The Web site for the Society of US Naval Flight Surgeons lists the dual designators from the past. Don't know how current or complete it is but check it out for a familiar name. http://www.aerospacemed.org/dual.htm J. Galla, MD

Can someone tell me how we made the leap from goatskins to boots? J. Galla

Paul wrote: Fraudster claiming military service gets exposed... http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=247392 Ha! I had no idea about this at all. I remember Mr. Lemmen contacting me through email when I returned from Afghanistan a few years ago. He was asking if I was looking for work as...

The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum is now on Facebook. You can search for the museum by looking for "Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum" or going to: http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/updates.php?id=140330705999632&sent=1&e=0#!/pages/Pueblo-Weisbrod-Aircraft-Museum/140330705999632?v=info You...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society in Pueblo, Colorado WHAT: presents its 18th Annual Moonlight Ball museum fundraiser. WHEN: Friday April 17, 2009 WHE Occhiato Ball Room at the Colorado State University-Pueblo COST and TICKETS: Tickets are...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the Mel Harmon Chapter of the Air Force Association WHAT: are sponsoring a “105th Anniversary of Flight” Celebration WHE at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB). The museum is...

If you pay Colorado income tax, this will be of interest to you. An Enterprise Zone has been created to help build a new hangar for the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB). Pueblo Memorial Airport is located six miles east of Pueblo, Colorado....

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum (PWAM) and Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society (PHAS) WHAT: are hosting "Picnic In The Hangar" for the public and members of the PHAS. Get a tour of the museum and have a picnic at the same time (please no food or drink out of assigned areas). WHE At the...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the Pueblo Chieftain WHAT: are having a paper airplane contest WHEN: 14 June 2008 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Sign up and practice starts at 9 AM. WHE At the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB)...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum WHAT: is sponsoring an Open Cockpit Day with the C-119 "Flying Boxcar" troop transport aircraft of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. WHE at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB). The museum is located...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum (PWAM) and Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society (PHAS) WHAT: have obtained an “Enterprise Zone” designation for the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum’s Aircraft Hangar Construction Campaign, Project #2663 by the state of Colorado. This means that persons...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum (PWAM) and Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society (PHAS) WHAT: will host a presentation by Lt. Commander John Bradford ( US Navy Retired) detailing his experiences recovering astronauts with the Project Mercury Program from their ocean landings or “splash...

WHO: The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and the Mel Harmon Chapter of the Air Force Association WHAT: are sponsoring a "104th Anniversary of Flight" Celebration WHE at the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum located on the grounds of the Pueblo Memorial

The 16th Annual Moonlight Ball is coming in April 2007. This is a major fund raiser for the museum. Our goal is to raise enough money for an additional hangar to protect the aircraft that are currently stored outside. Feel free to share this message with anyone you think might...

Which is the best naval plane?

Hello All: I am currently wrting an article about all the USN and USAAF interned in Spain during WWII, but in the case of one Avenger from the USS Santee (CVE 29)I am in a dead track. I found a reference about its landing in the Spanish Archives as well as in the "Dictionary of American Naval...

The above P-3 (BUNO 153440) crashed into the ocean, killing all crewmembers, during a Market Time patrol over the Gulf of Siam. It was just after I got out of the Navy and I never heard the cause of the accident. We did hear the accident was the result of "combat action", but as is so often...

When I was in the P3 community (VP31), I was sent to NUW for Survival School. I forget how long it lasted, but I recall the "ogre muthas" giving us a time or two. It was cold and wet (February) and I recall they bused us out to some mountain for snow survival. I have no idea where the...

The new F-18 two seater (is it 'E' or 'F'??) was the topic of conversation last evening and we got to wondering if the backseater was a Naval Aviator or a Naval Aviation Officer. The backseater of the old F4 didn't have controls. I don't think the F-14 did either. What about the new F-18...

Oyster, here. This note is to share with you the exciting night I had the other month. It has nothing to do with me wanting to talk about me. But it has everything to do with sharing what will no doubt become a better story as the years go by. So.... There I was .. ' manned up' a hot seat for...