Update: Williamsburg “Eagles” Chapter August Chapter Meeting The August 19, 2020 meeting of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society has been cancelled. We anticipate we will resume our meetings on September 16, 2020. The Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport second floor meeting room is currently being cleaned. New paint and floor tiles have been applied. It will also be
Pilot Weather Advisor – How It Came To Be Norman Crabill – Aero Space Consultants Pilot Weather Advisor, the concept for displaying weather data in the cockpit of airplanes, was sparked by work being done at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) in the late 1970s.The technology was first developed in LaRC`s Storm Hazards Program to
by Dave Young As I pen my comments, we are still under the threat of the COVID 19 crisis, exacerbated by the ongoing upheaval caused by protests and riots, permeated by discourse about the “rule of law” all overshadowed by political maneuvering. Gave me pause to meander through my memories of approaching 53 years as
by Nancy Miller, NN-MP Chapter Program Coordinator & VAHS Board Member At 99 years of age, (Ret.) Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen was inducted into the National First Flight Society’s Hall of Fame in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 2019. The NN-MP Chapter’s March program (cancelled, due to Covid-19) would have featured
Greetings! I think an introduction is in order. I’m Greg Fletcher and I’m the new President of the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society. Elected earlier this year, I’m happy to have this opportunity to serve the Society! I am an active member of Civil Air Patrol and I love all things aviation. At the age of
Please accept our extreme apologies. The Spring newsletter was mailed out from Fredericksburg post office on April 3rd, 2020. I, among many others, still have not received it. The post office and printer are researching to see why. So we’ve decided to share this quarter’s newsletter. Please click here to view the entire newsletter as
