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Hawthorne CA 90251
Order of Daedalians The National Fraternity of Military Pilots
7th flight (Harold L. George)
Los Angeles, California
July 2015 - Vol 30: No. 4
July 2015 Rank First Name Last name suffix Address City, State Zip
July Program May Program Review From the Skipper Last Flight Century Club 2015 New Members May Luncheon Photos Blasts from the Afterburner
Bruce J Hinds
Dues paid through
The Intercom: Editor LtCol Patricia Murray 2001 Warfield Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (805) 551-9393 [email protected] Membership questions: Mr. Ed Richardson 5046 RockValley Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-377-0556 [email protected]
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Bruce Hinds is an engineering test pilot and has been in the test business for over thirty-five years. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa on May 8, 1939. He won a competitive appointment from Colorado Representative Byron G. Rogers to the USAF Academy where he graduated in 1961. He graduated from USAF Pilot Training, Vance AFB, Oklahoma in 1962 flying T-37 and T-33 aircraft. He then flew C-130 aircraft operationally for 4 years where he was one of the initial pilots checked out in the balloon snatching Fulton Recovery System. He was assigned to Edwards AFB, California where he attended Test Pilot School graduating in 1968. He essentially spent the rest of his Air Force career at Edwards, with breaks for Vietnam and professional schools, flying a multitude of different test programs that included C-5, KC-10, B-52, B-57, E-3, and U-2 among other programs. He retired from the USAF in 1982 as a Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel Selectee) and went to work with Northrop on several programs. He was assigned as Chief Test Pilot on the B-2 program throughout the initial development phase and flew the first flight and early envelope expansion test flights. He also flew T-38 and F-16 aircraft during the B-2 program. He retired from Northrop Grumman in 1995 and started his own business, Bruce Hinds Aviation which consulted for DARPA on Unmanned Air Vehicles as well as flying a Lear 25 airborne photography system.
LtGen Nicholas Kehoe Ruby members in Red have donated over $500 since program inception
AharonAharonian*** Edwin Baumann* Dave Bockelman* Art Connor* Walter Crandall, III* Edna Davis* Richard Dingman* Russell Drosendahl*
Century Club for 2014 Gail Edwards* Clint Ferguson David Fey* James Garber, III* Norval Heath* Jacque Johnson Keeling Family*
Richard McKay Sam Melvin Bill Meyer Patricia Murray* Bob Nelson Linda Northrup* J P Onesty
* Indicates CC Founder Member ** Deceased
Ed Richardson* James Shelton, Jr* Keith Smith, Jr.* R.L. Spies* Henry Steinkamp, Jr* William Tillotson* John Wagner*
The Order of Daedalians, the National Fraternity of Military Pilots, was organized on 26 March 1934 by a group of World War I commissioned Army pilots to perpetuate the spirit of patriotism, love of country and ideals of self-sacrifice which place service to nation above personal safety or position. Membership is open to pilots (commissioned, warrant officers, USAAF flight officers, and WASPs) of all US armed services and who can be on active duty, retired or have left the service, under honorable conditions, prior to retirement. Help bring a member in the Order, now!
July 16, 2015 Luncheon
May 21, 2015 Program Review
What a special luncheon to have our National Commander break bread with us and fill us in with what is going on inside the Daedalian Organization. We so appreciate the effort Gen Kehoe made to visit our flight as the final visit of his tenure. It was great to hear what is in store for the future of our organization and membership outreach programs, as well as technological advances to Apollo. We hope General Kehoe enjoyed his flight visit as much as we enjoyed having him. Thanks you Sir!!
July 16, 2015 - Luncheon Meeting Daedalian Room, LA AFB 1100-1500
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WOW! Our May luncheon was a unique opportunity to speak with our National
Commander, Lt. General Nick Kehoe at our May luncheon. Our @light visit was the last @light visited during his tour as National Commander. His luncheon remarks included the status of the Order of Daedalians and the Dadalian Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Order of Daedalians. The foundation provides important encouragement for young men and women to seek military pilot careers. The Order remains financially adequate for planned programs, however membership has declined from its 1990 high of 12,320 members. General Kehoe stressed that all Daedalians are emissaries of the Order of Daedalians and as such, should aggressively promote flight membership, furthering the objectives f the Daedalian Foundation listed above. There are many military members around us in LA and we need to focus on seeking them out. Potential candidates should be identified to Mr. Ed Richardson, our membership chairman. General Kehoe gifted our @light a highly valued compendium of accounts of bravery and unhesitating self-‐ sacri@icing actions Congressional Medal of Honor awardees that earned them America’s most distinguished award for military valor. This commemorative 150th Anniversary limited edition copy will be awarded by raf@le to a @light member at the September luncheon. General Kehoe was the @irst president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and served in that capacity for ten years. It was a distinct pleasure and honor for luncheon members to meet General Kehoe discussing a far ranging number of topics and the future plans for the Daedalian Foundation. The Daedalian National Convention and annual awards dinner convened in San Antonio the end of May. Colonel Fey and I attended this convention, meeting and renewing acquaintances with fellow @light members from across the nation. The two-‐day convention was a great success, attended by a large group of @lag of@icers, active and retired. The convention hosted a symposium addressing issues and challenges facing America’s air power today and its rami@ications. The “bottom line”: DOD Sequester impacts are inbeing and the norm for the immediate future; the sky is not falling; effectiveness and ef@iciency are paramount to provide realistic options for force commanders in going forward. Member interest was been shown in responses our May luncheon registration form, in participating in a trip to Point Mugu NAS in late September to view the Navy Blue Angels @light demonstration team’s performance. Tentatively a one-‐day trip is envisioned. Please indicate your interest on the July luncheon meeting reservation form if you would like to be included and missed the opportunity to respond earlier. The new LAAFB Club cafeteria team has assumed cafeteria operations and will be supporting the July luncheon. The Club has been closed recently to effect a staf@ing transition and the Club is expected to be in full operations on/about July 7th. At the moment, no change is expected in the cost of the luncheons. Lastly, but most importantly to we Americans, July 4th, Independence Day is once more upon us. A day eloquently described by John Adams in 1776, “the most memorable epoch in the history of America. It ought to be solemnized… from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”
Volabamus,
Century Club so far for 2015…
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Art Connor Walter Crandall Jack Downhill Russel Drosendahl Ed Duenes
Gail Edwards Clint Ferguson Jim Garber III Gene Grimm Len Guiton Keeling Family
Rolf Dummermuth - My interest in aviation came during my school years vacationing in Switzerland The Air Force Base was only a short bicycle ride from the runway and captured my imagination. Watching the Venom’s and Vampires taking off and landing was the greatest experience during the time and it got me strongly interested in aviation. I completed my mandatory Military service in the “Gebirgs Infantry” (Mountain Infantry). After meeting my future wife in California, also from Switzerland, we were married and completed the process of becoming citizens of the USA. Always being interested in flying, the next best thing for me was to work for an airline, which became a reality in San Francisco with United Airlines as Chef in the Wide Body Kitchen. From there, Braniff Airlines inflight executives offered me the position as Executive Chef responsible for Menu planning for the entire system. The position gave me the opportunity to fly in the cockpit, and gave some satisfaction of my boy hood dreams of flying!
Art
Last Flight
June 6, 2015 Lt Col Arthur Napolin
Ed Richardson Chuck Ryerson James Shelton Keith Smith John Wagner
New Members…..Welcome!!
Volamus
Arthur Napolin was born September 5th, 1921 in New York City. Following high school, Arthur began his career as a pilot after completing the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPT) on Long Island, NY. In December of 1942, he joined the 6th Ferrying Group in Long Beach, Ca as a civilian pilot. In April 1943, he was commissioned and in June was transferred to the 2nd Ferrying Group in Wilmington, Delaware where he ferried military planes within the US and across the North and South Atlantic to England. In June of 1944 he was transferred to North Africa and flew transports from Cairo to Karachi and later from Karachi to Calcutta. He returned from India in May 1945 and completed his service in January 1946. He then joined the reserves and was recalled for the Korean War in August 1950. Arthur flew 71 missions, 50 of which were night missions. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters. After the war, he stayed in the reserves until he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1971. After the children grew up, Arthur and Dorothy traveled extensively in his light plane. She was his constant co-pilot, sitting in the right seat for untold hours while Arthur rejuvenated his spirit. His beautiful co-pilot took her last flight on October 21, 2000. Arthur is now reunited with his beloved Dorothy, and it is certain that his adventures continue with his dear co-pilot at his side. You will be missed!
Harvey Gripple Lloyd Kentworthy Patricia Murray Bob Nelson Linda Northrup
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May Luncheon
CDR William Fraser - Commanded Fighter Squadron 96 starting in October 1964. He has experience as a Maintenance Officer, Operations Officer, Executive Officer and Commanding Officer. He entered the Navy in 1944 under the V-5 program. A Stanford engineering graduate, CDR Fraser completed test pilot school in 1959 where he made the first F4B transoceanic flight. He completed seven carrier deployments and was awarded three Air Medals for conducting combat operations in the South China Sea. He is the father of three and we are so pleased to have him join Flight 7!
The Intercom... Post Office Box 1338
Hawthorne CA 90251
Order of Daedalians The National Fraternity of Military Pilots
7th flight (Harold L. George)
Los Angeles, California
July 2015 - Vol 30: No. 4
July 2015 Rank First Name Last name suffix Address City, State Zip
July Program May Program Review From the Skipper Last Flight Century Club 2015 New Members May Luncheon Photos Blasts from the Afterburner
Bruce J Hinds
Dues paid through
The Intercom: Editor LtCol Patricia Murray 2001 Warfield Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (805) 551-9393 [email protected] Membership questions: Mr. Ed Richardson 5046 RockValley Road, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-377-0556 [email protected]
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Bruce Hinds is an engineering test pilot and has been in the test business for over thirty-five years. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa on May 8, 1939. He won a competitive appointment from Colorado Representative Byron G. Rogers to the USAF Academy where he graduated in 1961. He graduated from USAF Pilot Training, Vance AFB, Oklahoma in 1962 flying T-37 and T-33 aircraft. He then flew C-130 aircraft operationally for 4 years where he was one of the initial pilots checked out in the balloon snatching Fulton Recovery System. He was assigned to Edwards AFB, California where he attended Test Pilot School graduating in 1968. He essentially spent the rest of his Air Force career at Edwards, with breaks for Vietnam and professional schools, flying a multitude of different test programs that included C-5, KC-10, B-52, B-57, E-3, and U-2 among other programs. He retired from the USAF in 1982 as a Lieutenant Colonel (Colonel Selectee) and went to work with Northrop on several programs. He was assigned as Chief Test Pilot on the B-2 program throughout the initial development phase and flew the first flight and early envelope expansion test flights. He also flew T-38 and F-16 aircraft during the B-2 program. He retired from Northrop Grumman in 1995 and started his own business, Bruce Hinds Aviation which consulted for DARPA on Unmanned Air Vehicles as well as flying a Lear 25 airborne photography system.
LtGen Nicholas Kehoe Ruby members in Red have donated over $500 since program inception
AharonAharonian*** Edwin Baumann* Dave Bockelman* Art Connor* Walter Crandall, III* Edna Davis* Richard Dingman* Russell Drosendahl*
Century Club for 2014 Gail Edwards* Clint Ferguson David Fey* James Garber, III* Norval Heath* Jacque Johnson Keeling Family*
Richard McKay Sam Melvin Bill Meyer Patricia Murray* Bob Nelson Linda Northrup* J P Onesty
* Indicates CC Founder Member ** Deceased
Ed Richardson* James Shelton, Jr* Keith Smith, Jr.* R.L. Spies* Henry Steinkamp, Jr* William Tillotson* John Wagner*
The Order of Daedalians, the National Fraternity of Military Pilots, was organized on 26 March 1934 by a group of World War I commissioned Army pilots to perpetuate the spirit of patriotism, love of country and ideals of self-sacrifice which place service to nation above personal safety or position. Membership is open to pilots (commissioned, warrant officers, USAAF flight officers, and WASPs) of all US armed services and who can be on active duty, retired or have left the service, under honorable conditions, prior to retirement. Help bring a member in the Order, now!
July 16, 2015 Luncheon
May 21, 2015 Program Review
What a special luncheon to have our National Commander break bread with us and fill us in with what is going on inside the Daedalian Organization. We so appreciate the effort Gen Kehoe made to visit our flight as the final visit of his tenure. It was great to hear what is in store for the future of our organization and membership outreach programs, as well as technological advances to Apollo. We hope General Kehoe enjoyed his flight visit as much as we enjoyed having him. Thanks you Sir!!
July 16, 2015 - Luncheon Meeting Daedalian Room, LA AFB 1100-1500
The Intercom...
Page 2
WOW! Our May luncheon was a unique opportunity to speak with our National
Commander, Lt. General Nick Kehoe at our May luncheon. Our @light visit was the last @light visited during his tour as National Commander. His luncheon remarks included the status of the Order of Daedalians and the Dadalian Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Order of Daedalians. The foundation provides important encouragement for young men and women to seek military pilot careers. The Order remains financially adequate for planned programs, however membership has declined from its 1990 high of 12,320 members. General Kehoe stressed that all Daedalians are emissaries of the Order of Daedalians and as such, should aggressively promote flight membership, furthering the objectives f the Daedalian Foundation listed above. There are many military members around us in LA and we need to focus on seeking them out. Potential candidates should be identified to Mr. Ed Richardson, our membership chairman. General Kehoe gifted our @light a highly valued compendium of accounts of bravery and unhesitating self-‐ sacri@icing actions Congressional Medal of Honor awardees that earned them America’s most distinguished award for military valor. This commemorative 150th Anniversary limited edition copy will be awarded by raf@le to a @light member at the September luncheon. General Kehoe was the @irst president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation and served in that capacity for ten years. It was a distinct pleasure and honor for luncheon members to meet General Kehoe discussing a far ranging number of topics and the future plans for the Daedalian Foundation. The Daedalian National Convention and annual awards dinner convened in San Antonio the end of May. Colonel Fey and I attended this convention, meeting and renewing acquaintances with fellow @light members from across the nation. The two-‐day convention was a great success, attended by a large group of @lag of@icers, active and retired. The convention hosted a symposium addressing issues and challenges facing America’s air power today and its rami@ications. The “bottom line”: DOD Sequester impacts are inbeing and the norm for the immediate future; the sky is not falling; effectiveness and ef@iciency are paramount to provide realistic options for force commanders in going forward. Member interest was been shown in responses our May luncheon registration form, in participating in a trip to Point Mugu NAS in late September to view the Navy Blue Angels @light demonstration team’s performance. Tentatively a one-‐day trip is envisioned. Please indicate your interest on the July luncheon meeting reservation form if you would like to be included and missed the opportunity to respond earlier. The new LAAFB Club cafeteria team has assumed cafeteria operations and will be supporting the July luncheon. The Club has been closed recently to effect a staf@ing transition and the Club is expected to be in full operations on/about July 7th. At the moment, no change is expected in the cost of the luncheons. Lastly, but most importantly to we Americans, July 4th, Independence Day is once more upon us. A day eloquently described by John Adams in 1776, “the most memorable epoch in the history of America. It ought to be solemnized… from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”
Volabamus,
Century Club so far for 2015…
The Intercom...
Art Connor Walter Crandall Jack Downhill Russel Drosendahl Ed Duenes
Gail Edwards Clint Ferguson Jim Garber III Gene Grimm Len Guiton Keeling Family
Rolf Dummermuth - My interest in aviation came during my school years vacationing in Switzerland The Air Force Base was only a short bicycle ride from the runway and captured my imagination. Watching the Venom’s and Vampires taking off and landing was the greatest experience during the time and it got me strongly interested in aviation. I completed my mandatory Military service in the “Gebirgs Infantry” (Mountain Infantry). After meeting my future wife in California, also from Switzerland, we were married and completed the process of becoming citizens of the USA. Always being interested in flying, the next best thing for me was to work for an airline, which became a reality in San Francisco with United Airlines as Chef in the Wide Body Kitchen. From there, Braniff Airlines inflight executives offered me the position as Executive Chef responsible for Menu planning for the entire system. The position gave me the opportunity to fly in the cockpit, and gave some satisfaction of my boy hood dreams of flying!
Art
Last Flight
June 6, 2015 Lt Col Arthur Napolin
Ed Richardson Chuck Ryerson James Shelton Keith Smith John Wagner
New Members…..Welcome!!
Volamus
Arthur Napolin was born September 5th, 1921 in New York City. Following high school, Arthur began his career as a pilot after completing the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPT) on Long Island, NY. In December of 1942, he joined the 6th Ferrying Group in Long Beach, Ca as a civilian pilot. In April 1943, he was commissioned and in June was transferred to the 2nd Ferrying Group in Wilmington, Delaware where he ferried military planes within the US and across the North and South Atlantic to England. In June of 1944 he was transferred to North Africa and flew transports from Cairo to Karachi and later from Karachi to Calcutta. He returned from India in May 1945 and completed his service in January 1946. He then joined the reserves and was recalled for the Korean War in August 1950. Arthur flew 71 missions, 50 of which were night missions. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters. After the war, he stayed in the reserves until he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1971. After the children grew up, Arthur and Dorothy traveled extensively in his light plane. She was his constant co-pilot, sitting in the right seat for untold hours while Arthur rejuvenated his spirit. His beautiful co-pilot took her last flight on October 21, 2000. Arthur is now reunited with his beloved Dorothy, and it is certain that his adventures continue with his dear co-pilot at his side. You will be missed!
Harvey Gripple Lloyd Kentworthy Patricia Murray Bob Nelson Linda Northrup
Page 3
May Luncheon
CDR William Fraser - Commanded Fighter Squadron 96 starting in October 1964. He has experience as a Maintenance Officer, Operations Officer, Executive Officer and Commanding Officer. He entered the Navy in 1944 under the V-5 program. A Stanford engineering graduate, CDR Fraser completed test pilot school in 1959 where he made the first F4B transoceanic flight. He completed seven carrier deployments and was awarded three Air Medals for conducting combat operations in the South China Sea. He is the father of three and we are so pleased to have him join Flight 7!
