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….
Glider on the horizon
A scheduled cargo flight of ice-packed turkeys in a DC-3-towed-glider. A historic flight?
Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Research project of 1945 history gets huge boost with face-to-face visit in August 2015 with…
Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
Growing business. VAE’s 2nd ops base. WWII Hendricks Field to transition to Sebring Air Terminal….
“Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
An “experimental” DC-4. A high-energy group of hardworking ex-servicemen. A Veterans Air Express UNRRA…
15 May 1946. Bill of Sale for DC-3, N86583
DC-3 War Assets Admin. Bill of Sale. $20,000 Note and Aircraft Chattel Mortgage.
2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
By the time these eggs arrive, chicks from the first UNRRA May 1945 delivery by…
DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
Company techs convert an Army C-54 to second cargo DC-4 in just 13 days. But…
Carole Landis christens non-sked DC-4. July1946
Hollywood star Carole Landis christened Veterans Air Line DC-4 on July 24, 1946. The aircraft…
1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
Court decision No. 6582a naming lawyers for petitioner Matson Nav Co, trustee for Veterans’ Air Express…
DC-3 Gaye Lyn joins ABCDlist.nl Gallery of DC-3s
My favorite photo of Dad and Veterans Air DC-3 the GAYE LYN just posted on…
1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
The Borden Company donates three pure-bred American Jersey breeding stock to UNRRA Greek war-relief. …
Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
There’s a lot of Veterans Air Express information “out there.” Lots need cross-checking, verification,…
Journal to my Dad on Father’s Day 2015.
Father’s Day. Two entries to my Dad from my Journal. Definitely Private. But to share…
Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
A new treasure…photo of Robert C. Chambers standing with our first DC-3 in 1945 while…
Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
Veterans Air Express. Proper safety and maintenance procedures and insistence on professionalism were bedrock…
Carvair ATL-98 sister ships
Unexpected connections and poignant moments mark two very different experiences on June’s Veterans Air…
DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
First DC-3s ferried from Valdosta military base by Veterans Air. Valdosta. Not a common name….
Background story. WWII aircraft production miracles.
Strategic ingenuity for WW II production of bombers, fighters, transports and trainers is our own…
AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
11 pages, 21 photos and 23 footnotes roll out the unfolding history of Veterans Air.