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| We are extremely fortunate to offer a stellar panel of speakers. The program will be chaired by Barry Latter, a Senior Docent at the Museum of Flight.
Ted Young (9:15) will consider "Early US Navy Carrier Operations and the Battle of Midway." The author of seven books on aviation and military history from the World War II era, Ted has made distinguished contributions to aviation literature in France, Great Britain and the United States. Currently his research focuses on Navy and Marine Corps aces of the Okinawa campaign in 1945.
Addison Pemberton and William E. Boeing, Jr.(10:00), will discuss the role and historic significance of the Boeing Model
40C. Mr. Boeing will make the case that orders for this aircraft
allowed the Boeing Company to survive the Great Depression. Addison
will describe his experience restoring the world's only Model 40C and in
the afternoon, will fly it as part of the program.
Dan Hagedorn (10:45) will present "Hiding in Plane Site," the story of operating Boeing Plant 2 in wartime camouflage. Dan is Chief Curator, Museum of Flight, and a former Research Team Leader at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. He has been honored with the "Unsung Hero Award" of the Smithsonian Institution. For twenty-seven years he served in the U.S. Armed Forces and intelligence service. He has written seventeen monographs or books on aviation history.
 Mike Lavelle (11:30) will share "Lessons Learned 100 Years Ago in the 1911 Transcontinental Flight of the Vin Fiz." Aviator Cal Rodgers took up the challenge to compete for the $50,000 prize that publisher William Randolph Hearst offered to the first pilot to fly across the United States within thirty days. Rodgers completed the 4,000 miles in 84 days and 82 flying hours. Come hear the details from the Director of Public Programs at the Museum of Flight. Mike also is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain.
Time permitting, John Sessions will present two hundred shots taken in 2009 during the North Atlantic crossing of B-25D "Grumpy." Beginning in Duxford, England, a crew of five donned immersion suits under their flight gear for the legs to Iceland, Greenland and Northeastern Canada. Flown at 5,000 feet and below, Grumpy re-traced the Lend-Lease route of WWII. This visual record of the mission contrasts marginal flying conditions with breathtaking scenery. John founded Historic Flight Foundation and led the return of "Grumpy" to the United States. | |
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