JANUARY, 2014 NEWSLETTER WE WISH ALL OF OUR READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 IN REVIEW JANUARY

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1 JANUARY, 2014 NEWSLETTER WE WISH ALL OF OUR READERS A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013 IN REVIEW JANUARY January is a time for us to review what has occurred this past year and make plans for the new year was a great year for Candler Field Museum. A review of each month follows. January is typically a slow month for the museum with Georgia weather usually being somewhat questionable was no exception. I want to recognize all of our volunteers. Candler Field Museum is very fortunate to have a large cadre of people who volunteer their time. Without them none of the events that were so successful would have been possible this past year. Without them none of the planned events for 2014 will be possible. My personal thanks to all who have helped us have a very successful FEBRUARY WACO 10 DONATED

2 This beautiful 1928 OX-5 powered Waco 10 was donated to Candler Field Museum February of this past year. Steve Sachs who lives in Lebanon, TN, recently completed a full restoration on the airplane. Steve donated the Waco so other people can enjoy seeing it on display and flying. ENGINE DONATED

3 Museum member Don Swords, owner of Don's Dream Machines, built up a mock Continental 65 engine to display at the museum. As you can see from the picture the engine is absolutely perfect. Bill Hammond mounted the engine on the stand shown so that it can be moved and properly displayed. Our thanks to Don for this donation. ENOLA GAY BOMBARDIER VISITS

4 Dutch Van Kirk, the only surviving crew member on the Enola Gay (the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima) visited Candler Field Museum on February 23rd. Dutch spoke to a group of over 300 people who had gathered to meet this famous WWII veteran. After relating the details of the mission that took place on August 6, 1945, Dutch spent a couple of hours autographing his book - True North. MARCH ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNER The museum hosted the annual Benefit Dinner in March. It was a really great time for all. Retired Air Force Colonel William Leachman presented a history of Air Force One along with information regarding the operation of the airplane. Col. Leachman had great slides showing several different airplanes that were used for Air Force One along with pictures of past Presidents flying on the aircraft. It was a great evening.

5 Col. William Leachman describing an older version of Air Force One. MUSEUM MEMBER PASSES Candler Field Museum member and good friend Carolyn Harr passed away on March 20th. Carolyn was a faithful supporter of the museum and a friend to people everywhere. Carolyn was an excellent painter. She painted two separate pictures

6 for the museum that are on display. Carolyn's husband Mike Harr remains a faithful supporter of Candler Field Museum. APRIL Griffin modelers Tascar Williams and Clayton Cox put the final touches on the Curtiss Robin model that they donated to Candler Field Museum. The airplane is presently hanging in the hallway at the museum.

7 The movie "42" was in local theaters beginning April 12th of this year. It is a movie about the life of baseball player Jackie Robinson. Harrison Ford plays Leo Durocher in the movie. Ron Alexander's DC-3 has a couple of short segments in the movie.

8 Pictured at the Hall Of Fame ceremony in April are left to right, Dr. Arnie Angelici, Skipper Hyle, Martha Lunken, and Larry Enlow. Picture courtesy of Brian Karli The Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame Annual Banquet was held on Saturday April 27th at the Museum of Flight located on Robins AFB, Georgia. Two of our museum members were inducted into the Hall of Fame - Ron Alexander and Winn Baker. MAY MODEL T - RUNS AGAIN Master Model T mechanic John Kuck holds his precision tools as he gets ready to operate on the Model T tanker truck. John volunteers to keep most of our old car fleet going. The truck pictured above is a 1926 Model TT tanker truck donated by Steve Sachs. JUNE VINTAGE DAY Over 1,500 people attended the Candler Field Museum's annual Vintage Day Event on June 1st. We had over 40 antique automobiles and 20 antique tractors in addition to more than 70 airplanes attend. The weather was perfect. Below are a few pictures from that day. The Curtiss Jenny made its debut along with the OX-5

9 powered Waco 10. Cigarette girls selling raffle tickets. Taryn Bray and Natalie Moffett. Picture by Jan Moffett. Pike County Tractor Club - picture courtesy of Chris Gill

10 Bill Kinard's Cessna photo courtesy of Chris Buff FERNBANK KIDS VISIT CANDLER FIELD MUSEUM Fernbank kids and volunteer pilots in front of Richard Epton's Stinson. Picture courtesy of Barbara Kitchens. Every summer for the past 5 years our friend Debi Huffman brings a group of young aviation enthusiasts to visit. Debi is in charge of a Lockheed Aircraft sponsored summer camp held at the Fernbank Center in Atlanta. The group visited this past June. JULY

11 GLIDER DAY SATURDAY JULY 20th THE CANDLER FIELD FLYING CLUB PRESENTED A GLIDER DAY WITH PANDORA AVIATION Phillip and Lynda LaBerge, owners of Pandora Aviation spent the day hopping rides in their glider. Their Piper Pawnee tow plane is pictured above along with the Schleicher Ka-7 glider.

12 Georgia Magazine featured an article on Candler Field Museum and Barnstormer's Grill in their July issue. The article, written by Andrea Vernot, talks about airport restaurants in the state of Georgia with Barnstormer's Grill getting top billing. A picture of the cover is above. The young people on the cover are Ron Alexander's grandchildren, Grace and Luke Smith. Over 650,000 people receive this magazine. NEW ENTRYWAY TO MUSEUM

13 Our new museum entryway was renovated during July. There is now a pictorial history of the original Candler Field Airport displayed throughout the foyer of the museum. The display includes large posters along with a large number of original pictures of Candler Field. Thanks to Kathy Socha, Andi Kulp, and Jeremy Clarke for designing and completing the project. AUGUST VISITORS TO CANDLER FIELD In August we had the pleasure of a visit by two young pilots along with their airplanes. Daniel McDevitt and Matt Taylor flew in together - Daniel in his Swift and Matt in his Howard DGA. Daniel is a pilot for Delta Air Lines. Matt is a Marine Corps F-35 pilot. He is a Lt/Col and current deputy commander of the 33rd Operations Group. He is in charge of all the versions of the F-35. Matt is also the son of museum member Larry Taylor.

14 Picture courtesy of Barbara Kitchens BACKCOUNTRY OPERATIONS On August 10th, Candler Field Museum hosted the Recreational Aviation Foundation's representative Eric Davis who presented a morning seminar on flying in the backcountry. Eric, along with museum member Tobey Blanton, discussed flying in mountainous areas, aircraft performance in high density environments, use of charts, etc. Over 50 people attended the early morning session.

15 CIVIL AIR PATROL CHANGE OF COMMAND The Griffin Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol held a change of command ceremony at Candler Field Museum on August 17th. Outgoing commander Captain John Kimberly (pictured on the right) has led the group for the past 4 years. Captain Kimberly has been instrumental in growing the number of cadets to record levels. Captain Robert Burkett (standing behind the podium) is the new commander. The local CAP is very helpful to Candler Field Museum at every event that we host. SEPTEMBER CANDLER FIELD MUSEUM'S RESTORATION SHOP READIED FOR WORK On September 18th, a group of volunteers from EAA Chapter 468 gathered at Candler Field Museum to clean out the museum's restoration room. This room was originally designed to maintain and restore museum aircraft. It was cleaned out to

16 begin work on several projects involving our Youth Mentorship Program. CANDLER FIELD EXPRESS DC-3 GOES TO OHIO Ron Alexander's DC-3 took a trip to New Philadelphia, Ohio over Labor Day weekend. The airplane hopped rides for a local EAA Chapter Terry Henry was the coordinator who did an outstanding job promoting the rides. The DC-3 carried over 360 passengers in the 3 day time period with 36 separate flights.

17 Flight attendant Karis Bolden in the center, Ron Alexander on the left and Terry Henry on the right. TRIPLE TREE FLY-IN Each year Pat Hartness hosts a great fly-in at his private airstrip just south of Greenville, SC. This year was no exception. The weather was perfect and the attendance was high. Close to 700 airplanes attended including our DC-3. Picture taken by Boyd King from the Triple Tree control tower.

18 FLABOB FLYING CIRCUS Over a hundred beautiful antiques gathered in perfect fall weather for Flabob s second annual Flying Circus. Flabob Airport is our sister airport located in Riverside, CA. The Flying Circus is a unique event, one of the few where the crowd is able to wander around the airplanes in their parking area throughout the day. OCTOBER PEACH STATE AIRPORT FOUNDER PASSES

19 Carl Hoffman passed away on October 1st. Carl founded and developed the Peach State Airport. He literally carved a runway out of a peach orchard. He worked tirelessly to remove trees and clear the area so a runway could be built. The first airplane landed in 1968 on the airstrip. Carl later developed a very popular glider port on the airport. EAA CHAPTER 468 MAKES DONATION EAA Chapter 468 members meet regularly in Candler Field Museum's library. The library needed some window treatments so the chapter members decided to finance the placement of very nice curtains and shades for the room.. This is a great enhancement to the library area and our special thanks to all members of EAA Chapter 468 for this donation.

20 NOVEMBER 7th ANNUAL VETERAN'S DAY PROGRAM Our 7th Annual Veteran's Day Program was one of our best yet. The weather was perfect and we had a crowd of over 1,000 people attend the event. Pictures of the day are below.

21 Jack McCormick and his crew from the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation flying in their Huey. Photo by Barbara Kitchens. Missing Man formation of Stearmans flown by Jim Ratliff, Pete Smart, John Laughter, and Vic Syracuse. Photo courtesy of Trudy Gill.

22 CANDLER FIELD FLYING CLUB SIMULATOR The Candler Field Flying Club purchased a FAA certificated simulator and put in service in November. This is a great addition for our museum. To inquire about using the simulator please CLICK HERE.

23 CURTISS JENNY FIRST FLIGHT The 1917 Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" flew it's first flight on November 29th. Brian Karli flew the first flight followed by Ron Alexander flying the second test hop. The airplane performed flawlessly. We have been working on this project for 7 1/2 years. The airplane will reside in the Candler Field Museum's American Airways hangar. It will be flown regularly. Below are links to the first flyby and landing courtesy of Jim Ratliff. Flyby CLICK HERE Landing CLICK HERE YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM November 2, 2013 was the kickoff date of the Candler Field Museum Youth Mentorship Program. On the 2nd we met for the first time with interested students

24 and their parents to explain the program. The Candler Field Museum in cooperation with the Candler Field Flying Club will administer the program. It is designed to impart knowledge in aviation related subjects to young people who have an interest in aviation. There are several facets to the curriculum. Under experienced adult guidance students will be taught the skills of restoring and maintaining aircraft along with being provided the opportunity to actually work on aircraft. In addition, those interested will have the opportunity to learn how to pilot an airplane through the flying club. DECEMBER SANTA VISITS On December 21st, Santa made a visit to Candler Field Museum. He is shown in his special helicopter piloted by Rocky Bailey.

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26 December marks the beginning of work on the first Youth Program project. The group has had several work sessions recovering a Piper J-3 Cub. After the airplane is completed, the students will have the opportunity to fly it SCHEDULE MARCH 1st BENEFIT DINNER/DANCE PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS BY CLICKING HERE OR CALL Tickets may also be purchased at Barnstormer's Grill. JUNE 7th VINTAGE DAY NOVEMBER 8th VETERANS DAY

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