Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio
I am tickled to show you the Saunie Gravely weds Lydia Amadio announcement & photo.
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Saunie B. Gravely
Saunie Gravely, future AAF gunnery instructor, will found Veterans Air Express post-WWII.
1945 express delivery of perishable produce
Saunie considers C-60 Lockheed Lodestar. That will change. But Newark Evening News reporter gives extensive Air Express details.
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Gordon E Bellman. Equipment & crew early search.
Named to Board, Gordon E. Bellman got into full swing with Founder Saunie Gravely to build a fleet and crews.
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First Stock Offering Absent “Afterthought” New Name
First stock certificate printed even before “Veterans” became part of the official company name.
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Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
With first cargo flight, Robert Montanarella, pilot, and Saunie Gravely, founder, get Veterans Air airborne.
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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.
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Glider on the horizon
A scheduled cargo flight of ice-packed turkeys in a DC-3-towed-glider. A historic flight?
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KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
DC-3 Captain Robert Montanarello, left seat, is first hire of the Veterans Air Flight Crews.
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Stettner logbook verifies 1946 non-sked history.
Research project of 1945 history gets huge boost with face-to-face visit in August 2015 with 92-year old Jack Stettner. His logbook contains the “missing” third DC-3.
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Greenleaf Sr. saves CAB worldwide route filing
Veterans Air Express prepared a CAB route app – for permanent, scheduled service, worldwide authority. It reveals hopes & intentions of the Vets & their investors.
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Florida ideal secondary maintenance location
Growing business. VAE’s 2nd ops base. WWII Hendricks Field to transition to Sebring Air Terminal. Archives tell the story.
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