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Hello Folks, seven down, a lot to go, I hope. Well, I’ll try and keep this short as you may know I tend to get blabby once I get rollin’. It seems as of late for some ungodly reason my Spring Fever is starting to overpower my Cabin Fever. Silly as it sounds. It’s not even the end of February and living all my life in the Northeast near enough to Lake Ontario to get the full benefit of Lake-effect snow, I know better, or at least I should. I guess missing out on all the fun that the Mid-Atlantic had recently has given me a false sense of security and optimism. I hope I’m not setting myself up for a big letdown. Guess we’ll have to wait and see, won’t we? Well, shall we take our weekly trip down History Lane? Yes, I think we shall.

Tom K.

Oh, being the moderator of the 1941 HAG Museum Website Message Board, it’s time I stuck in a blatant plug for the 1st Museum Event of 2010 which is being held next Saturday. Get ready….here it comes:

Help the HAG…

1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum

1st Annual Chili Cook Off & Auction

Bring your family and friends…

February 27, 2010 @12:30-3:00

Swanson Hall, Big Tree Lane, Geneseo

Here’s how it works:
To Enter the Contest: Bring a pot of your Best Chili

1st Place Prize – Airplane Ride

Or: Come to taste and vote, Everyone Welcome!

To Help the HAG: Donate an item from home or work to auction

We will “Make Some Noise” auctioning them off…all proceeds go to the HAG

FUN and Outdoor Games for the Children at 1:00
(dress them for the weather)

X-Country Skiing is welcomed… Bring your own skis

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22 February 1911
Henri Pequet and Captain W.G. Windham begin a regular airmail service between Allahabad and Naini Junction in India, to coincide with the Universal Postal Exhibition in Allahabad.

27 February 1913
Slavorosov, Caproni’s chief test pilot, flies from Milan to Rome on a tour arranged by the La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

25 February – 25 April 1934
American airwoman Laura Ingalls undertakes a solo flight round South America, a distance of 27,359 kilometers (17,000 miles).

26 February 1940
The United States War Department forms the United States Air Defense Command to integrate defenses against possible air attack.

25 February 1941
The Air Defense Force (PVO) is formed in the Soviet Union.

22 February 1942
The first United States Army Air Force (USAAF) headquarters in Europe are established in the United Kingdom with Brigadier General I.C. Eaker commanding.

29 February 1944
5th United States Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft support landings in the Admiralty Islands.

23 February 1945
The German Air Force sinks its last ship of the Second World War; the Henry Bacon belonging to convoy RA64.

28 February 1945
The first manned flight of the Bachem Ba349 Natter kills the pilot, Oberleutnant Lothar Siebert. Three subsequent manned launches are successful and the aircraft is approved for operational use, although it will not see service.

24 February 1949
Termination of the Arab-Israeli war is confirmed by an Armistice signed on Rhodes.

26 February – 2 March 1949
The first non-stop round the world flight is made by the United States Air Force (USAF) B50 ‘Lucky Lady II’, piloted by Captain James Gallagher. The aircraft is refuelled in flight four times during its 94 hour 1 minute flight and covers a distance of 37,742 kilometers (23,452 miles).

26 February 1955
George F. Smith becomes the first man in the world to live after an ejection from a North American F-100 Super Sabre traveling at supersonic speed (Mach 1.05) after his controls jammed.

25 February 1961
Paul F. Bikle, Director of NASA’s Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California pilots a Schweizer I23E glider (sailplane) to a height of 14,102 meters (46,267 feet)

29 February 1964
President Johnson reveals the existence of the Lockheed A-11 high altitude high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.

22 February 1974
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Barbara Ann Allen becomes the first woman transport pilot in the United States Navy.

27 February 1979
Production of the A-4 Skyhawk ends after 26 years, with the delivery of the 2,690th and final aircraft to the United States Marine Corps (USMC).

24 February 1982
The Australian government confirms the purchase of HMS Invincible from the Royal Navy.

22 February 1988
It is announced that the Air Industries Division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Iran has produced an in-house two-seat light aircraft.

25 February 1988
India first launches the indigenously developed Prithvi tactical missile.

28 February 1994
United States Air Force (USAF) General Dynamics F-16 fighters shoot down four Serbian Soko G4 Super Galeb strike aircraft engaged in bombing operations against Croation townships within the United Nations ‘no-fly’ zone.

23 February 1997
93 construction workers are rescued by helicopter from a burning Bangkok skyscraper, which caught fire during building work.

28 February 1998
The unmanned Ryan RQ4A Global Hawk flies for the first time. The aircraft is intended to replace the United States Air Force’s Lockheed U2 in the high-altitude, long-range reconnaissance role. (Hmmmm..Didn’t work out )

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That’s it for this week Folks. See ya in seven.

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