Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
Named to Board, Gordon E. Bellman got into full swing with Founder Saunie Gravely to…
KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
DC-3 Captain Robert Montanarello, left seat, is first hire of the Veterans Air Flight Crews.
Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Research project of 1945 history gets huge boost with face-to-face visit in August 2015 with…
1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
One bewildering, unfamiliar U. S. Immigrations Crew Manifest surfaced in Ancestry. There were others.
M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
What an exquisite honor to introduce our newest Veterans family member. Our Veterans Air…
Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
Happy to “introduce” me to this famous war correspondent, one of the Veterans Air Prague…
1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
Dirty weather, dangerous runway conditions and Russian overflight permission define Jakeman and Stettner’s UNRRA flight…
2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
This photo shows christening of the DC-4 about to fly two UNRRA flights to PRAGUE…
#3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
Radio loss forces Veterans Air Crew to land in Portland ME enroute to Prague. …
1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
A pride hard to verbalize shudders through me every time I see this film footage…
Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
Bernard Francis Shmanske joined Veterans Air Express in August 1946 to fly DC-3 cargo and…
Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
Update: WWII photos added to Robert Gries story as told to me by his widow,…
Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
Found! Two sons, Craig & Robert, of 1st Officer Richard Broughton; Edward Martz, navigator,…
Thomas Cowart tells us about Gus and Elsie.
Thomas, Veterans Air International Flight Engineer, is amused by the publicity stunt for three young…
Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
In 1942-43 the Army Air Corps turned Thomas E. Cowart from farm boy to aircraft…
Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
Veterans Air Express Navigator Edward Martz regaled me with stories I have not heard before….
Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
Ten 1945-46 Veterans Air crew families located since April 2015 Actually, so far, I’ve been…
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…
1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
Researching the airline in April 2015, the list of men who flew, crewed and managed…
Gaye Lyn crashes VFW meeting seeking Veterans Air vets
I crashed a VFW meeting yesterday! Hey, where better to seek my Veterans Air vets,…
2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
Never ever dreamed I’d go to Prague. But I did, last month. And researched…
Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
My research trip in May to New Jersey allowed me to personally meet Bruce Chambers,…
Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
Veterans Air Express. Proper safety and maintenance procedures and insistence on professionalism were bedrock…
Veterans Air DC-3 pilot John Schaus
When a Reading Air Show announcer asked for a “volunteer” C-47 pilot to help crew…
Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
It is with profound sadness that I write of the passing of Jack Stettner. This…
Veterans Air Express research precarious
You know what? This is tough business, emotionally precarious – doing Veterans Air Express…
Researching for 1945 crews or their families
Research begins again for the1945 Veterans Air crews and non-flight personnel. Meet Gracie, my magic…
2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
Pretty amazing. 2nd generation families…the “kids” meeting for first time, in Dallas suburb….
John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
John Noll Veterans Air aviator … still a man of adventure all those years later!…
1945 Stettner connection sparks daughters’ friendship in 2017
Our Dads would have loved the role they played in friendships that have developed between…
2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
Takes no time to fall happily into laughter, banter and sweet reminiscences when I’m with…
The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
Great fun recently meeting sons of Richard Broughton…Craig and his wife Carol in Florida and…
Anna Tamburello. Pharmacist mate, cryptographer, mom, military wife
Anna Tamburello was a WWII pharmacist mate, then cryptographer before she became Anna Broughton, a…
1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
Jammed ten pounds in a five-pound bag…and still had more to share. But sure…
Marie Martz, dear friend and Ed Martz’s bride.
Marie and Ed Martz met after Ed was an essential part of Veterans Air. …
Eason, Chambers families attend talk
Not in a million years in April 2015 when I began this research would I…
TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
Team me up with Liz Wilcox, creator of The Virtual Campground and TVC YouTube…and watch…
John Schaus passed away 11 July 2019.
John Schaus passed away in July. An honor to know him, a joy to…
1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
Another fun, improbable gathering of Veterans Air “kids.” Buffy Noll, Bob Chambers and their spouses…
Noll and Chambers proud to serve
Stories told about their dads John Noll and Robert Chambers by Buffy Noll and Bob…