Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
With first cargo flight, Robert Montanarella, pilot, and Saunie Gravely, founder, get Veterans Air airborne.
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?
Florida & Cape Cod by Air in 1946
Non-sked. Newark round-trip. Modern airliners. “Snowbirds” to Miami. Summer vacationers to Cape Cod. …
Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
Veterans Air Express prepared a CAB route app – for permanent, scheduled service, worldwide authority….
1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
One bewildering, unfamiliar U. S. Immigrations Crew Manifest surfaced in Ancestry. There were others.
Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
First DC-4 in the fleet makes first over-flight of Russian occupied territory enroute to Warsaw,…
Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
Here we have the first cargo revenue flights and ton-miles, plus passenger miles information. December…
John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
Rare 1945 film footage pans non-sked DC-3 & DC-4. Taken & narrated by…
1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
The Borden Company donates three pure-bred American Jersey breeding stock to UNRRA Greek war-relief. …
Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
Found! Two sons, Craig & Robert, of 1st Officer Richard Broughton; Edward Martz, navigator,…
Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
He said “…I am not selling anything. Don’t hang up!” I had to laugh. …
1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
The history of 1945 Veterans Air has recently attracted varied (and rather large, may I…
KQNA live radio interview promotes upcoming ERAU presentation
Any invite to talk about Veterans Air delights me. But a live interview by a…
3-part video by ERAU students features unfolding history
Part 1 of 3-part video featuring unfolding Veterans Air history is released today. Founder’s daughter,…
Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
One gorgeous summer day at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach campus, three students and I delved into…
1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
Cargo, Passenger Flight Records Still Elusive The search continues for “business records” of domestic cargo…
AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
11 pages, 21 photos and 23 footnotes roll out the unfolding history of Veterans Air.