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1 Do The Right Thing George E. Bud Day March Dinner MEETING Thursday- 15 March 2018 Order of Daedalians George E. Bud Day Flight #61 P.O. Box 122 Fort Walton Beach, Florida FLIGHT LINE FLYER ISSUE March 2018 Place: CHANGE OF LOCATION: Fort Walton Yacht Club 180 Ferry Road NE, Fort Walton Beach Preflight: 1700 Hrs. - Bud Day Flight Social Hour Takeoff: 1800 Hrs. - Bud Day Flight Meeting Program: Dr. Dick Hallion Breaking the Speed of Sound: How America Crossed Through Mach 1 Cost: $29 for all attendees, by cash or check. If paying by check, make check payable to Fort Walton Yacht Club. Menu: Plated Dinner Starter: Entrée: Served with: Dessert: House Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Choice of Grilled Redfish w/mango Salsa or Chicken Marsala Green Bean Almandine Twice Baked Potato Key Lime Pie Coffee, Tea and Ice Water 1 Bottle of Red Wine and 1 Bottle of White Wine on Each Table. * The wine on each table is reserved for dinner. Reservations are preferred: It s a New Year Please note the NEW RESERVATIONS / PHONE Ed Dunbar: redunbar@cox.net Telephone (C) , but don t call me, ! Please make reservations NLT 1600 hours, Monday, 12 March reservations are preferred, and you will get an confirming your reservation. If you must telephone, leave a message and phone number if you receive a recording. Keep calling until reservations are confirmed by phone or . ** Cancellations after Monday, 12 March may be subject to charge. No-shows after this date may be charged. FLIGHT CAPTAIN S CORNER Fellow Daedalians. It looks like spring is just around the corner as the freeze warnings are now only a faint memory. I want to thank Tim McCool and his able assistant (and our Provost Marshall) George Ross for an excellent presentation on Low Observable Technology during our February Dinner Meeting. We had a good turnout with two additional guests attending. We also had our first Friend of Flight application from Don Schofield, former pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force and a high time pilot of the Avro Lancaster Bomber (Owned by the Canadian Warplane Heritage (Cont. on page 2)

2 (Cont. from page 1) Museum). Some of you may recall Don was a guest speaker at our meeting in January I look forward to welcoming him as a Friend of Flight. Several announcements made at the February meeting that I would like to highlight here: - There will be a Dedication Ceremony of the WWI Monument to recognize Airmen who served in WWI at the National Museum of the US Air Force, Memorial Park, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, on Friday, 21 September Anyone interested in contributing to the Memorial, please contact me. - Jim Wolff presented our Flight a print of two F-100 aircraft taking off from Bien Hoa Air Base after the Viet Cong had attacked the field in It was during this attack that Col George Bud Day was flying the F-100 in combat support during the Tet Offensive. The picture will be proudly displayed with our other memorabilia in the Daedalian Room. - Paul Guzowski presented new members of the Flight with autographed copies of the book American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Col Bud Day written by Robert Coram. - LtCol Chris Foltz announced the Collings Foundation s warbirds will be visiting both Panama City (28 Feb-2 Mar) and Destin (2-4 Mar). Various WWII vintage aircraft will be available for interested members of the public to purchase flight time or passenger seats. As I hope you noticed above, this month s meeting will be held at the Fort Walton Yacht Club, due to a delay in re-opening the Bayview Club under new management. The Yacht Club is at 180 Ferry Road NE in Fort Walton Beach. (Directions: From wherever you are, head to Cinco Bayou on Eglin Parkway. Just south of the Cinco Bayou Bridge, turn eastbound on Yacht Club Drive, proceed 1.1 miles to the stop sign at Ferry Road, turn left and the FWYC is at the end of Ferry Road. Park. Go inside. Have a drink.) Our guest speaker for the meeting on Thursday March 15 will be our own Dr. Dick Hallion. Dr. Hallion served as the U.S. Air Force Historian, Headquarters United States Air Force, from and is one of only fifteen Honorary Daedalians. His previous positions include Curator of Science and Technology, and subsequently Curator of Space Science, National Air and Space Museum ; NASA Contract Historian and University of Maryland instructor in the history of aerospace engineering ; Air Force Flight Test Center Chief Historian ; Director, Special Staff Office, Aeronautical Systems Division ; Harold Keith Johnson Visiting Chair in Military History, US Army War College ; Executive Historian for AF Special Programs ; and Senior Issues and Policy Analyst, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force I hope to see you there. Volabamus Volamus Randy Oliver, COLONEL, USA (Ret) Flight Captain, Bud Day Fight # 61

3 Capt Kyle McClure and Capt Mary Guzowski. Charles Wimberly, BGen Bob Buhrow, George Hendricks, and Bill Byerley Charter Member Mike Couvillon, John Marshall, and Jim Wolff Eddie McAllister and Mike Couvillon NOTAMS: IN MEMORIAM Leo H. Hicks, Lt Col, USAF (Retired) January 26, 2018 Thomas M. Gunnels, Lt Col, USAF (Retired) February 19, 2018 Future Flight Dinner Meetings 19 April (with Wives) 17 May 21 June Staff Meetings - 1st Monday 1st Monday 0900 hours at Two Trees Restaurant 2 April 7 May 4 June Flight #61 - Bud Day Flight website: WE NEED YOU Please consider serving in one of the three VACANT staff positions (see page 4). Volunteer leadership is key to the central purpose of our Flight Please consider stepping up! Plenty of help is available. If you have questions about any position, please contact Randy Oliver at or randy.oliver@cox.net or Ed Dunbar at or redunbar@cox.net. DO THE RIGHT THING 2018 DUES are now due! are now OVERDUE! Flight Dues are payable, in advance, NLT 1 January of each year. If you haven t paid yet for 2017, your dues are way delinquent! National Dues are paid separately, directly to National. Mail your check in the amount of $30 to: Bud Day Flight #61, P.O. Box 122, Fort Walton Beach, FL Tax Deductible Contributions to the Flight #61 Scholarship Fund are appreciated. $5 $10 $25 $10,000 Other. Indicate dues payable and/or scholarship fund in memo section of check.

4 2018 FLIGHT STAFF Flight Captain COL Randall G. Randy Oliver, USA (Ret) Vice Flight Captain Lt Col Ralph E. Ed Dunbar, USAF (Ret) Adjutant Dr. Richard P. Dick Hallion Assistant Adjutant VACANT Treasurer Vacant Assistant Treasurer Maj Gen Richard V. Dick Secord, USAF (Ret) Provost Marshal Col George H Ross III, USAF (Ret) ASSISTANT Provost Marshal Lt Col Timothy J Tim Cook, USAF (Ret) Chaplain Lt Col Franklin A. Frank Roberts, USAF (Ret) Assistant Chaplain Col George H Ross III, USAF (Ret) Membership Committee Chairman Lt Col Ronald H. Hamilton, USAF (Ret) Scholarship Committee Chairman Brig Gen Bob Buhrow, USAF (Ret) daedalian flight scholarship (dfs)chairman Maj Bob W. Guin, USAF (Ret) Assistant CFIP Chairman VACANT Haberdasher Col Paul Guzowski, USAF (Ret) HONORARY FLIGHT CAPTAINS Col George E. Bud Day (Medal of Honor)* CWO Michael Mike Novosel, Sr. (Medal of Honor)* PAST FLIGHT CAPTAINS Col H. W. Youngblood Maj Gen Jim Hobson Col Gene Steele* 1998/99... Lt Col Frank Roberts Col Ed Fletcher* Col Skip Harrington Col Bob Pinard* Lt Col Al Jackson Col Dick Schumann* Lt Col Bob Reisenwitz Col Fuzz Albright Lt Col Sam Munch Col Mike Horgan* Lt Col Dick Miller* Lt Col Dale Brink* Col Pete Young Col C. V. Miller 2005/06... Col Jim Wolff Col Jake Bush Lt Col Gary Dryden Brig Gen Glenn Sullivan* 2008/10... Brig Gen Bob Buhrow Lt Col Bill Hanley* 2009/10... Lt Col Jack Dale* Col Jim Forrest* Brig Gen Bruce McClintock Col Bruce Keller* Lt Col Larry Peterson Brig Gen Jerome Barnes* 2012/13... Col Charlie Heifner Col Chuck Stewart* 2014/15... Col Charlie Brown Lt Col Gene Alley Lt Col Ed Dunbar Maj Gen Russ Mohney* Maj Gen Richard V. Dick Secord, Col Bob Janca* *Completed their last flight Flight Captain Randy Oliver and Friend of the Flight Don Schofield Eddie McAllister and Rick Champion

5 Flight Captain Randy Oliver and Friend of the Flight Don Schofield George Ross and Guest Speaker Lt. Col (USAF, Ret.) Tim McCool Jim Wolff Lt Col Chris Foltz Mal Robertson and Jim Weatherbee USMC Col Brian Annichiarico and Paul Guzowski

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