months in the historic town of Springfield Massachusetts, working in a pilot production facility at Monsanto’s Indian Orchard plant. At that time Monsanto had a policy that any travel over eight hours was First Class, so I was up the pointy end and in the upstairs bar of the 747 on my international flights. When not working I drove around New England, went to a Whalers/ Soviet Allstars ice hockey game (saw Gordie Howe playing with his sons) and spent New Years Eve in Niagara Falls.
