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Thomas Cowart dies December 20, 2016. Veterans Air Express Flight Engineer

By on January 8, 2017   /   Thomas E. Cowart   /   Leave a comment
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Thomas Cowart, our Veterans Air DC-4 Flight Engineer, died on December 20, 2016. He crewed during the 1946 United Nations post-war relief flights to Prague, Warsaw and Athens. Thomas and I shared many hours, many stories and much laughter in person and over the phone. Today I share the immediacy of my emotions at his passing.

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1945 Veterans Air Express crew list grows from 22 to 62

By on March 16, 2016   /   Aircraft, Al Martin, Charlotte McFall, Harold C. Chaplin, Harvey G. Stevenson, John Joseph Noll, People, Robert C. Chambers, Robert Montanarella, Saunie Gravely, Seeking, William (Bill) Moroz   /   Leave a comment
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In April 2015, my list of men who flew, crewed and managed my Dad’s airline was 22. Today, it’s 62 and includes three women! I’ve added 12 families to my own family along the way, shedding tears of joy and amazement. And I am indescribably motivated to find other 90-somethings (aka Nonagenarians) to share with the three I’ve already met. Photos of a small cadre of the men and women I seek are captured in this story. Come see if you recognize any of them!!!???

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Veterans Air Express Navigator Edward Martz

By on December 22, 2015   /   Background, Edward F. Martz, Marilyn Gries, People, Richard (Dick) Broughton, Saunie Gravely, Veterans Air   /   Leave a comment
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Veterans Air Express Navigator Edward Martz regaled me with stories I have not heard before. In our face-to-face meeting last month in New Jersey, Ed Martz shared vivid memories from his 1946 flights behind the Iron Curtain. You don’t want to miss the full story!

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Meet Veterans Air Express Flight Engineer Thomas Cowart. I did!

By on December 12, 2015   /   Aircraft, Morgan Cooper Walker, People, Richard (Dick) Broughton, Thomas E. Cowart   /   Leave a comment
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In 1942 & ’43 the Army Air Corps turned Thomas E. Cowart from a farm boy into an aircraft mechanic and later a flight engineer. He flew the world as part of an Air Transport group led by Captain Cooper Walker. And after the war, Walker encouraged Cowart to join him at Veterans Air Express and fly the world again. Thomas tells me his vivid-memory story. Come meet him.

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1946 Veterans Air Express crew

By on November 28, 2015   /   Constantine J. (Gus) Keloss, Edward F. Martz, Jack Z. Stettner, Marilyn Gries, Morgan Cooper Walker, People, Richard (Dick) Broughton, Saunie Gravely, Thomas E. Cowart   /   Leave a comment
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(POST UPDATE 9/19/2016: Constantine J. Keloss (Kaless) just identified in 1946 Veterans Air photo.) On 10 November 2015, I launched my second-ever “road trip” to meet crew members. The result? Face-to-face meetings and first-hand details from 1946 Veterans Air Express crew: flight engineer Thomas Cowart and navigator Ed Martz. Plus I received grand old photos taken by VAE pilot Richard Broughton. Come see.

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Broughton, Martz, Cowart: Veterans Air Express Breaking News

By on November 3, 2015   /   Aircraft, Edward F. Martz, People, Richard (Dick) Broughton, Thomas E. Cowart   /   Leave a comment
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Look who I found!! Two sons, Craig & Robert, of 1945 1st Officer Richard Broughton. And two original crew members, Edward Martz, navigator, living in NJ and Thomas Cowart, flight engineer, living in SC. They ALL flew multiple trips for the Veterans Air Express United Nations war relief contract to Prague, Warsaw and Athens. It’s intriguing! And I am psyched!

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A RECOMMENDED READ and irreplaceable for me: "Memories of the Jing Bao & Beyond," Authors Choice Press, 2001. Written by our own JACK Z. STETTNER - Veterans Air Express Co-Founder, Investor, Pilot and Operations Manager. As well as his considerable WWII experiences, Jack's book revealed new details about Veterans Air Express...plus the spirit and character of this organization that Jack obviously loved!