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people
who really make a difference
COMMUNITY LEADER AND
MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
There
are so many who give so much to make the squadron what it is
today. Although we can’t list all of the things that
the
various people do, we recognize once a year the most
outstanding contributions through our Member of the Year
Award
and our Outstanding Community Leadership Award
NEW
MEETING TIMES
Membership
meetings will be held on
the 2nd Saturday at 2:00 pm at the
hangar. Open
Board meetings are to follow the
membership meetings or will be
scheduled as circumstances require
them for actions.
Fairfield
Airventure
OUTSTANDING
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
In
recognition of the many contributions and faithful service
to the ideals
and purposes of The Historical Aircraft Squadron, especially
your efforts to support the growth of our organization,
we hereby
award you the Community Leader Award for
the year 2003.
Loren
Peters
MEMBER
OF THE YEAR
In
recognition of the many contributions and faithful service
to the ideals
and purposes of The Historical Aircraft Squadron, especially
your efforts to design and provide signage for the
squadron and all of your other efforts to support the
squadron, we
hereby award you the Member of the Year Award. for the
year of 2003.
THANK
YOU FROM ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT SQUADRON
A
NEW SERVICE TO
MEMBERS
We
are now offering the newsletter in
digital format. Contact us at: info@historicalaircraftsquadron.com
Beginning next month the newsletter will
be published every other month.
This will help us reduce costs
and improve finances.
DIANE
McDANIEL is
spearheading a program to collect used printer toner
cartridges for resale to vendors and thus raise money for
the Squadron. Bring in your used cartridges to the hangar
for her.
ATTENTION
AIRCRAFT PARTS VENDORS
!!
FIRST
ANNUAL FLY-IN FLEA MARKET
SCHEDULED FOR MAY 22,
2004
This
new event will be held at our Fairfield
County Airport location and will
feature an event that includes aircraft
related items as well as vendors
selling traditional assortments of
Flea market items. If you know
aircraft vendors. Contact them. Make
your plans to help out or to sell your
items by contacting Kathy Ridgway
at 740-653-4778
CENTRAL
OHIO FLYER’S STORY IS INCLUDED IN THE NEW BOOK ... ‘FLYBOYS’
Phil VonVille was a 20 year old Corsair pilot from Columbus,
Ohio who was flying off the USS Bennington. On his last
mission he was sticking napalm bombs into the caves on
Okinawa in support of our troops as the landed on what was
considered the invasion of the first of the Japan home
islands.
On his last bomb run, he delivered
his napalm and pulled into a steep climb-out when all hell
broke out. A large shell tore through the floor of the
cockpit and shredded his knee cap. Phil passed out and when
he awoke, blood was everywhere. He had a large metal
fragment sticking in his head and boots full of blood.
After leveling the plane he placed
his belt around his leg to stop the bleeding from the
shattered knee. This the same story as related to Bob DeLay
a few years ago. He called the Bennington to say he was
coming on board. They ordered him to ditch but all Phil
could remember was the lecture that morning about the sea
being infested with shark. With all of the blood he knew he’d
not survive a water landing.
So on board he came with his
crippled F4U. Gear up and drifting in and out of
consciousness. He got on board and passed out. The F4U was
pushed over the side and Phil spent the Open Board/business
meetings are held the after membership meetings.
In that instant his flying career
ended. The shock was so great that all of his body hair fell
out and never grew back but he survived by the will of a 20
year olds determination.
In recent years he was honored at
the Midland Confederated Airforce show by getting a ride on
the lap of an F4U driver. Phil lives in Delaware county and
is an avid supporter of military aviation.
A
FEW MEMBERS HAVEN’T PAID THEIR DUES....
PLEASE USE THE FORM TO THE RIGHT AND MAIL IT NOW !!
Renewal
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