Jerry Blackburn

Aerospace Legacy Foundation

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President of the Aerospace Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit based in Downey, California; 40-year veteran of the aerospace industry

Jerry Blackburn on KCRW

In the 1950's black and white sit-com The Life of Reilly, Reilly and his buddy, Gillis, drove on something called a freeway to get to their jobs in an airplane factory.

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