Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio
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Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
WWII GIs, war surplus DC-3s and DC-4s, produce and passengers: Saunie’s 1945 non-sked air service….
1945 express delivery of perishable produce
Saunie considers C-60 Lockheed Lodestar. That will change. But Newark Evening News reporter gives extensive…
Gordon E Bellman. Core Founder. In full swing.
Named to Board, Gordon E. Bellman got into full swing with Founder Saunie Gravely to…
First Stock Offering Absent Afterthought New Name
First stock certificate printed even before “Veterans” became part of the official company name.
Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
With first cargo flight, Robert Montanarella, pilot, and Saunie Gravely, founder, get Veterans Air airborne.
KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
DC-3 Captain Robert Montanarello, left seat, is first hire of the Veterans Air Flight Crews.
Glider on the horizon
A scheduled cargo flight of ice-packed turkeys in a DC-3-towed-glider. A historic flight?
John J Noll among Core Founders
John J. Noll was a core founder of Veterans Air with six (maybe seven) other…
Charles Eason Core Founder. Non-aviator.
Charles Francis Eason, Sr. may add real intrigue and maybe even some mystery to the…
Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
Update: WWII photos added to Robert Gries story as told to me by his widow,…
Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
Veterans Air Express Jack Z. Stettner helped found, finance, pilot & manage Dad’s non-sked air…