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TOMORROW'S MILITARY AVIATORSYour generosity allows these students to achieve their dreams of serving their country asaviators. Each year the Daedalians present nearly $150,000 in scholarships to deservingyouth. We're able to do this because of your generous donations.

Egan Mentoring Scholarships -- Recertified ($4,000)These students are receiving the Egan Mentoring Scholarship for the 2nd year.

Cadet Ethan T. Cain, AFROTCSenior, Texas A&M UniversityMajor: Business FinanceStinsons Flight 2 Progress: “I have just returned home aftersuccessfully graduating Marine Corps OfficerCandidate School. During last school year andafter I was awarded this scholarship, I took andpassed the ASTB exam and earned a guaranteedflight contract with the Marine Corps throughROTC. This means that, upon commissioningand completion of basic training, I amguaranteed a flight slot at Navy flight school. Theonly remaining requirement beforecommissioning is finishing my undergraduatedegree at Texas A&M, a requirement I am slightlyahead of schedule in completing.”3.69 GPA

Midshipman Christopher H. Gibson,NROTCSenior, Florida State UniversityMajor: Electrical EngineeringShangri-La Flight 21Progress: “I was Drill Officer, Spring 2019;Company First Sergeant, Fall 2018; PlatoonSergeant and Swim Officer, Spring 2018; andSquad Leader, Fall 2017. I have also received theAmerican Legion Silver Academic AchievementAward, ROTC Military Excellence Award, and theArmed Forces Communications and ElectronicAssociation Honor Award.”3.0 GPA. FSU spirit team as the Cimarronmascot. Continues to track toward Naval Aviationcareer desiring to fly the F-18 Super Hornet.

Cadet Dustin Magilligan, AFROTCJunior, Valdosta State UniversityMajor: Political ScienceEagle Flight 39Progress: “I am currently ranked in the top third ofthe detachment in the junior class. I havededicated over 100 hours to AFROTC servicearound the Valdosta community. I have receivedseveral awards including Spring 2019 Cadet ofthe Semester, American Legion awards, and theAmerican Veterans Association award. I wasselected for the “Intro to Powered Flight” programat the Air Force Academy where we spent a weeklearning the fundamentals of flight.”3.73 GPA, on track to earn a pilot slot, shouldknow by May 2020.

Midshipman Christopher Mogul,NROTCSenior, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University –Daytona BeachMajor: Aeronautical ScienceGolden Gate Flight 5Progress: “I have graduated from United StatesMarine Corps Officer Candidate School and willcommission upon the completion of my degree(May 5, 2020). I have been selected as a studentNaval Aviator.”3.9 GPA, 450 flying hours, certified flight instructorand instrument flight instructor.

Egan Mentoring Scholarships -- First Year ($4,000)

Cadet Eric M. Fox, AFROTC5th year senior, University of North TexasMajor: Computer ScienceDallas/Ft Worth Flight 23

Cadet Andrew H. Griese, AFROTCSenior, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMajor: Mechanical EngineeringMinuteman Flight 15

Career goal: “Commission into Air Force and flyin the military until I retire.”Eagle Scout, 3.25 GPA, Civil Air Patrol, 20 flyinghours, Det. 835 wing commander. Selected forpilot training.

Career Goal: “First and foremost serve mycountry, giving back for the opportunities it hasand will give me. Become a U.S. Air Force fighterpilot. It is a dream that I have had since theearliest I can remember. I have always had a lovefor aviation and I hope to fulfill it by having theprivilege to fly for my nation as my career.Develop as an officer and pilot to emulate andhopefully surpass my father, who is a retired AirForce colonel and former F-16 pilot."Eagle Scout, 5.0 GPA, MIT Varsity football, 29flying hours.

Cadet Allan M. Welchez, AFROTCSophomore, University of Texas ArlingtonMajor: Criminal JusticeFt Hood Flight 103Career Goal: “I am literally living my dreams whileactively pursuing my career goal of becoming agreat leader and the best pilot ever. I amconfident that by successfully earning myundergraduate degree, internalizing and living theAir Force core values, and preparing for the rigorsof military life, that I will attain the skills,leadership attributes and character modelsneeded to operate the most cutting-edge aircraftin the world in the defense of our great nation.”Honor Flight, Honor Guard, 3.11 GPA, DFT solo,15 flying hours.

Cadet Nathan A. Wiley, AFROTCJunior, Montana State UniversityMajor: Mechanical EngineeringJoe Foss Skyhawks Flight 121Career goal: “One of my career goals as anaviator in the world’s greatest Air Force is to beselected from UPT to fly fighters in the Air Force. Iwant to be an exceptional wingman and friend tomy fellow peers. It is extremely important to methat I uphold strong morals and maintainprosperous relationships with my peers as it willhelp develop them and set me up for futureopportunities. After I have gained enoughexperience, flight hours and credentials, I intendto apply to the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.This will mark a major milestone in my Air Forcecareer as this is the next step toward my end goalof applying for a NASA astronaut candidacy.“Gunner Award, 3.78 GPA, Civil Air Patrol.

Air Force ROTC Scholarships ($2,000)Recipients are selected by Headquarters Air Force ROTC.

Cadet Sarah K. HalsorNorthwest Region Det. 001At Large SelecteeSenior, University of Alaska –AnchorageMajor: Mechanical EngineeringCombat Systems Officer select

Cadet Andrew D. JenderSoutheast Region Det. 890At Large SelecteeSenior, Liberty UniversityMajor: AviationPilot select

Cadet Matthew D. JonesNortheast Region Det. 645Senior, The Ohio StateUniversityMajor: Security and IntelligenceRemotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)pilot select

Cadet Abbie L. MooreNorthwest Region Det. 255Senior, University of IowaMajor: Industrial EngineeringPilot select

Cadet Thomas C. SaittaSoutheast Region Det. 157Senior, Embry RiddleAeronautical University –Daytona BeachMajor: Aerospace EngineeringPilot select

Cadet Karl ZurbruggSouthwest Region Det. 430Senior, University of MississippiMajor: EconomicsPilot select

Foundation-Sponsored Scholarships ($1,500)

Ivan L. McPheeSenior, Middle Georgia State UniversityMajor: Aviation Management with a concentrationin flight“My career goal, after graduating from college inMay 2020, is to enter Air Force Officer TrainingSchool and on to Air Force Specialized PilotTraining. My ultimate goal is a career in the AirForce as an aviator.”

Cadet Dannielle L. Southard, AFROTCJunior, University of OklahomaMajor: Arabic"My career goal is to become a pilot in the UnitedStates Air Force with the intentions of becoming afighter pilot or an A-10 pilot. I hope to one daybecome a general and have the ability toinfluence and inspire not only the people aroundme but the Air Force as a whole.”

Descendant Scholarships ($1,500)

Cadet Justin Aspenson, AFROTCJunior, Kennesaw state UniversityMajor: International AffairsGrandfather is Daedalian, retired Air Force Lt.Col. Donald Aspenson, Wiley Post Flt 46 FlightCaptain (shown in photo)Career goal: “I intend to be a career long officerand I am striving to be a pilot. After time in themilitary I would like to get into politics andpossibly run for office but the dream is to beNational Security Adviser or the Secretary ofDefense.”

Robert M. KingstonFreshman, University of AlabamaMajor: Aerospace EngineeringGrandfather is Daedalian Life Member, retired AirForce Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard, Shangri-LaFlight 21 (shown in photo)Career goal: “I plan to get a job in AerospaceEngineering in order to design and developaircraft in order to improve efficiency, safety, andpush the boundaries of what technology willallow.”

Matching Scholarships ($1,500)

Cadet KeShaun Garner, AFROTCFreshman, Louisiana Technical UniversityMajor: Professional AviationClaire Chennault Flight 51Career goal: “To become a pilot in the UnitedStates Air Force.”Cadet Garner received the Daedalian JROTCaward in high school.

Cadet Dean Vincent Griffin Paiso,AFROTCFreshman, Sacramento State UniversityMajor: Computer EngineeringGolden Gate Flight 5Career goal: “My goal is to be a pilot and becommissioned as an officer in the Air Force onceI graduate. I always aspired to be a fighter pilotsomeday, and the main aircraft that I would loveto fly is the F-22 Raptor.”

We're proud to highlight these scholarship recipients who are pursuing careersas military aviators. If you would like to offer them career advice or words of encouragement,

please email us at communications@daedalians.org.

Daedalians selected for Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame

Congratulations to retired Air Force officers and Daedalian Life Members, Maj. Gen.Perry McCoy Smith Jr. and Capt. James John Hoogerwerf, Ph.D., who have beenselected as two of the three inductees for the 2020 Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame.

Since its opening in 1989, 115 have been inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall ofFame. Notable members include Medal of Honor recipients Eddie Rickenbacker and JoeJackson, astronauts Adm. Richard Truly and John Young, and the Pattillo brothers. TheHall of Fame is located in the Century of Flight Hangar at the Aviation Museum at RobinsAFB. This museum is the second largest aviation museum in the Air Force and the fourthmost visited museum in DOD.

To be considered eligible for this honor, nominees must have made outstanding andlasting contributions to the advancement of aviation or manned space flight. The Hall ofFame Board of Electors then selected the inductees from the group of qualifiednominees.

The Hall of Fame ceremony will be held in Atlanta on April 18, 2020. We'll publish moreinformation as the event comes closer.

Congratulations!We love when our scholarship recipients let us know whatthey’re up to. Second Lt. John Graham had his wings pinnedon Aug. 2 by his father, retired Air Force Col. Glenn Graham,

a Daedalian at Glen Edwards Flight 56.John is a 2017 graduate of MIT with a Master of Science inAeronautics and Astronautics, and a Bachelor of Science inMechanical Engineering and minor in Economics. He wascommissioned in June 2017 on the deck of the USSConstitution in the Boston Harbor as a second lieutenantand an AFROTC Distinguished Graduate (top 10 percentnationwide).He was awarded the 2012 Descendant Scholarship, and the2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Egan Mentoring Scholarship. Nextup for John – the Intro to Fighter Fundamentals, SERE, andthen the F-16 B course.

'BACK IN THE DAY'

Retired Lt. Col. Marvin C. Champion, a Daedalian Life Member, sent in several photosfrom throughout his career. ABOVE: 1st Lt. Champion fills out aircraft forms after landingat a Titan II missile site near Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, in an HH-1H helicopter, autumn1973.

LEFT: 2nd Lt. Champion with wife, Pam, and the TH-55A helicopter while attending theU.S. Army Primary Helicopter School, Summer 1972, at Fort Wolters,Texas. RIGHT: 2ndLt. Champion in front of the Holiday Inn in Mineral Wells, Texas, after soloing and beingtossed into the pool, summer 1972.

LEFT: Personnel assigned to Detachment 14, 67th ARRS, Naval Station Keflavik,Iceland, with an HH-3E helicopter, fall 1978. Capt. Champion is on the left end of theback row. RIGHT: Retired Lt. Col. Champion with an UH-1F helicopter at the Robins AFBMuseum of Aviation, November 2016. He flew a similar UH-1F at Little Rock AFB in 1973before the unit converted to the HH-1H aircraft.

Do you have a photo of yourself from early in your career? Send it tocommunications@daedalians.org, Attn: Back in the Day.

DAEDALIAN BULLETIN BOARD

Join us in New Member NovemberYou can help ensure the strong future ofthe Daedalians by joining us in ourrecruiting effort, New MemberNovember!Strength is in numbers, and new memberswill keep inspiring generations to comethrough our Daedalian programs.When you recruit a new member, you’llearn a donation to the Daedalian

Foundation made in your name.The top 4 flights that recruit the mostmembers will win a $1,000 SpencerScholarship.New members who join before the end ofNovember will also have a donation madein their name to the Daedalian Foundation.Get in on the action by requesting amembership recruiting packet atmembership@daedalians.org or callingheadquarters at 210-945-2111.

Here's how you can get started on recruiting new members:

Hand an application to someone with wings.Talk about the scholarship successes to friends.Go to a retirement or recruiting event.Man a Daedalian booth at airshows and community events.Get involved in military appreciation activities.Share on your LinkedIn page.Share postings on your Facebook page.Forward your email from the Airpower Blog or the Aviator.Wear your Daedalian shirt and tell people what we are all about.Bring an aviator to a flight meeting.Volunteer at your local high school JROTC program.

Founder SpotlightWe have a new Founder Spotlight to share with you.

Norman W. PotterFounder Member #3365Learn more HERE.

AVIATION HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTSFind the complete daily heritage calendar HERE.

Sept. 4, 1922First Lt. Jimmy Doolittle, Daedalian Founder Member #107, made the firsttranscontinental crossing of the U.S. in a single day. He flew a DH.4B-1-S single-enginebiplane, Air Service Serial Number 22-353, from Pablo Beach, Florida, to San Diego,California, a distance of 2,163 miles. He made one refueling stop at Kelly Field in SanAntonio, Texas, which lasted 1 hour, 16 minutes. The total duration of the flight was 21hours, 19 minutes. Lieutenant Doolittle was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for“demonstrating the possibility of moving Air Corps units to any portion of the UnitedStates in less than 24 hours.”

Sept. 7, 1911A memorable experiment in the Navy’s search for a shipboard launching deviceconcluded at Hammondsport, New York, when Lt. Theodore G. Ellyson made a

successful takeoff in a Curtiss plane from an inclined wire rigged from the beach down tothe water. Capt. Charles F. Pond, who commanded Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser No.4), had suggested the technique, and Capt. Washington I. Chambers of the Bureau ofNavigation and Glenn H. Curtiss had developed the method to the point of the test.Ellyson’s report described the historic experiment: “The engine was started and run atfull speed and then I gave the signal to release the machine. . . . I held the machine onthe wire as long as possible as I wanted to be sure that I had enough headway to riseand not run the risk of the machine partly rising and then falling. . . . Everythinghappened so quickly and went off so smoothly that I hardly knew what happened exceptthat I did have to use the ailerons, and that the machine was sensitive to their action.”Ellyson was Daedalian Founder Member #4377. Learn more about him HERE.

Sept. 9, 1972Air Force Capt. Charles B. DeBellevue, a Weapons System Officer flying on F-4D and F-4E Phantom II fighters, became the high-scoring American Ace of the Vietnam War whenhe and his pilot, Capt. John A. Madden Jr., shot down two MiG 19 fighters of the VietnamPeople’s Air Force west of Hanoi. DeBellevue, a retired colonel, is a Daedalian LifeMember. To read more about this historic date, click HERE.

Sept. 10, 1942The Secretary of War formed the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron under theleadership of Nancy Harkness Love. The following month, female pilots began ferryingaircraft from production sites to airfields in the U.S.

Sept. 13, 1917The 1st Aero Squadron arrived in France as the first air unit to serve with the AmericanExpeditionary Forces.

Sept. 16, 1982Capt. Ron Cavendish and his crew successfully landed their B–52 Stratofortress afterthe aircraft lost both of its rudder-elevator hydraulic systems. Never before had this featbeen accomplished without significant damage to or complete destruction of the aircraft.For this achievement, the crew earned the Mackay Trophy.

Sept. 17, 1908Army Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge of the Army became the first U.S. military member to die inan airplane accident when he crashed with pilot Orville Wright during a flight test at FortMyer, Virginia. A propeller split and broke a wire supporting the rudder. The accidentdelayed Signal Corps acceptance of an airplane for almost a year. Selfridge wasDaedalian Founder Member #544.

Sept. 18, 1947The National Security Act, which was signed by President Harry Truman on July 26,1947, became effective on this date. The act creates the United States Air Force. Happy72nd birthday, USAF!

Sept. 23, 1967Col. Robin Olds, wing commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Ubon-Rachitani Royal Thai Air Force Base, flew the final combat mission of his military career.On this last mission, Colonel Olds flew a McDonnell F-4C-21-MC Phantom II, serialnumber 63-7668. Olds, a Daedalian Hereditary Life Member, had flown this Phantomwhen he and Lt. William D. Lafever shot down a MiG-21 near Hanoi on May 4, 1967.

Sept. 28, 1918Pilot Lt. Everett R. Brewer, USMC, and observer Sgt. Harry Wershiner, USMC, flying aplane with No. 218 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force, shot down a German Fokkeraircraft to score the first Marine Corps victory in aerial combat. Brewer was DaedalianFounder Member #6769.

REUNIONS

As an added bonus to members, we also feature reunions now on our new DaedalianCalendar! You can see the calendar on the bottom left of our website home page at

https://daedalians.org/, or you can go directly to reunions HERE.

SEPTEMBER 2019

AC-119 Gunship Reunion XXSept. 3-10, 2019

Salt Lake City, UtahShadows & Stingers; Air Crew, Ground Crew and Support Crew; 71st, 17th & 18th SOS; and the

maintenance support squadrons. Also AC-47 Puffs the Magic Dragon folks.Friends & Families, as well as anyone whose bacon we saved, are welcome.

POC: Chuck Williamshttps://www.ac119gunships.com/reunion/chuckhole@earthlink.net or 703-624-6995

USAF UPT Class 70-07 50th Reunion(Willie: Good Grief and Schatzi flights)

Sept. 5-7, 2019Dubuque, Iowa

POC: Steve Hardiesfhardie62@gmail.com

563-556-8982

Distinguished Flying Cross Society Biennial ReunionSept. 15-19, 2019

Dayton/Fairborn, OhioPOC: Warren Eastman

http://www.dfcsociety.net/weastman@dfcsociety.org or 760-985-2810

Moody AFB Class 70-01 50th ReunionSept. 19-22, 2019

Dayton, OhioPOC: Tim Ayres

936-443-6548 or timrayres@consolidated.org

AFOCS Classes 1942-1963 ReunionSept. 19-23, 2019

Colorado Springs, ColoradoAll OCS graduates of classes from 1942-63 and their families are welcome.

POC: jscarlett60@comcast.netor

Dave Mason, 757-820-3740 or blokemason@gmail.com

OCTOBER 2019

Air Rescue Association (ARA) Reunion(Combined this year with PRHA & TOML)

Oct. 2-5, 2019Tucson, AZ

POC: Heidi Meisterlinghttp://airrescueassn.org

prp19992@hotmail.com or 520-907-7117

Vance AFB UPT Class 68-G 51st Year ReunionOct. 9-11, 2019Tucson, Arizona

POC: Bob Haydenbohayd42@yahoo.com or 512-335-0029

Webb AFB UPT Class 68A 52nd Year Reunion

Oct. 17-20, 2019Washington, D.C.

POC: Lou Hari301-757-7031 or louis.hari@wyle.com

2020

USAF UPT Class 67-G Reunion(Willie: Good Grief, Warlock, Boomer and Schatzi)

Jan. 21-23, 2020Jacksonville, FloridaPOC: Jimmy Brown

jimab@comcast.net or 904-635-9531

12th TFW Reunion(Includes 12th TFW at MacDill AFB, Florida; Cam Ranh AB and Phu Cat AB, Vietnam; 12th FEW/SFW,

Bergstrom AFB, Texas (Korea) and all supporting units)May 6-9, 2020Dayton, Ohio

POC: E.J. SherwoodEJ12TFW@cox.net or 480-396-4681

(A memorial dedication to the 12th TFW will occur during this event.)

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