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Tag Archives: the Army Air Corps
The Anniversary of Military Aviation
Monday was the anniversary of our Declaration of Independence and today is the 99th anniversary of rated Army pilots. This day in 1912, Lieutenants Thomas D. Milling and Henry H. Arnold became the first and second United States military aviators … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1LT Roy Kirtland, 99th anniversary of the birth of military aviation, Anniversary of Military Aviation, Arthur L. Welsh, Captain Arthur S. Cowan, Captain Charles D. Chandler, Cliff Turpin, College Park MD, Declaration of Independence, flight training with the Wright Brothers, flying airplanes was very dangerous, Lieutenant Henry H. Arnold, Lieutenant Thomas D. Milling, Orville Wright, Simms Station OH, the 15th Calvary, the Aeronautical Division US Signal Corps, the Air Force, the Army Air Corps, the Army’s first flight school, the Commanding General of the US Army Air Forces, the first and second United States military aviators, the Signal Corps, World War II
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The Blue Angels First Performance
On this day in 1946 at NAS Jacksonville, LCDR Butch Voris pushed the throttle forward on his blue and gold Grumman F-6 Hellcat to start his takeoff roll. The other pilots on his team, in their individual Hellcats, also pushed … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation, Aviation History, Flying
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Tagged Air Force the Thunderbirds, airspeed, altitude, and LCDR Lloyd Barnard, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Chester Nimitz, combat veterans of the Pacific war, discipline, F/A-18 Hornets, Florida, flying, Grumman F-6 Hellcat, judgment, LCDR Butch Voris, low-flying maneuvers in tight formations, LT Maurice "Wick" Wickendoll, LT Mel Cassidy, memories, NAS Jacksonville, professional pilots, sailors, taildraggers, the Army Air Corps, The Blue Angels, The Blue Angels First Performance, the team’s first airshow at NAS Jacksonville, the United States Navy, World War II
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