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JUNE 2018
Meet tomorrow's military aviators
We're proud to highlight these Daedalian Matching Scholarship recipients who are
pursuing careers as military aviators. They are our legacy!
If you would like to offer career advice or words of encouragement
to these future aviators, please email us at communications@Daedalians.org
and we'll pass them on to the cadets.
Cadet Abigail Carter
Colorado State University
$1,850 scholarship
Mile High Flight 18
"I have recently been officially selected as a pilot trainee and look
forward to becoming a pilot in the world's greatest Air Force. I
have accumulated 11 flying hours so far and hope to get more
before I graduate. I am very excited for the future opportunities in
Air Force aviation. I would love to continue to carry on the
traditions and the legacy that the Daedalians have left in the past. We, as ROTC cadets, have
the great charge to carry on the future generation of aviators and I look forward to having that
opportunity to try and fill the footsteps of those who have gone before us."
Cadet Nathan Hammond
University of Oklahoma
$1,500 scholarship
Wiley Post Flight 46
"My short-term career goal is to complete Undergraduate Pilot
Training and land a bomber pilot slot (preferably the B-2 Stealth
Bomber). Upon reaching the rank of Captain (O-3), I plan to
complete a two-year tour as a Rated Air Liaison Officer and then
return to flying. My long-term career goals include reaching
general officer ranks, as well as being a bomb wing commander,
before retiring from the Air Force."
Cadet Nathaniel A. Holmes
North Carolina State University
$1,700 scholarship
Harley H. Pope Flight 48
"I am on track to graduate in May 2019 with a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering, a minor in Aerospace studies, and a commission
into the United States Air Force. I am an Air Force pilot select,
and I am absolutely ecstatic about it."
Cadet Rebeka Lake-Dieterich
University of North Texas
$4,500 scholarship
Dallas/Fort Worth Flight 23
"To be a fighter pilot in the Air Force."
Cadet Robert J. Quinlan
UNC Charlotte
$1,700 scholarship
Harley H. Pope Flight 48
"I was recently awarded a pilot slot through AFROTC. More
specifically, I strongly desire a career as a fighter pilot. I also
volunteered for Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training and wait for
the selection period. After spending time flying, I intend to request
a few years as an Air Liaison Officer before returning to pilot. I
understand that this is a very common path and is what I believe
to be the best way for me to sharpen my decision-making skills.
Understanding how things happen on the other side of physically
dropping bombs is a crucial aspect of having the entire picture. I believe that I am best suited
for a military lifestyle and aim to complete a full 20 years or more of service.
Cadet Luke Thomas
Miami University
$1,000 scholarship
Frank P. Lahm Flight 9
"I come from a military family. My grandfather served in the USAF
for 30 years, and my aunt has been in for 22 years. I hope to
continue my family's legacy and have a successful career as a
pilot in the USAF. When I retire from the Air Force, I want to
coach and train young athletes in order to have an impact on the
lives of people the same way my mentors impacted me."
Midshipman Jerrod Watson
University of Oklahoma
$2,000 scholarship
Wiley Post Flight 46
"I have received a slot from the U.S. Navy to report to Pensacola
as a student naval aviator after I commission."
In their memory Retired Army Capt. Pedro Torres of Space Flight 6, right, presents a memento to senior Army Junior ROTC instructor Maj. Peter Mahmood in May in memory of the JROTC cadets who died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14. The flight's awards officer, retired Air Force Col. James Pugh, designed the plaque in honor of the deceased cadets. Colonel Pugh was a JROTC instructor in a Florida school for years and has a special compassion for these young men and women.
Junior ROTC Achievement National Capital Flight 4 Captain Brig. Gen. Chad Manske presents the Daedalian JROTC Achievement Award to Cadet John Ferguson at Forest Park High School Army JROTC, in Woodbridge, Virginia, on May 29. This was the last of over 25 awards presented by the flight in the Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania area.
First DFT solo for Gunfighter Flight 93
Air Force Staff Sgt. Kendrick Valerio soloed on May 2, completing
Gunfighter Flight 93's first Daedalian Flight Training scholarship
activity. To the best of our knowledge, he is also the first enlisted
person to have soloed through DFT.
Pictured with Sergeant Valerio is retired Air Force Col. Ted
Thompson, who carried out the final series of pre-solo training
flights during Idaho's windy April springtime days, providing the
NCO with lots of crosswind and turbulence experience.
Thanks to DFT, Sergeant Valerio was able to complete his solo flight before heading to
Maxwell AFB, Alabama, for nine weeks of Air Force Officer Training School, and then on to
other flying training at NAS Pensacola, Florida.
Daedalians get close-up
look at F-35 at Edwards
Forty Daedalians from 18 flights had the
opportunity to visit the 461st Flight Test Squadron
at Edwards AFB, California, May 16 for the "Red
Carpet Treatment." The group was bused to the F-
35 Integrated Test Force Hangar for a briefing on
the F-35 flight test program, a photo op with one of
the test birds, tail number AF-01, and an opportunity to sit in the cockpit and ask questions.
The visiting Daedalians also enjoyed a a flight line tour giving the group special access to the
history of the base as well as a front row seat to real-time, current flight operations. The day
was concluded with a visit to Flight Test Museum which houses history such as the X-1 (first
to break the sound barrier), a lunar lander trainer, and the F-22.
New at Daedalians.org!
DAEDALIAN STORE SAVING OUR HERITAGE
You can now find Daedalian items available You can find our Heritage Preservation
for sale through the headquarters, flights and Project page under Programs in the
vendors all in one location! You can visit the navigation bar. Find "This Month in Aviation
store in the navigation bar at the top of the Heritage," snapshots and Founder Spotlights
web page. Go shopping now! (see below) all in one spot. Check it out!
FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT
COL. JOHN A. MACREADY
FOUNDER MEMBER 469
John Arthur Macready - the first and only person to win the
coveted Mackay Trophy three times - never backed down from a
challenge. Whether it was setting records in high altitude or
endurance flights, being the first person to make a parachute
jump from a plane at night, flying the first non-stop
transcontinental flight, or even coming up with the idea of Ray
Ban Aviator sunglasses, Macready achieved these feats and
more. Learn more about Colonel Macready!
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From our members...
We appreciate our members sending in photos of themselves from throughout
their careers. We'll continue to publish them on a regular basis in Aviator.
Louis Seldon Jr. of Keller, Texas, sent in
photos of himself in Navy flight training. At left,
he's with the TS-2 at NAS Corpus Christi,
Texas for advanced training in 1966-67.
Above, he's shown in a T-28 at NAS Whiting
Field in Milton, Florida, in the summer of 1966.
Retired Air Force Col. Larry Bustle stands next to a combat-damaged F-4 Phantom at Da
Nang Air Base in southern Vietnam in 1968.
New Daedalian Membership Directory in the works
PCI (also known as Publishing Concepts) is producing the new Daedalian Membership
Directory. Members may receive phone calls, emails or postcards asking them for personal
information. Please visit the Latest News page on our website to view Frequently Asked
Questions about this project.
459th FTS celebrating 75th anniversary in September
The 459th Flying Training Squadron is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and
organizers are looking for past members or their family members, artifacts, stories and more
in preparation for a 75th anniversary event in early September 2018.
The 459th Fighter Squadron was active from 1943-45 at various locations in India, flying the P-
38. Its pilots flew combat missions in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. The
squadron was reactivated as the 459th Flying Training Squadron in 2009 at Sheppard AFB.
To participate or for more information, please contact Lt. Col. Chris Mulder at 757-383-4209 or
at chris.mulder5@gmail.com.
Opportunity with Air Force Civilian Service
If you're a current or prior pilot with instructor pilot experience,
you may qualify to serve as a Civilian Simulator Instructor Pilot at
Laughlin Air Force Base located in Del Rio, Texas. No FAA
medical certification required, relocation and recruitment
bonuses offered. If you're interested, click here.
July aviation heritage highlights
July 1, 1964
Maj. Charles L. Kelly, commander of the 57th Medical Detachment (Air Ambulance) (Provisional), was
killed in action in Vinh Long Province, Vietnam. On that day he was warned by leadership to stay out of a
hot landing zone, and replied, "When I have your wounded." Kelly's call sign, "Dustoff," was adopted as
the universal call sign for medical evacuation, known as MedEvac flights.
July 3, 1922
Lieutenants James H. Doolittle and Leland S. Andrews took off from Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, at
5:15 a.m., in a DH-4-B airplane. They landed at Jacksonville, Florida, at 5:15 p.m. the same day, having
flown 1,025 miles. Stops were made at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, and at Pensacola, Florida.
Doolittle was Founder Member 107 and Andrews was Founder Member 4560.
July 9, 1964
The crew of the 1st Air Commando Wing's C-47 "Extol Pink" was awarded the 1963 Mackay Trophy for
the evacuation of wounded troops in Vietnam at night under enemy fire. The crew members were: Capt.
Warren P. Tomsett, Capt. John R. Ordemann, Capt. Donald R. Mack, Tech. Sgt. Edson P. Inlow, Staff
Sgt. Jack E. Morgan and Staff Sgt. Frank C. Barrett.
July 11, 1955
The United States Air Force Academy was dedicated at its temporary location at Lowry Air Force Base
in Denver, and the first class of 306 cadets were sworn in.
July 12, 1990
Cmdr. Rosemary B. Mariner became the first woman to command an operational naval aviation squadron.
She led VAQ-34 during Operation Desert Storm and retired as a captain in 1997 after 24 years of service.
July 13, 1916
Commanded by Capt. Raynal C. Bolling, the First Aero Company, New York National Guard, was
mobilized during the border crisis with Mexico. It trained at Mineola, New York, but did not deploy to the
Mexican border. This marked the first time a National Guard air unit was called up for federal service.
Bolling was the first high-ranking officer (colonel) of the United States Army to be killed in combat in
World War I. He was a corporate lawyer by vocation, becoming general counsel of U.S. Steel at the age
of 36 in 1913. Bolling was Daedalian Founder Member 2229 and is the namesake of Bolling Air Force
Base in Washington, D.C.
July 21, 1946
Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Davidson, flying a McDonnell XFH-1 Phantom, made the first successful takeoff
and landing of a jet-powered aircraft from an aircraft carrier, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
July 24, 1917
Congress appropriated $640 million for Army aviation and authorized the Aviation Section to expand to
9,989 officers and 87,083 enlisted men. No earlier appropriation had come close to this amount.
July 26, 1958
U.S. Air Force test pilot Capt. Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr. took off from Edwards AFB, California in an F-104A-
15-LO Starfighter 56-0772, acting as a chase plane for another F-104A. As the two supersonic
interceptors began their climb, a small control cable deep inside Kincheloe's fighter failed, allowing the
inlet guide vane of the F-104's turbojet engine to close. With the suddenly decreased airflow the engine
lost power and the airplane started to descend rapidly. Captain Kincheloe radioed, "Edwards, Mayday,Seven-Seventy-Two, bailing out." The early F-104 Starfighters had an ejection seat that was catapulted or
dropped by gravity from the bottom of the cockpit. 56-0772 was equipped with an improved ejection seat.
With the Starfighter well below 2,000 feet, Kincheloe thought that he needed to roll the airplane inverted
before ejecting. This wasn't necessary and delayed his escape. By the time he separated from the seat
and could open his parachute, he was below 500 feet. The parachute did open, but too late. Kincheloe
was killed on impact. His airplane crashed into the desert floor just over 9 miles from the west end of
Runway 22 and was totally destroyed. Today, a large crater scattered with fragments of Kincheloe's F-
104 is still clearly visible. Kincheloe was just 30 years old.
July 28, 1915
Lt. j.g. Victor D. Herbster reported on bombing tests that he and 1st Lt. Bernard L. Smith, USMC, carried
out at Indian Head Proving Grounds, Maryland. They dropped both dummy and live bombs over the side
of the aircraft from about 1,000 feet against land and water targets. Herbster reported his bombing would
have been more accurate "if I had been able to disengage my fingers from the wind-wheel sooner."
Herbster was Daedalian Founder Member 4076 and Smith was #1283.
July 30, 1935
Navy Lt. Frank Akers became the first person to make a "blind" landing at sea. His biplane had a hooded
cockpit allowing him to see only his controls and instruments. He landed on the USS Langley.
July 31, 1912
Navy Lt. Theodore G. Ellyson piloted A-1 (later AH-1) during the Navy's first attempt to launch an airplane
by catapult, at the dock of the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. The aircraft, which was not secured
to the catapult, reared at about mid-stroke; a crosswind caught it and the machine plunged into the
water, although the pilot escaped without serious injuries. This catapult, powered by compressed air, was
constructed at the Naval Gun Factory at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., from a plan proposed by Capt.
Washington I. Chambers of the Bureau of Navigation. Ellyson was Naval Aviator No. 1, and Daedalian
Founder Member 4377.
Reunions
FAC Association Reunion
Sept. 17-22, 2018
Seattle, Washington
POC: Joe Sowa
360-362-2812 or joesowa@reagan.com
B-47 Stratojet Association Reunion
Sept. 18-20, 2018
Omaha, Nebraska
POC: Dick Purdum
402-291-5247 or dickpurdum@cox.net
86th Fighter-Bomber Group (WWII) Association
Oct. 10-14, 2018
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
POC: Dallas E. Lowe
850-319-3047 or fighterbomberpilot@yahoo.com
Air Force Flying Class 56-U 62nd Annual Reunion
Oct. 10-12, 2018
Wichita Falls, Texas
POC: J.B. Riley
940-636-2364 or jriley7531@aol.com
Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift Association
(Joined by 39th, 62nd Troop Carrier units & the Professional Loadmaster Association)
Oct. 11-14, 2018
Dayton, Ohio
POC: Mike Welch
310-944-8089 or mikewelch333@gmail.com
Air Rescue AssociationOct. 17-20, 2018
Long Island, New York
POC: Walt Hines
334-399-5221 / 334-272-7927
whinesiii@cs.com
Website: http://airrescueassn.org
3512th, 3551st, 3389th PTS
Oct. 23-26, 2018
Biloxi, Mississippi
POC: M.A. Treadway
356-585-4221 or majorandlindatreadway@gmail.com
F-106 All Troops Reunion
April 3-7, 2019
Tucson, Arizona
POC: Bob Kwiecinski
bobski9933@aol.com
Website: https://www.f-106deltadart.com/
41st MAS/ALS
May 9-11, 2019
Charleston AFB, South Carolina
POC: John Mentavlos
843-337-0515 or johnmentavlos@att.net
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