What do pilots and Peter Pan have in common? They are forever young in their mind’s eye. Thirty years after retiring from the Air Force, I decided it was time to get checked out in another jet. Hanging out with fellow aviators in the Red Star Pilots Association...
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A Conversation with 1stLt Paige McFarland
Interview Conducted by Taylor E. Watson on 13 September 2021 1stLt Joe McFarland, USMC; 1stLt Paige McFarland, USMC; and CAPT Mike Denkler, USN (Ret) Our most recent Daedalian Top Grad, 1stLt Paige McFarland, USMC earned her Wings of Gold as a Naval Aviator 10 Sep...
Old and Bold Pilots
Founder Story by Kip Cooper reprinted from The San Diego Union Newspaper, published Monday, January 29, 1979. There are pilots who are old and there are pilots who are bold, but there are no pilots who are both old and bold. This is the Navy way of...
Extreme Search
by Col. William J. Moran, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Daedalian Member #9091 Civil Air Patrol C-182T NAV III The Call Under the National Search and Rescue (SAR) Plan, the United States Air Force provides resources for over-land SAR. Those resources are Civil Air Patrol...
Matter of Experience
by Col. Harry C. “Steve” Stevenson, Daedalian Life Member #3122 Air Force CT-39 1960 model Many years ago in the land of Tactical Air Command, I was a major and “staff puke” on the TAC staff at Langley. Because of five years non-rated duty, I was way...
A Renaissance Man Who Always Pushed the Envelope: Col. Norman Phillips, USAF (Ret.)
By Peter D. Lennon, Federal Gov’t (Ret.), Granite Flight #53 Norm Phillips as Cold War 22d Fighter Squadron Commander seated in blue uniform in middle of 1st row (“An American Solo” documentary film by Jay MacNamee &...
History & Heritage: Planophere Celebrates its 150th Anniversary
By Dr. Dick Hallion, Daedalian Honorary Member #50043 Thursday August 18, 2021 marks the 150th Anniversary of the first flight of a rubber-band-powered model airplane, a milestone in aviation, indeed world, history. Called a “Planophore,” it was...
Flying Story: Landing in Three Ship Formation
By Maj. Gen. Perry Smith, USAF (Ret.) One of the great challenges of flying fighter aircraft is having responsibility for every airplane in your formation, or “flight.” Much of my flying was in formations of two, three or four aircraft. If I was the flight leader and...
The Living Legacy of the Flying Tigers
By Samuel Hui via The Diplomat A Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk I decorated with the colors of the “Flying Tigers”. August 1, 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, more...
Top Admiral: Defense Firms Are Lobbying Against the Weapons the US Navy Needs
By Marcus Weisberger via Defense One The U.S. Navy’s top admiral accused defense companies of slow-rolling the production of certain weapons, moving too slowly on ship repairs, and lobbying against newer types of ships and aircraft that are needed to compete with...
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