A day with Danny Glover

I was a reporter at the Whidbey News-Time in the early Nineties when I had the opportunity to meet Hollywood legend Danny Glover, a “guest” at NAS Whidbey as he and co-star Brad Johnson prepared for lead roles in the film “Flight of the Intruder.” Among other things, the visit to the Navy base to research his role included a couple of hours being dropped, dunked and dragged through the pool. I had a similar experience once during an unsuccessful bid to fly in an A-6. Glover and Johnson, a native of eastern Washington, were gracious as I followed with notepad and camera. Glover has a sense of humor, as evidenced by one photo I took during a “dukes up” interlude with his co-star. Later I got to meet “Intruder” author Stephen Coonts, a retired Navy pilot who has gone on to write a series of successful novels. For more information about the film, go to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Intruder