Hello all,
I am relatively new to Wings of Glory, but I hope I can make next month's dogfight. I work in Suitland, so the drive from either work or home in Alexandria wouldn't be too bad on a Monday afternoon.
I wanted to invite all of you in the Metro DC area to the League of WWI Aviation Historians Mid Atlantic Chapter meeting at the National Air and Space Museum this Sunday. Feel free to contact me for more info:
Saturday – May 17th, 2014
Will be the 14th meeting of the
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the
League of World War I Aviation Historians
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE!
this meeting is taking place at
National Air and Space Museum
Washington DC at 7th and Independence SW
http://airandspace.si.edu/
Schedule for Saturday – May 17th, 2014
10:00AM - Museum door opens
10:10AM Meet at the bronze seal by the information desk by the of Milestones of Flight Gallery
10:15AM - Group tour of the Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air Gallery http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/WWI-DC/
This group tour will be led by NASM staff and will be focused upon the group’s interaction and knowledge of the subject in the gallery. While there Jon Guttman will present “SPAD XIII vs Fokker D.VII” On September 14, 1918, Brooks received the Distinguished Service Cross for single-handedly engaged eight enemy aircraft in combat, and describes it in a recorded interview that accompanies his last SPAD, Smith IV, in the gallery, but Jon will give the rest of the story in detail. Other guest presenters will be announced for this special tour.
12:15 - 1:15PM – Lunch at McDonalds or if you are inclined please brown-bag it.
1:30PM -2:15PM – In NASM Briefing Room (Parking Level): Expanded & Extended Member’s Works in Progress, Show-N-Tell
We have some interesting WIP’s that will be shared at this meeting…
If you have something to share please do so this section of the meeting it is the perfect opportunity to share, request and exchange information, and some very good opportunities have come at this portion of the meeting
2:30 - 3:15PM – In NASM Briefing Room: Presentation by Steve Suddaby, Historian and Author
“Capitaine Maurice Happe and Escadrille MF29”
The talk is a snapshot of one French bombing escadrille in late 1915 with a particular focus on some little-understood areas of squadron life – leadership styles, the use of intelligence, 1915 communications, the practice of martial skills and the role of experimentation in early French bombing units.
3:15PM - 4:00PM – In NASM Briefing Room: Presentation by Drs. William and Sharon Stine, Historians and Authors
“France on Fragile Wings, the story of Harold Stine”
An up front and personal look into the story of Harold Stine who never traveled far from his home in Charleston, West Virginia, a place of forested mountains, deep valleys and muddy, lethargic rivers. Friends and family, church and school were the secure web that encased his life. And yet he left this life to fly in France as a reconnaissance pilot in The Great War. His two years in France were the singular sojourn of his life, catapulting him from comfort into chaos. To better understand his father’s odyssey (based on pilot’s log, diary and a box of some 300 photographs and postcards), William Stine and his wife, Sharon, (both are PhD faculty emeriti from Cal Poly University) retraced his journeys in France. They found Harold’s flying fields, located towns where he was stationed, matched his photographs and postcards with the scenes that unfolded before them and used his photographs to engage local people. www.FranceOnFragileWings.com
4:00PM – Meeting room closes
4:00 – 7:30PM On your own tour of the National Air and Space Museum
7:30PM – The National Air and Space Museum closes (Extended Hours Schedule)
We would appreciate an RSVP as soon as possible so that we can gauge the number of people planning to attend.
There is no formal membership required to attend therefore if you know of anyone who is interested in this aspect of aviation history they are most welcome.
The parent organization, the League of World War I Aviation Historians, (link) http://www.overthefront.com/ publishes a periodic journal and there are dues for that, if anyone wants to join, they are welcome on their own to do so outside of this meeting.
There is no fee for attending the meeting,
If you have any questions please do not hesitate contacting us
Chris (moorec@si.edu)
Carl (bobrowc@si.edu)
Ted (tedhamady@gmail.com)
Charley (gossec@verizon.net)
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Originally Posted by jbmacek
It seems like a global lack of time! Too many planes, too few time to fly them 
Let me know if you prefer that, the Short bombers or the HP bombers, or whether I can bring all three.
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