This Week In Military/Aviation History 28 April - 4 May
May 3, 2008 7:33 pmHello again Folks, yet another week has zoomed into history. The new noseart on “The Movie Memphis Belle” is complete. Frank Schaufler did a bang up job on it. There’s a photo of it on the Message Board on HAG’s website under “Museum pics” posted by Austin Hancock if you’d like to drop by and take a look. The Heavy vs Heavy contest is shaping up nicely. The first two contests resulted in the choice of “Princess Elizabeth” as our mascot P-51 and “Briefing Time as our mascot B-25. The message Board is approaching 36,000 visitors already. (Wednesday night) We hit 35,000 last Saturday. Life is good. On that positive note, let’s get down to some serious history. shall we?
Take Care and Be Safe,
Tom K 
May 1909
The first aerial navigational chart is published. It is a 5-color chart showing routes out of Paris by Cartes Guides Campbell.
30 April 1910
Alberto Santos-Dumont retires from flying, suffering from multiple sclerosis.
30 April 1915
German Navy Zeppelin L9, commanded by Kapitaltn Mathys, makes an attack on three British submarines, damaging the conning tower of one of them.
May 1915
The first Canadian flying school, the Curtiss Aviation School, opens at Long Branch.
Needs A Little Sheet Metal Work
April 26, 2008 10:05 am
This poor C-47 is in desperate need of a little work. This picture was taken in Kweilin, China, 1943, no other information is known but there must be quite a story behind this.
Source: Jack Cook Collection
B-24 Liberator Crew Went Missing In December 1943
aero-news.net: The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Friday (April 25, 2008) that the remains of 11 US servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Full Article: www.aero-news.net
Picture Of The Day - Flyby
9:43 am
U.S. Navy Photo
This Week In Military/Aviation History 21 - 27 April
April 24, 2008 7:32 pmHello Folks, this is me seven or so days from the last time I was here. I just cannot believe it. Say, a long while ago I suggested you Folks use this information contained in these to cage free drinks at the watering hole of your choice, or just impress the stuff out of your friends with your knowledge of aviation history. Have any of you taken me up on this? There’s a lot of good info here. In the over a year since I’ve been posting, I’ve learned a lot. Shame I can’t retain any of it. It’s called CRS (Can’t Remember Sh**) and I’ve been suffering from this for quite a while now. Ask my better-half. She gets so upset when I forget to take my meds and when she tells me something and 5 or so minutes later she has to tell me again. Oh well. Now, what were we talking about? Oh yeah. I’ve lived long enough to be as eccentric as I choose to be. You know, CRS combined with SH (Selective Hearing) makes for a very interesting lifestyle, not to mention getting out of doing things I really didn’t want to do in the first place. Just have to play it right. Well, let’s get down to some serious history, shall we?
Take Care and Be Safe,
Tom K.
27 April 1913
The first passenger flight in Central America is piloted by Bob Fowler. En Route in the floatplane Raymond Duhem makes the first aerial film of Central America.
25 April 1914
Lieutenant P.N.L. Bellinger makes the first American operational sortie by aeroplane, searching for sea mines during the Santa Cruz incident. A total of five Curtiss AB flying boats are involved in the operation, flying from the battleship USS Mississippi and the cruiser USS Birmingham in an operation lasting 43 days.
24 April 1917
Lieutenant Colonel William ‘Billy’ Mitchell becomes the first United States army officer to over fly the German lines.
