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Wishing all Daedalians and theirfamilies a joyous holiday season!
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NOVEMBER 2018
Meet tomorrow's military aviatorsWe'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 [email protected] we'll pass them on to the cadets.
Cadet Caleb BlackwellUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa$2,500 scholarshipAloha Flight 28 Cadet Blackwell's career goals are to graduate UPT, become aninstructor pilot, attend USAF Weapons School and retire with 20-plus years in the U.S. Air Force.
Cadet Jeffrey IrahetaColorado State University$2,250 scholarshipFalcon Flight 11 Cadet Iraheta is a student pilot with 6.2 hours in the Cessna172R. He has been selected to attend pilot training upongraduation. His goal is to become a career U.S. Air Force pilot.
Cadet Benton NissenUniversity of Colorado, Colorado Springs$2,250 scholarshipFalcon Flight 11 Cadet Nissen was active duty Army six years, earning the rank ofsergeant; he was accepted into the Green to Gold program tobecome an Army officer. He has been interested in helicopterssince attending Air Assault School in 2012. He has passed hisinitial flight screening for helicopter training and will train at FortRucker after commissioning.
Cadet Christopher SottoCalifornia State University-Sacramento$2,500 scholarshipGolden Gate Flight 5 Cadet Soto's career goals are to earn his commission as anofficer in the U.S. Air Force and become a fighter pilot.
We're proud to announce the inductionof our newest Founder Member
Eugene Jacques Bullard, America's first black fighter pilot who flewfor France in World War I, has been officially inducted into the Orderof Daedalians as a Founder Member.
Founder membership required one to be a commissioned officer inthe U.S. military, and a rated military pilot no later than Armistice Dayon Nov. 11, 1918. Bullard, born in Columbus, Georgia, in 1894,wanted to serve and fly for the U.S. but was unable to because ofdiscriminatory practices at the time.
Bullard served with great distinction in World War I, receiving 15 decorations from thegovernment of France, including being named a Knight of the Legion of Honor (Chevalier de laLégion d'honneur). Thirty-three years after his death, on Aug. 23, 1994, he was posthumouslycommissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
"We firmly believe that Eugene Bullard's service as an aviator in World War I needed to berecognized by our organization," said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Owens, DaedaliansNational Commander. "His story of perseverance and service is commendable andnoteworthy and we're proud to add his name and legacy to those of other aviation pioneersand heroes who served as the first to fly in time of war. We thank Sierra Flight 27 in Rocklin,California, for nominating him for consideration."
Bullard becomes Daedalian Founder Member Number 14167.
From our members...We appreciate our members sending in photos of themselves from throughouttheir careers. We'll continue to publish them on a regular basis in Aviator.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Mel Bina stands by his RC-130 in Da Nang, South Vietnam, in 1966.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Don Schneider stands by his F-100D Super Sabre (615th TacticalFighter Squadron) at Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam, in 1970.
Retired Air Force Col. Joe Syslo is shown as a captain with the 310th Air CommandoSquadron at Nha Trang, South Vietnam, in 1966.
Thank you!Your generosity knows no bounds! Thank you to everyone who has donated to the
Daedalian Foundation through our annual end-of-year campaign, Giving Tuesday, raffledrawing, and most importantly, our volunteers who give so selflessly through their time.
Your support is invaluable to us!
VOTE FOR DAEDALIAN LEADERSHIP!You can mail in your paper ballot, but you can also vote HERE.
Do you have the latest Flight Manual? The Daedalian Flight Manual was recently updated. While there were no changes to policies
or procedures, we did make grammatical/style updates. Please make sure that you have the
edition with 22 October 2018 on the front cover, which you can find HERE.
Green and Gold Connect Did you use Green and Gold Connect to find fellow veterans in your area? Did you participate
in any Veterans Day events or World War I commemoration events in November? If you took
photos of such events, we'd love to include them in next month's Aviator. Please send them
our way at [email protected]!
2018-19 Combined Federal CampaignBe sure and select #11457
The Daedalian Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Order ofDaedalians, which was formed to honor our Founding Members who flewin defense of our nation.Our membership reflects the honor and pride of our country's first militaryaviators. CFC donations support college scholarships and the DaedalianFlying Training Program which carries that same great history. In
addition, we present awards to JROTC cadets and aviators from all five armed services.A 501(c)(3) foundation, the main purpose of the organization is to provide encouragement for young menand women to serve as military pilots. Your gift to the Daedalian Foundation is more than a monetarydonation; it shapes the future of military aviation.
Congratulations to retired Army Capt. Jon Thompson, the winnerof our Daedalian gift basket! You can see the Facebook live videoHERE when we drew his name. Thank you to everyone whobought tickets -- your donation helps fund our programs thatinspire the next generation of military aviators!
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December aviation heritage highlightsFind the complete daily heritage calendar on our
Heritage Preservation Project Page Dec. 1, 1941By executive order, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civil Air Patrol to facilitate civildefense during World War II. Including among its members 17-year-old men not yet of draft age, the CAPflew small liaison aircraft on disaster-relief missions or on missions to patrol the U.S. coasts to detectenemy submarine activity. In the fall of 1943, the CAP became an auxiliary of the Army Air Forces. In2015, CAP became an Air Force Total Force partner. Dec. 3, 1915Lt. j.g. Richard C. Saufley, Daedalian Founder Member #13307, set a U.S. altitude record forhydroaeroplanes in AH-14 at 11,975 feet over Pensacola, Florida, surpassing the pilot's own record of11,056 feet, which he had set only three days before. The Aero Club of America awarded Saufley itsMedal of Merit for "twice breaking the American Hydroaeroplane altitude record in one year." Dec. 4, 1950Navy Ens. Jesse L. Brown was the first African American to complete the Navy's basic flight trainingprogram for pilot qualification and to be designated a naval aviator. He was shot down over North Korea onDec. 4, 1950. Read about him HERE.
Dec. 5, 1961A Navy F4H Phantom II, piloted by Cmdr. George W. Ellis, sets a new world altitude record of 66,443 feetfor sustained horizontal flight. Dec. 7, 1941Japanese torpedo bombers, dive-bombers, and fighters from six aircraft carriers attacked naval and airinstallations around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, crippling the U.S. Pacific Fleet. In two waves, the Japaneseairplanes sank four U.S. battleships and damaged nine other major warships. The surprise attack, whichkilled some 2,390 personnel, propelled the United States into World War II. Air strikes on Hickam,Wheeler, and Bellows Fields killed 193 members of the Army Air Forces and destroyed 64 of theHawaiian Air Force's airplanes. Six Army Air Forces pilots shot down 10 Japanese aircraft that day.Second Lt. George S. Welch shot down four, 2nd Lt. Kenneth M. Taylor shot down two, and four otherpilots each shot down one. Dec. 9, 1956The 463rd Troop Carrier Wing received the Air Force's first C-130 Hercules tactical-airlift aircraft. This four-engine turboprop airlifter had an unrefueled range of over 2,500 miles, could carry outsized cargo ofalmost 50,000 pounds or up to 92 troops, and could take off and land within about 3,600 feet. Dec. 13, 1973General Dynamics rolls out its prototype YF-16 lightweight air superiority ghter at Fort Worth, Texas. Itenters production as the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Dec. 15, 1964The first Air Force gunship, the AC-47 Spooky, enters combat in Vietnam. Dec. 16, 1941Lt. Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner became the first U.S. ace of World War II, after shooting down five enemyaircraft in four days. He flew with the 17th Pursuit Squadron against the Japanese in the Philippines. Dec. 17, 1903Orville and Wilbur Wright piloted a powered heavier-than-air aircraft for the first time at Kill Devil Hill, nearKitty Hawk, North Carolina. Controlling the aircraft for pitch, yaw, and roll, Orville completed the first offour flights, soaring 120 feet in 12 seconds. Wilbur completed the longest flight of the day: 852 feet in 59seconds. The brothers launched the airplane from a monorail track against a wind blowing slightly morethan 20 miles per hour. Dec. 18, 1912Lt. John H. Towers, Daedalian Founder Member #4093, reported completion of a series of tests begun onOct. 26 to determine the ability to spot submarines from aircraft. Towers concluded that the best altitudefor observation was about 800 feet, and that aircraft could detect submarines running a few feet below thesurface. Noting that the waters of Chesapeake Bay were too muddy for a fair test, he suggested thatadditional trials be held at NS Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Dec. 21, 1944Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Daedalian Founder Member #2182, became General of the Army. No other airmanhas ever held five-star rank. Dec. 27, 1942Second Lt. Richard I. Bong, flying a P-38 against the Japanese in the Pacific, scored his first two aerialvictories. By the end of the war, he had earned 40 such credits, making him the top U.S. ace.
Reunions
F-106 All Troops ReunionApril 3-7, 2019
Tucson, Arizona
POC: Bob [email protected]
Website: https://www.f-106deltadart.com/
41st MAS/ALSMay 9-11, 2019
Charleston AFB, South CarolinaPOC: John Mentavlos
843-337-0515 or [email protected]
USAF UPT Class 70-07 50th Reunion(Willie: Good Grief and Schatzi flights)
Sept. 5-7, 2019Dubuque, Iowa
POC: Steve [email protected]
563-556-8982
Distinguished Flying Cross Society Biennial ReunionSept. 15-19, 2019
Dayton/Fairborn, OhioPOC: Warren Eastman
[email protected] or 760-985-2810
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