AIRCRAFT
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 15 May 1946. Bill of Sale for DC-3, N86583
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Background story. WWII aircraft production miracles.
- Carole Landis christens non-sked DC-4. July1946
- Carvair ATL-98 sister ships
- DC-3 Gaye Lyn joins ABCDlist.nl Gallery of DC-3s
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
- Glider on the horizon
- Journal to my Dad on Father’s Day 2015.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
CREWS
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1945 Stettner connection sparks daughters’ friendship in 2017
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- 2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Anna Tamburello. Pharmacist mate, cryptographer, mom, military wife
- Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Eason, Chambers families attend talk
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Gaye Lyn crashes VFW meeting seeking Veterans Air vets
- Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- John Schaus passed away 11 July 2019.
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Marie Martz, dear friend and Ed Martz’s bride.
- Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
- Noll and Chambers proud to serve
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
- The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
- Thomas Cowart tells us about Gus and Elsie.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
- Veterans Air DC-3 pilot John Schaus
- Veterans Air Express research precarious
Email Exchange
- “Fascinating topic, amazing job, historical resources…” Evaluation & guidance, Newark Archives Project.
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- “Permission and fee for reuse of publisher’s copyright material.” Mandatory?? TBD.
- 1929 First Women’s National Air Derby. Skill. Passion. Chutzpah. Visionaries before our own VAE Vets.
- 2015 and 1946 Veterans Air contact. Father and Son Altvater in Sebring, FL.
- A C47 from the past!
- A puzzle piece that seems to fit; but, then, NO, the dates don’t jive. Search further.
- Adored husband & father, Ed Martz passed away. I was privileged to meet him.
- AIRWAYS drafts, images, schedule for VAE story.
- AIRWAYS publisher exchanges edits and images in lead up to covid-delayed March 2023 article.
- Amazing, great “quick google” research from interested aviation buff. Who was he?
- Asking Embry-Riddle to consider archiving the Veterans Air Express story!!
- Bernard Shmanske’s son contacted me
- Bobinsky introduces Gaye Lyn as “part of our nonsked aviation history project” to Hazy Librarian.
- Capt W Jakeman, graduate of ERAU and proud son of VAE Capt William C Jakeman, applauds Veterans Air ERAU Archives Collection.
- Carole Landis. Glamour Girls. VAE DC-4 christening. Ya meet the nicest people doing research.
- Chambers Family Meets USAF Chief of Staff.
- Columbia University Library assists Veterans Air UNRRA research.
- Complexity of “nonskeds” existence. Details of glider delivery. Emails with Al Stettner.
- Could be the DC-3 Gaye Lyn has been identified. Or is the conclusion premature?
- Countdown: Wardrobe. Times. Digital Studio. Student Interviewer & Videographers. How to film.
- Craig Broughton and Gaye Lyn both surprised.
- Craig Morris, Av World Collectibles, shares VAE treasures in email.
- Daughter of Walter Haag contacts Veterans Air through our website!
- Dear Network: Extraordinary experience. Found and spoke with Jack Stettner and Marilyn Gries! Plans to meet in Florida.
- Dr. Sally Blomstrom receives “thumbnail” peek at VAE history to help explore befitting objectives.
- Emails prompt reunion with Elliotts.
- Emails with Bob Broughton, Richard’s other son.
- Embry-Riddle “team” interested in and helpful in telling the Veterans Air story.
- Embry-Riddle Archives Librarian “Open to idea…to accept materials of your research.”
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- ERAU Students deliver “rough” draft of VAE Video. It’s a professional job!
- First emails with Steve Bobinsky at Embry-Riddle in 2015 about mutual Nonsked History projects
- First intro to Copyright perils and intricacies…one month into VAE research.
- FLYING mag reveals names. Copy permission suggested. Warsaw crew names were wrong.
- Follow the breadcrumbs. Searching for Veterans Air vintage aviation media articles.
- Gaye Lyn asks, “What’s next? What’s my research’s final venue? How do I start?”
- Gaye Lyn learns why Fiorella LaGuardia got involved with Veterans Air UNRRA Contract
- Gaye Lyn’s 2016 Prague trip. Librarians pull extensive VAE 1946 UNRRA relief flights media.
- Gravely daughter to Stettner daughter to Jack Z. Stettner himself. The magic of Veterans Air research and emails.
- Hello, Research Network. Veterans Air in ERAU Archives
- His Aunt. Veterans Air Passenger & Beaming!
- Internet leads William C Jakeman’s son, Jake, to our Veterans Air website. Really a find!
- Jack’s “Kids” Exchange Birthday Emails with Gaye Lyn.
- Joey, ERAU student video host, has surprise
- John Corpening. Encouragement. Introductions. Forgotten Flights listing. And sad condolences.
- June 2019 in GRACIE to Dallas. Atlanta. Boynton, Delray, Daytona Beaches. Home
- KQNA interviews ERAU Aviation History Speaker about Veterans Air Story.
- Librarians. Always thorough, dig deeper. Make suggestions. National Archives prove my point.
- More databases. More puzzle pieces to the unfolding story. More research help.
- Northwestern, Transportation Library Head. Researched multiple topics. Gave helpful tips. Replied to copious questions.
- Nov 6, 1946. Czechoslovak National Assembly (Parliament). History of UNRRA by Ministr Václav Majer. Full speech.
- Peter Riool and Al Stettner Chasing VAE Aircraft Registrations
- Peter Riool researches “unidentified” VAE pilots and shares “puzzles.”
- Reply to NJ journalist Jack Elliott’s wife, Esta-Ann
- Research sources and referrals expand as New Mexico State Librarians take interest in VAE history.
- Richard Broughton, DC-4 pilot and shutter bug, saved UNRRA flight photos. Son Craig shares this Iceland stopover
- Riool continues to assist VAE fleet research. DC-3 Gaye Lyn may be identified.
- Sebring, short-lived Veterans Air maintenance base in FL, generated lots of press clippings – most with no newspaper names.
- Seeking Sebring media names and sources for VAE DC-4 refurb and UNRRA cargo destination coverage.
- Sept 2017 extensive online assistance from Library of Congress. Mind-boggling Oct visit to D.C.
- Stellar web designer and Research Network member. Paul Burton finds key article. Air Trails Pictorial. April 1946.
- Summer 2019. GRACIE road trip. Sharing map and plans with Stettner family.
- Surprise! Treasure! John Schaus finds 1946 VAE ex-employer in 2016 news article. By Line: Todd Smith.
- Tenacious Santa Fe Librarian discovers Czech Diva’s name and spelling, Jarmila Novotna, plus to-date unknown VAE pilot.
- Todd South, The Record, prints nicely-told story during Aviation Museum research trip to NJ.
- Tracking Bahamas crash of our DC-3 – long after it flew for Veterans Air.
- Two-months, 11 exchanges. UN Archives NY office. Moving, extensive data
- VAE, The Unfolding Story of a 1945 Non-Sked Air Carrier” enters ERAU Archives
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
- Web designer with smart ideas – and appreciated sense of humour! (Not misspelled; British version.)
FAMILIES
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
- Chambers Family Meets USAF Chief of Staff.
- Chambers family memorable Arlington Memorial Day.
- Craig Broughton and Gaye Lyn both surprised.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Daughter of Walter Haag contacts Veterans Air through our website!
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Emails with Bob Broughton, Richard’s other son.
- George Gracie Leu, among Veterans Air first 22.
- Internet leads William C Jakeman’s son, Jake, to our Veterans Air website. Really a find!
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- Jack’s “Kids” Exchange Birthday Emails with Gaye Lyn.
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- June Nilssen Eastvold.
- Magic Carpet Provides Ground Transport
- Marie Martz, dear friend and Ed Martz’s bride.
- Marilyn Gries slips the surly bonds. 1922-2021.
- Meeting Paul Eason, son of Charles Eason, Sr.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Richard Broughton, DC-4 pilot and shutter bug, saved UNRRA flight photos. Son Craig shares this Iceland stopover
- The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
LEGALITIES
- 15 May 1946. Bill of Sale for DC-3, N86583
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- First intro to Copyright perils and intricacies…one month into VAE research.
- First Stock Offering Absent “Afterthought” New Name
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
- Research project seeks 1945 Non-sked story.
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
RESEARCH NETWORK
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- 3-part video by ERAU students features unfolding history
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Carole Landis. Glamour Girls. VAE DC-4 christening. Ya meet the nicest people doing research.
- Complexity of “nonskeds” existence. Details of glider delivery. Emails with Al Stettner.
- Craig Morris, Av World Collectibles, shares VAE treasures in email.
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- EN ROUTE honors non-sked’s logo art
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Corpening. Encouragement. Introductions. Forgotten Flights listing. And sad condolences.
- KQNA live radio interview promotes upcoming ERAU presentation
- Name dropping. My Research Network.
- Non-sked flight crews and Memorabilia sought
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- Peter Riool researches “unidentified” VAE pilots and shares “puzzles.”
- Research continues in 2019
- Riool continues to assist VAE fleet research. DC-3 Gaye Lyn may be identified.
- Web designer with smart ideas – and appreciated sense of humour! (Not misspelled; British version.)
ROUTES
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- 3-part video by ERAU students features unfolding history
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Florida & Cape Cod by Air in 1946
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Glider on the horizon
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- KQNA live radio interview promotes upcoming ERAU presentation
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
UNFOLDING STORY
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 15 May 1946. Bill of Sale for DC-3, N86583
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 express delivery of perishable produce
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1945 Stettner connection sparks daughters’ friendship in 2017
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Navigator Michael Frome passes away
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1946 Warsaw 5-Part series by Michael Frome
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- 2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
- 2017 face-to-face with 1945 DC-3 “hostess” Marilyn Gries
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- 2nd-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
- 3-part video by ERAU students features unfolding history
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Anna Tamburello. Pharmacist mate, cryptographer, mom, military wife
- Background story. WWII aircraft production miracles.
- Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Carole Landis christens non-sked DC-4. July1946
- Carvair ATL-98 sister ships
- Chambers family memorable Arlington Memorial Day.
- Charles Eason Core Founder. Non-aviator.
- Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
- Core founder John W. Greenleaf, Sr. discovered by the “III”
- Craig Broughton and Gaye Lyn both surprised.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- DC-3 Gaye Lyn joins ABCDlist.nl Gallery of DC-3s
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Eason, Chambers families attend talk
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Edward F. Martz, Jr. In Memoriam.
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- EN ROUTE honors non-sked’s logo art
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- First Stock Offering Absent “Afterthought” New Name
- First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”
- Florida & Cape Cod by Air in 1946
- Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Gaye Lyn crashes VFW meeting seeking Veterans Air vets
- George Gracie Leu, among Veterans Air first 22.
- Glider on the horizon
- Gordon E Bellman. Board Member. Operations Mgr.
- Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- John Schaus goes back to Ramsey High School
- John Schaus passed away 11 July 2019.
- Journal to my Dad on Father’s Day 2015.
- June Nilssen Eastvold.
- KQNA live radio interview promotes upcoming ERAU presentation
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Legacy research celebrates five years. A Video & Audio Library. A hiatus.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Magic Carpet Provides Ground Transport
- Marie Martz, dear friend and Ed Martz’s bride.
- Marilyn Gries slips the surly bonds. 1922-2021.
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Meeting Paul Eason, son of Charles Eason, Sr.
- Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- Name dropping. My Research Network.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Noll and Chambers proud to serve
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Research continues in 2019
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Research project seeks 1945 Non-sked story.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Robert C Chambers. Core Founder. On the Board.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
- Stettner 2015 Reunion a Special Celebration
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
- The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
- Thomas Cowart dies. Fond farewell, Kind Sir.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
- Veterans Air DC-3 pilot John Schaus
- Veterans Air Express research precarious
- WANTED: Veterans Air information or leads.
UNRRA CONTRACT
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1946 Warsaw 5-Part series by Michael Frome
- 1946. Medical supplies to Vienna ready for take off.
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- 2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- 2nd-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
VISIONARIES
- 1945 express delivery of perishable produce
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Charles Eason Core Founder. Non-aviator.
- Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
- Core founder John W. Greenleaf, Sr. discovered by the “III”
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- George Gracie Leu, among Veterans Air first 22.
- Gordon E Bellman. Board Member. Operations Mgr.
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- Robert C Chambers. Core Founder. On the Board.
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
392nd Bomber Group
ABCDlist_nl
Airliners International 2018
AIRWAYS Magazine
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- AIRWAYS drafts, images, schedule for VAE story.
- AIRWAYS publisher exchanges edits and images in lead up to covid-delayed March 2023 article.
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Embry-Riddle “team” interested in and helpful in telling the Veterans Air story.
- Name dropping. My Research Network.
Altvater_Allen_C_Sr_and_Jr
Arlington National Cemetery
B-25 Maid in the Shade
Baumwald_Stanley
Bellman_Gordon_E
Bender_Dr. Alan_ERAU
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- Embry-Riddle “team” interested in and helpful in telling the Veterans Air story.
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Corpening. Encouragement. Introductions. Forgotten Flights listing. And sad condolences.
- KQNA interviews ERAU Aviation History Speaker about Veterans Air Story.
- More databases. More puzzle pieces to the unfolding story. More research help.
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- VAE, The Unfolding Story of a 1945 Non-Sked Air Carrier” enters ERAU Archives
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
Berlin Tempelhof
Bien_Dorothy
Blomstrom_Dr. Sally_ERAU
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- Asking Embry-Riddle to consider archiving the Veterans Air Express story!!
- Countdown: Wardrobe. Times. Digital Studio. Student Interviewer & Videographers. How to film.
- Dr. Sally Blomstrom receives “thumbnail” peek at VAE history to help explore befitting objectives.
- Embry-Riddle “team” interested in and helpful in telling the Veterans Air story.
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- ERAU Students deliver “rough” draft of VAE Video. It’s a professional job!
- Gaye Lyn asks, “What’s next? What’s my research’s final venue? How do I start?”
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Joey, ERAU student video host, has surprise
- KQNA interviews ERAU Aviation History Speaker about Veterans Air Story.
- VAE, The Unfolding Story of a 1945 Non-Sked Air Carrier” enters ERAU Archives
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
Bobinsky_Steve_ERAU
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- Asking Embry-Riddle to consider archiving the Veterans Air Express story!!
- Bobinsky introduces Gaye Lyn as “part of our nonsked aviation history project” to Hazy Librarian.
- Dr. Sally Blomstrom receives “thumbnail” peek at VAE history to help explore befitting objectives.
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- First emails with Steve Bobinsky at Embry-Riddle in 2015 about mutual Nonsked History projects
- Gaye Lyn asks, “What’s next? What’s my research’s final venue? How do I start?”
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Joey, ERAU student video host, has surprise
- KQNA interviews ERAU Aviation History Speaker about Veterans Air Story.
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- VAE, The Unfolding Story of a 1945 Non-Sked Air Carrier” enters ERAU Archives
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
Borden Company
Brenner Produce Co.
Brenner_Arthur
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1945 express delivery of perishable produce
- First Stock Offering Absent “Afterthought” New Name
- Glider on the horizon
- Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- WANTED: Veterans Air information or leads.
Brenner_Nellie
Broughton Family
- Anna Tamburello. Pharmacist mate, cryptographer, mom, military wife
- Craig Broughton and Gaye Lyn both surprised.
- Emails with Bob Broughton, Richard’s other son.
- June 2019 in GRACIE to Dallas. Atlanta. Boynton, Delray, Daytona Beaches. Home
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Richard Broughton, DC-4 pilot and shutter bug, saved UNRRA flight photos. Son Craig shares this Iceland stopover
- The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
Broughton_Anna_Tamburello
Broughton_Richard_(Dick)
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- Anna Tamburello. Pharmacist mate, cryptographer, mom, military wife
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Craig Broughton and Gaye Lyn both surprised.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Emails with Bob Broughton, Richard’s other son.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Richard Broughton, DC-4 pilot and shutter bug, saved UNRRA flight photos. Son Craig shares this Iceland stopover
- The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
Burton_Paul
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- FLYING mag reveals names. Copy permission suggested. Warsaw crew names were wrong.
- Stellar web designer and Research Network member. Paul Burton finds key article. Air Trails Pictorial. April 1946.
- Web designer with smart ideas – and appreciated sense of humour! (Not misspelled; British version.)
Cannock_George_Edwin
Carlonza_Salvatore_(Sal)
Carvair ATL-98
Carvair Hull #5 and #9
Chambers Family
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- Chambers Family Meets USAF Chief of Staff.
- Chambers family memorable Arlington Memorial Day.
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Eason, Chambers families attend talk
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
- Noll and Chambers proud to serve
- Robert C Chambers. Core Founder. On the Board.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Chambers_Robert_C.
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- Chambers Family Meets USAF Chief of Staff.
- Chambers family memorable Arlington Memorial Day.
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Eason, Chambers families attend talk
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Glider on the horizon
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
- Noll and Chambers proud to serve
- Research continues in 2019
- Robert C Chambers. Core Founder. On the Board.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
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China-Burma-India
Christoff_Alexandra_V_ERAU
Civil Aeronautics Board
Connack_George_E
Corpening_John
Cowart Family
Cowart_Thomas_Edwin
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Thomas Cowart dies. Fond farewell, Kind Sir.
- Thomas Cowart tells us about Gus and Elsie.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
Cox_Dr._Ralph
Dean_William_Patrick
Eason Family
Eason_Charles_F.
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- Charles Eason Core Founder. Non-aviator.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Eason, Chambers families attend talk
- Meeting Paul Eason, son of Charles Eason, Sr.
- Non-sked flight crews and Memorabilia sought
Elliott_Jack & Esta-Ann
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- “Permission and fee for reuse of publisher’s copyright material.” Mandatory?? TBD.
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 3-part video by ERAU students features unfolding history
- Asking Embry-Riddle to consider archiving the Veterans Air Express story!!
- Bobinsky introduces Gaye Lyn as “part of our nonsked aviation history project” to Hazy Librarian.
- Capt W Jakeman, graduate of ERAU and proud son of VAE Capt William C Jakeman, applauds Veterans Air ERAU Archives Collection.
- Countdown: Wardrobe. Times. Digital Studio. Student Interviewer & Videographers. How to film.
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- Embry-Riddle “team” interested in and helpful in telling the Veterans Air story.
- Embry-Riddle Archives Librarian “Open to idea…to accept materials of your research.”
- ERAU Students deliver “rough” draft of VAE Video. It’s a professional job!
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- First emails with Steve Bobinsky at Embry-Riddle in 2015 about mutual Nonsked History projects
- Hello, Research Network. Veterans Air in ERAU Archives
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- June 2019 in GRACIE to Dallas. Atlanta. Boynton, Delray, Daytona Beaches. Home
- KQNA interviews ERAU Aviation History Speaker about Veterans Air Story.
- KQNA live radio interview promotes upcoming ERAU presentation
- Legacy research celebrates five years. A Video & Audio Library. A hiatus.
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- Research continues in 2019
- Summer 2019. GRACIE road trip. Sharing map and plans with Stettner family.
- VAE, The Unfolding Story of a 1945 Non-Sked Air Carrier” enters ERAU Archives
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
Fagan_William_(Bill)
Ferguson_Robert
Fletcher_Terry
FOOTNOTES
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 express delivery of perishable produce
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1946 Warsaw 5-Part series by Michael Frome
- 1946. Medical supplies to Vienna ready for take off.
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Core founder John W. Greenleaf, Sr. discovered by the “III”
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
- George Gracie Leu, among Veterans Air first 22.
- Glider on the horizon
- Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- June Nilssen Eastvold.
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Marie Martz, dear friend and Ed Martz’s bride.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Research continues in 2019
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Robert C Chambers. Core Founder. On the Board.
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- Web designer with smart ideas – and appreciated sense of humour! (Not misspelled; British version.)
Foster_Frederick_B.
Freeman_Charles_R.
Froehlich_Emil
Frome Family
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- June Nilssen Eastvold.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Surprise! Treasure! John Schaus finds 1946 VAE ex-employer in 2016 news article. By Line: Todd Smith.
- Veterans Air Express research precarious
Frome_June_Eastvold
Frome_Michael
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Navigator Michael Frome passes away
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1946 Warsaw 5-Part series by Michael Frome
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- June Nilssen Eastvold.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
- Surprise! Treasure! John Schaus finds 1946 VAE ex-employer in 2016 news article. By Line: Todd Smith.
- Veterans Air Express research precarious
Fuquay_Richard
Gaye Lyn
- 1929 First Women’s National Air Derby. Skill. Passion. Chutzpah. Visionaries before our own VAE Vets.
- 2017 face-to-face with 1945 DC-3 “hostess” Marilyn Gries
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- Asking Embry-Riddle to consider archiving the Veterans Air Express story!!
- Bobinsky introduces Gaye Lyn as “part of our nonsked aviation history project” to Hazy Librarian.
- Carvair ATL-98 sister ships
- Countdown: Wardrobe. Times. Digital Studio. Student Interviewer & Videographers. How to film.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- Gravely daughter to Stettner daughter to Jack Z. Stettner himself. The magic of Veterans Air research and emails.
- KQNA interviews ERAU Aviation History Speaker about Veterans Air Story.
- Legacy research celebrates five years. A Video & Audio Library. A hiatus.
- Magic Carpet Provides Ground Transport
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- More databases. More puzzle pieces to the unfolding story. More research help.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Research continues in 2019
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
General Aviation News
Globetrotter_NX58003
Goldfein_General_David_CSAF21
Gravely_Lydia_Amadio
Gravely_Saunie_B
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 express delivery of perishable produce
- 1945 Stettner connection sparks daughters’ friendship in 2017
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- Adored husband & father, Ed Martz passed away. I was privileged to meet him.
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Carole Landis christens non-sked DC-4. July1946
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- DC-3 Gaye Lyn joins ABCDlist.nl Gallery of DC-3s
- DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- First Stock Offering Absent “Afterthought” New Name
- Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Glider on the horizon
- Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- Hello, Research Network. Veterans Air in ERAU Archives
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Journal to my Dad on Father’s Day 2015.
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Research project seeks 1945 Non-sked story.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Great Bend Army Airfield KS
Greek War Relief
Greenleaf Family
Greenleaf_Sr._John_W.
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Core founder John W. Greenleaf, Sr. discovered by the “III”
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Gries_Marilyn
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 2015 and 1946 Veterans Air contact. Father and Son Altvater in Sebring, FL.
- 2017 face-to-face with 1945 DC-3 “hostess” Marilyn Gries
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Dear Network: Extraordinary experience. Found and spoke with Jack Stettner and Marilyn Gries! Plans to meet in Florida.
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”
- Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- June 2019 in GRACIE to Dallas. Atlanta. Boynton, Delray, Daytona Beaches. Home
- Marilyn Gries slips the surly bonds. 1922-2021.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
- Summer 2019. GRACIE road trip. Sharing map and plans with Stettner family.
Gries_Robert_F.
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 2017 face-to-face with 1945 DC-3 “hostess” Marilyn Gries
- A puzzle piece that seems to fit; but, then, NO, the dates don’t jive. Search further.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”
- Marilyn Gries slips the surly bonds. 1922-2021.
- Research continues in 2019
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
Haag_Walter
Harris_Opal
Harry Pollitt Studio
Historic flight
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
Holden_Henry_M
In Memoriam
Jakeman Family
Jakeman_William_C
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- Capt W Jakeman, graduate of ERAU and proud son of VAE Capt William C Jakeman, applauds Veterans Air ERAU Archives Collection.
- Internet leads William C Jakeman’s son, Jake, to our Veterans Air website. Really a find!
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
Johnsen_Frederick
Kaloss Family
Kaloss_Constantine_J._(Gus)
Kauffman_Laister
Keloss_Constentine_J.
Kennedy_Charles
Kidrick_Jerry_ERAU
Kilgore_Senator_Harley
Krohm_Robert
Kusrow_Daniel
Landis_Carole
Leu_George_Grace
LIBRARIANS
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- “Fascinating topic, amazing job, historical resources…” Evaluation & guidance, Newark Archives Project.
- 1946. Medical supplies to Vienna ready for take off.
- 2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
- Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
- Bernard Shmanske’s son contacted me
- Bobinsky introduces Gaye Lyn as “part of our nonsked aviation history project” to Hazy Librarian.
- Carole Landis. Glamour Girls. VAE DC-4 christening. Ya meet the nicest people doing research.
- Columbia University Library assists Veterans Air UNRRA research.
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- Emails with Bob Broughton, Richard’s other son.
- Expanded friendships as research broadens
- First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”
- Follow the breadcrumbs. Searching for Veterans Air vintage aviation media articles.
- Gaye Lyn’s 2016 Prague trip. Librarians pull extensive VAE 1946 UNRRA relief flights media.
- Librarians. Always thorough, dig deeper. Make suggestions. National Archives prove my point.
- Northwestern, Transportation Library Head. Researched multiple topics. Gave helpful tips. Replied to copious questions.
- Nov 6, 1946. Czechoslovak National Assembly (Parliament). History of UNRRA by Ministr Václav Majer. Full speech.
- Research sources and referrals expand as New Mexico State Librarians take interest in VAE history.
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Sebring, short-lived Veterans Air maintenance base in FL, generated lots of press clippings – most with no newspaper names.
- Sept 2017 extensive online assistance from Library of Congress. Mind-boggling Oct visit to D.C.
- Tenacious Santa Fe Librarian discovers Czech Diva’s name and spelling, Jarmila Novotna, plus to-date unknown VAE pilot.
- Two-months, 11 exchanges. UN Archives NY office. Moving, extensive data
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
Lynnes_Roy_M.
Malmgreen_Gail_NAP
Margeson_Donald_Royal
Marguerite Higgins
Martin_Al
Martz Family
Martz_Edward_Francis_Jr
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- Adored husband & father, Ed Martz passed away. I was privileged to meet him.
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Edward F. Martz, Jr. In Memoriam.
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Legacy research celebrates five years. A Video & Audio Library. A hiatus.
- Marie Martz, dear friend and Ed Martz’s bride.
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
Martz_Marie
Maynard_E_J.
McLelan_Lillian
McSwiggan_Bruce
McSwiggan_Robert
Memories of the Jing Bao
Michatowski_John
Montanarella_Robert
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Glider on the horizon
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Peter Riool researches “unidentified” VAE pilots and shares “puzzles.”
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Moroz_William_(Bill)
Morris_Craig
Morris_James_McGrath
Museum of Mighty Eighth Air Force
National Library Czech Republic
Neigel_Joseph_Andrew
New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Legacy research celebrates five years. A Video & Audio Library. A hiatus.
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
- Sept 2017 extensive online assistance from Library of Congress. Mind-boggling Oct visit to D.C.
- Todd South, The Record, prints nicely-told story during Aviation Museum research trip to NJ.
Newark Archives Project
Nickas_George
Noll Family
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- A puzzle piece that seems to fit; but, then, NO, the dates don’t jive. Search further.
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- Gaye Lyn learns why Fiorella LaGuardia got involved with Veterans Air UNRRA Contract
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- June 2019 in GRACIE to Dallas. Atlanta. Boynton, Delray, Daytona Beaches. Home
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Noll and Chambers proud to serve
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
Noll_John_J.
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- A puzzle piece that seems to fit; but, then, NO, the dates don’t jive. Search further.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- Legacy research celebrates five years. A Video & Audio Library. A hiatus.
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Noll and Chambers proud to serve
- Research continues in 2019
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Non-sked
- “Fascinating topic, amazing job, historical resources…” Evaluation & guidance, Newark Archives Project.
- Asking Embry-Riddle to consider archiving the Veterans Air Express story!!
- Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
- Complexity of “nonskeds” existence. Details of glider delivery. Emails with Al Stettner.
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- Florida & Cape Cod by Air in 1946
- FLYING mag reveals names. Copy permission suggested. Warsaw crew names were wrong.
- Gaye Lyn asks, “What’s next? What’s my research’s final venue? How do I start?”
- Hello, Research Network. Veterans Air in ERAU Archives
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
Novotna_Jarmila
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- Legacy research celebrates five years. A Video & Audio Library. A hiatus.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
Oakley_Shea
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Emails prompt reunion with Elliotts.
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Corpening. Encouragement. Introductions. Forgotten Flights listing. And sad condolences.
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Surprise! Treasure! John Schaus finds 1946 VAE ex-employer in 2016 news article. By Line: Todd Smith.
- Todd South, The Record, prints nicely-told story during Aviation Museum research trip to NJ.
Oslund_Skippy
Paroly_Bernard_LaVerne
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Riool_Peter
- Could be the DC-3 Gaye Lyn has been identified. Or is the conclusion premature?
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- Peter Riool and Al Stettner Chasing VAE Aircraft Registrations
- Peter Riool researches “unidentified” VAE pilots and shares “puzzles.”
- Riool continues to assist VAE fleet research. DC-3 Gaye Lyn may be identified.
Rowland_Gerald_A.
Rowland_W._Thaddeus
San Diego Air and Space Museum
Saunders_Claire
Schaus_John
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Schaus goes back to Ramsey High School
- John Schaus passed away 11 July 2019.
- Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
- Surprise! Treasure! John Schaus finds 1946 VAE ex-employer in 2016 news article. By Line: Todd Smith.
- Veterans Air DC-3 pilot John Schaus
Sebring FL Maintenance Base
- DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
- Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Sebring, short-lived Veterans Air maintenance base in FL, generated lots of press clippings – most with no newspaper names.
- Seeking Sebring media names and sources for VAE DC-4 refurb and UNRRA cargo destination coverage.
Sebring Historical Society
Shmanske_Bernard
South_Todd
Spielberg_Steven
Stettner Family
- 1929 First Women’s National Air Derby. Skill. Passion. Chutzpah. Visionaries before our own VAE Vets.
- 1945 Stettner connection sparks daughters’ friendship in 2017
- 2015 and 1946 Veterans Air contact. Father and Son Altvater in Sebring, FL.
- Complexity of “nonskeds” existence. Details of glider delivery. Emails with Al Stettner.
- Could be the DC-3 Gaye Lyn has been identified. Or is the conclusion premature?
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- Gaye Lyn learns why Fiorella LaGuardia got involved with Veterans Air UNRRA Contract
- Gravely daughter to Stettner daughter to Jack Z. Stettner himself. The magic of Veterans Air research and emails.
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- Jack’s “Kids” Exchange Birthday Emails with Gaye Lyn.
- June 2019 in GRACIE to Dallas. Atlanta. Boynton, Delray, Daytona Beaches. Home
- Peter Riool and Al Stettner Chasing VAE Aircraft Registrations
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Stettner 2015 Reunion a Special Celebration
- Summer 2019. GRACIE road trip. Sharing map and plans with Stettner family.
Stettner_Jack_Z.
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1929 First Women’s National Air Derby. Skill. Passion. Chutzpah. Visionaries before our own VAE Vets.
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1945 Stettner connection sparks daughters’ friendship in 2017
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- 2015 and 1946 Veterans Air contact. Father and Son Altvater in Sebring, FL.
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- Dear Network: Extraordinary experience. Found and spoke with Jack Stettner and Marilyn Gries! Plans to meet in Florida.
- Drove 4,874 miles to visit families
- First Stock Offering Absent “Afterthought” New Name
- Gravely daughter to Stettner daughter to Jack Z. Stettner himself. The magic of Veterans Air research and emails.
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- Jack’s “Kids” Exchange Birthday Emails with Gaye Lyn.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Stettner 2015 Reunion a Special Celebration
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
Stevenson_Harvey_G.
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1945 express delivery of perishable produce
- Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Saunie B. Gravely
- WANTED: Veterans Air information or leads.
Stockholder
Stoker's Poultry
Stringer_David
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- AIRWAYS drafts, images, schedule for VAE story.
- AIRWAYS publisher exchanges edits and images in lead up to covid-delayed March 2023 article.
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Corpening. Encouragement. Introductions. Forgotten Flights listing. And sad condolences.
- Name dropping. My Research Network.
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- Research continues in 2019
- Summer 2019. GRACIE road trip. Sharing map and plans with Stettner family.
Taylor_J._R.
Terwilliger_Robert
Teterboro Airport
The Borden Company
The Eighth Air Depot
The Hotel Bristol Warsaw
The Non-sked History Project
Thompson_William_ERAU
Turnbull_Don_M
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
UNRRA Athens
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Thomas Cowart tells us about Gus and Elsie.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
UNRRA Contract
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1946. Medical supplies to Vienna ready for take off.
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- 2nd-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Columbia University Library assists Veterans Air UNRRA research.
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- First emails with Steve Bobinsky at Embry-Riddle in 2015 about mutual Nonsked History projects
- Gaye Lyn learns why Fiorella LaGuardia got involved with Veterans Air UNRRA Contract
- Gaye Lyn’s 2016 Prague trip. Librarians pull extensive VAE 1946 UNRRA relief flights media.
- Internet leads William C Jakeman’s son, Jake, to our Veterans Air website. Really a find!
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Nov 6, 1946. Czechoslovak National Assembly (Parliament). History of UNRRA by Ministr Václav Majer. Full speech.
- Richard Broughton, DC-4 pilot and shutter bug, saved UNRRA flight photos. Son Craig shares this Iceland stopover
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Seeking Sebring media names and sources for VAE DC-4 refurb and UNRRA cargo destination coverage.
- Tenacious Santa Fe Librarian discovers Czech Diva’s name and spelling, Jarmila Novotna, plus to-date unknown VAE pilot.
- Thomas Cowart tells us about Gus and Elsie.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- Two-months, 11 exchanges. UN Archives NY office. Moving, extensive data
UNRRA Prague
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- Anna Tamburello. Pharmacist mate, cryptographer, mom, military wife
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Edward F. Martz, Jr. In Memoriam.
- Gaye Lyn’s 2016 Prague trip. Librarians pull extensive VAE 1946 UNRRA relief flights media.
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- Nov 6, 1946. Czechoslovak National Assembly (Parliament). History of UNRRA by Ministr Václav Majer. Full speech.
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- Two-months, 11 exchanges. UN Archives NY office. Moving, extensive data
- Veterans Air Express research precarious
UNRRA Warsaw
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- #3 Prague trip. Radio loss forces Portland Maine landing
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1946 Warsaw 5-Part series by Michael Frome
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- 2nd-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Edward F. Martz, Jr. In Memoriam.
- First intro to Copyright perils and intricacies…one month into VAE research.
- FLYING mag reveals names. Copy permission suggested. Warsaw crew names were wrong.
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- Internet leads William C Jakeman’s son, Jake, to our Veterans Air website. Really a find!
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
- Two-months, 11 exchanges. UN Archives NY office. Moving, extensive data
- Veterans Air Express research precarious
VAE DC-3
- 15 May 1946. Bill of Sale for DC-3, N86583
- Amazing, great “quick google” research from interested aviation buff. Who was he?
- DC-3 Gaye Lyn joins ABCDlist.nl Gallery of DC-3s
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- His Aunt. Veterans Air Passenger & Beaming!
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
- Research project seeks 1945 Non-sked story.
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Stettner 2015 Reunion a Special Celebration
- Tracking Bahamas crash of our DC-3 – long after it flew for Veterans Air.
VAE DC-3 Gaye Lyn
- 1945 Stettner connection sparks daughters’ friendship in 2017
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 3-part video by ERAU students features unfolding history
- Amazing, great “quick google” research from interested aviation buff. Who was he?
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Could be the DC-3 Gaye Lyn has been identified. Or is the conclusion premature?
- Daughter of Walter Haag contacts Veterans Air through our website!
- DC-3 Gaye Lyn joins ABCDlist.nl Gallery of DC-3s
- Dear Network: Extraordinary experience. Found and spoke with Jack Stettner and Marilyn Gries! Plans to meet in Florida.
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Emails with Bob Broughton, Richard’s other son.
- First emails with Steve Bobinsky at Embry-Riddle in 2015 about mutual Nonsked History projects
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Corpening. Encouragement. Introductions. Forgotten Flights listing. And sad condolences.
- Journal to my Dad on Father’s Day 2015.
- June 2019 in GRACIE to Dallas. Atlanta. Boynton, Delray, Daytona Beaches. Home
- KQNA live radio interview promotes upcoming ERAU presentation
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Librarians. Always thorough, dig deeper. Make suggestions. National Archives prove my point.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Northwestern, Transportation Library Head. Researched multiple topics. Gave helpful tips. Replied to copious questions.
- Research continues in 2019
- Research project seeks 1945 Non-sked story.
- Riool continues to assist VAE fleet research. DC-3 Gaye Lyn may be identified.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
- Summer 2019. GRACIE road trip. Sharing map and plans with Stettner family.
VAE DC-3 Pilot
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- Bernard Shmanske. DC-3 pilot and stockholder
- Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- John Schaus passed away 11 July 2019.
- Robert C Chambers. Core Founder. On the Board.
- Robert C. Chambers early DC-3 Chief Pilot.
- Schaus finds post-WWII employer again after 70 years.
- Stettner 2015 Reunion a Special Celebration
- Veterans Air DC-3 pilot John Schaus
VAE DC-4
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- 2nd-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
- Amazing, great “quick google” research from interested aviation buff. Who was he?
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- Carole Landis christens non-sked DC-4. July1946
- Carole Landis. Glamour Girls. VAE DC-4 christening. Ya meet the nicest people doing research.
- Carvair ATL-98 sister ships
- Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
- DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Edward F. Martz, Jr. In Memoriam.
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- Growing a 1946 non-sked airline
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- Research continues in 2019
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Sebring, short-lived Veterans Air maintenance base in FL, generated lots of press clippings – most with no newspaper names.
- Seeking Sebring media names and sources for VAE DC-4 refurb and UNRRA cargo destination coverage.
- Tenacious Santa Fe Librarian discovers Czech Diva’s name and spelling, Jarmila Novotna, plus to-date unknown VAE pilot.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.
VAE DC-4 Pilot
- 1946 Pilot Logbooks Divulge Few Routes
- 1st Warsaw UNRRA war relief flight makes history
- Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
- Internet leads William C Jakeman’s son, Jake, to our Veterans Air website. Really a find!
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- John Noll aviator at 20+ and 70+
- The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
VAE Operations
- Complexity of “nonskeds” existence. Details of glider delivery. Emails with Al Stettner.
- Core founder Jack Z. Stettner. Stockholder. Pilot. Ops Mgr.
- Core founder John W. Greenleaf, Sr. discovered by the “III”
- Gordon E Bellman. Board Member. Operations Mgr.
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- His Aunt. Veterans Air Passenger & Beaming!
- Jack Z Stettner dies at 93. Veterans Air Founder’s daughter’s “first love.”
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
VAE Research Network
- “Fascinating topic, amazing job, historical resources…” Evaluation & guidance, Newark Archives Project.
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- “Permission and fee for reuse of publisher’s copyright material.” Mandatory?? TBD.
- 1945 Crew list grows from 22 to 62
- 2015 and 1946 Veterans Air contact. Father and Son Altvater in Sebring, FL.
- 2016 Prague trip to research 1946 UNRRA flight
- AIRWAYS publisher exchanges edits and images in lead up to covid-delayed March 2023 article.
- Amazing, great “quick google” research from interested aviation buff. Who was he?
- Carole Landis. Glamour Girls. VAE DC-4 christening. Ya meet the nicest people doing research.
- Could be the DC-3 Gaye Lyn has been identified. Or is the conclusion premature?
- Dear Network: Extraordinary experience. Found and spoke with Jack Stettner and Marilyn Gries! Plans to meet in Florida.
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- First intro to Copyright perils and intricacies…one month into VAE research.
- FLYING mag reveals names. Copy permission suggested. Warsaw crew names were wrong.
- Follow the breadcrumbs. Searching for Veterans Air vintage aviation media articles.
- Hello, Research Network. Veterans Air in ERAU Archives
- John Corpening. Encouragement. Introductions. Forgotten Flights listing. And sad condolences.
- Librarians. Always thorough, dig deeper. Make suggestions. National Archives prove my point.
- Met Robert Chambers son, Bruce. 25 May 2016
- More databases. More puzzle pieces to the unfolding story. More research help.
- Northwestern, Transportation Library Head. Researched multiple topics. Gave helpful tips. Replied to copious questions.
- Nov 6, 1946. Czechoslovak National Assembly (Parliament). History of UNRRA by Ministr Václav Majer. Full speech.
- Peter Riool and Al Stettner Chasing VAE Aircraft Registrations
- Research sources and referrals expand as New Mexico State Librarians take interest in VAE history.
- Richard Broughton, DC-4 pilot and shutter bug, saved UNRRA flight photos. Son Craig shares this Iceland stopover
- Riool continues to assist VAE fleet research. DC-3 Gaye Lyn may be identified.
- VAE, The Unfolding Story of a 1945 Non-Sked Air Carrier” enters ERAU Archives
- Veterans Air given use of aviation research resources in ERAU Prescott Hazy Library.
- Web designer with smart ideas – and appreciated sense of humour! (Not misspelled; British version.)
Valdosta-Lowndes County Airport
Veterans Air
Veterans Air Express
- “Experimental” DC-4 expedited for UNRRA war relief flights
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- 1945 Veterans Air Express families gather.
- 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes history
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- 2017 face-to-face with 1945 DC-3 “hostess” Marilyn Gries
- 2017 Road Trip. Family Visits. Day One
- 2nd Prague Crew departs for home. 2 May 1946 UNRRA
- 2nd UNRRA flight departs for Warsaw 20 May 1946
- 2nd-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Asking Embry-Riddle to consider archiving the Veterans Air Express story!!
- Background story. WWII aircraft production miracles.
- CAB 1948 “Order Dismissing Applications” turns up
- Carvair ATL-98 sister ships
- Core founder John W. Greenleaf, Sr. discovered by the “III”
- Countdown: Wardrobe. Times. Digital Studio. Student Interviewer & Videographers. How to film.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- DC-3s ferried from Valdosta in 1945
- Edward F Martz Jr. International UNRRA Navigator
- Embry-Riddle Archives Librarian “Open to idea…to accept materials of your research.”
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- First Stock Offering Absent “Afterthought” New Name
- First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”
- Florida & Cape Cod by Air in 1946
- Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
- Gaye Lyn crashes VFW meeting seeking Veterans Air vets
- Gordon E Bellman. Board Member. Operations Mgr.
- Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- John Schaus goes back to Ramsey High School
- John Schaus passed away 11 July 2019.
- Journal to my Dad on Father’s Day 2015.
- KQNA live radio interview promotes upcoming ERAU presentation
- KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
- Marilyn Gries slips the surly bonds. 1922-2021.
- Meaningful. Delightful. First stop on family trip.
- Meeting Paul Eason, son of Charles Eason, Sr.
- Noll and Chambers proud to serve
- Non-sked flight crews and Memorabilia sought
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- Research continues in 2019
- Research project seeks 1945 Non-sked story.
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- Saved DC-3 operation documents deliver insight
- Stellar web designer and Research Network member. Paul Burton finds key article. Air Trails Pictorial. April 1946.
- Stettner 2015 Reunion a Special Celebration
- Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
- Tracking Bahamas crash of our DC-3 – long after it flew for Veterans Air.
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
- Veterans Air DC-3 pilot John Schaus
Veterans Air Line
- “Not easy” capture. 76 year old history. Relatively small outfit.
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1945 express delivery of perishable produce
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- 1948 Legal Action drops the “Final Curtain.”
- 2017 laughter-filled daughters of 1946 DC-4 Flight Engineer.
- AIRWAYS: Veterans Air Express unfolding history on 11 pages.
- Carole Landis christens non-sked DC-4. July1946
- Charles Eason Core Founder. Non-aviator.
- Crews met, families found, “real stuff” witnessed
- DC-4 converted at Sebring FL ops base
- Facts “known” at odds with other “facts.”
- Florida & Cape Cod by Air in 1946
- Glider on the horizon
- Gordon E Bellman. Board Member. Operations Mgr.
- His Aunt. Veterans Air Passenger & Beaming!
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- Jack Stettner would be 97 today.
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- Journal to my Dad on Father’s Day 2015.
- Non-sked flight crews and Memorabilia sought
- Non-sked researcher Alan Bender shares insights
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Research project seeks 1945 Non-sked story.
- Researching for 1945 crews or their families
- Russia demands 1946 Warsaw overflight permit
- Saunie B. Gravely
- Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
- The whole story. Air line ticket-selling romance.
Veterans Air Navigator
- 1946 Navigator Michael Frome passes away
- Adored husband & father, Ed Martz passed away. I was privileged to meet him.
- Edward F. Martz, Jr. In Memoriam.
- First unofficial ground hostess. Marilyn Gries. Found “Treasure!”
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Michael Frome. Non-sked Navigator and Will’s “Pop”
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Robert F. Gries. Core Founder. Navigator. Manager.
Veterans Air RV
Video
- 1945 Non-sked garners storytelling invites
- 1945 story told at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame
- 1946 film of UNRRA Prague crew arrival
- 2nd-ever civilian flight to Warsaw. 20 May 1946.
- 3-part video by ERAU students features unfolding history
- Countdown: Wardrobe. Times. Digital Studio. Student Interviewer & Videographers. How to film.
- Elusive documents. Missing or gone?
- Embry-Riddle Students gather Questions to ask for their 3-part Video featuring Veterans Air.
- ERAU Students deliver “rough” draft of VAE Video. It’s a professional job!
- Interview Videos 2 and 3 join non-sked history.
- John J Noll among Core Founders
- John Noll narrates his 1946 film. Details Warsaw overflight permit.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- Non-sked history at Airliners International 2018
- TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV
Walker_Morgan_Cooper
- 17 year old “flys” baby cows to Greece
- 1946 Manifests of UNRRA Crews
- 1946 Veterans Air Crew Manifests for UNRRA War-Relief Flights
- 1st Prague crew returns. 23 April 1946. UNRRA
- 2nd 1946 Warsaw Crew Walker and Fagan named.
- Broughton, Martz, Cowart.
- M. Frome. 1946 Navigator. Washington Post writer.
- New information invaluable to 2017 research as 1946 images and clippings surface
- Prague 1946 News Coverage By Marguerite Higgins
- Research path to Navigator, Conservationist Frome.
- Thomas Cowart. Flight Engineer. Cpt. Morgan Walker’s recruit.