My Mom & Dad, Lydia & Saunie, get married. I am tickled to show you the Saunie-Gravely-weds-Lydia-Amadio announcement in my Mom's hometown newspaper. I stumbled on...

Veterans Air first stock offering The stock certificate for the company's first public offering was printed for Air Express Company.  Before it was issued November...

 

Saunie Gravely, President of Veterans Air Express and Veterans Air Line -- and my Dad! He was twenty-two years old - yes, 22 - when...

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Three telegrams in three days kick off 1946 Veterans Air Express operations base in Florida.   [two_third]Based on their growth plans, Florida does seem an...

Making history under some pretty tough conditions. Veterans Air Express Captain William Jakeman and First Officer Jack Stettner crew first commercial air transport flight behind...

 Always happy to learn more about our Veterans Air People. If you have any information or leads, please contact me via this page. … WANTED:...

Veterans Air research seeks to tell its 1945 story You are here at the christening of my Veterans Air research project.  Perhaps not as exciting...

Bernard Shmanske, one of the first Veterans Air pilots This handsome young man is Bernard Francis Shmanske wearing his U.S. Army Air Forces uniform.  Bernard...

Veterans Air flight to Warsaw. 69 years ago today, May 20, 1946. Countless times, Dad told me about the Veterans Air flight to Warsaw -...

Finding Veterans Air crews is like a rubrics cube.  Lots of movable parts and possibilities. Two days ago (20 May), I discovered & told you...

Found a Founder!  John Noll, Veterans Air. Today!  I spoke with Nancy "Buffy" Wimmer - daughter of John J. Noll.  He was one of the...

Saunie and Veterans Air DC-3 GAYE LYN spread their wings. Today my favorite photo got posted on a very advantageous website -- ABCDlist.nl.  It now...

First-ever film footage of Veterans Air Express in 1945... Or, at least, the first I've ever found...let alone had the joy of watching.  It needs...

Veterans Air Express 1946 Greek War Relief flight makes aviation history Veterans Air Express in September 1946 made aviation & animal husbandry history.  The Borden Company...

Charles F. Eason, Sr. -- our first, non-pilot Veterans Air Express founder. Charles Francis Eason, Sr. is the first non-pilot Veterans Air Express founder that...

Some Veterans Air Express information needs verification. I "know" things. I have news clippings and verifiable data ... like the public offering story in the...

Journal to my Dad. Since today is Father's Day, I share with you two recent, private entries in my journal to my Dad.   They...

Veterans Air Line memorabilia rare find. [clear]These are Captain Wings worn on flight crew uniforms.  They are considered rare as well as well-preserved Veterans Air...

Hollywood star Carole Landis christened Veterans DC-4. With a splash of champagne, Carole Landis christened Veterans DC-4 on July 24, 1946.  The Douglas Skymaster was...

Veterans Air Express first hostess, Marilyn Gries. "Gaye?  This is Marilyn Gries." My heart stopped.  "Marilyn!  Oh! my!"  That's all I could say.  I was...

Navigator & a manager... Veterans Air Express Robert F. Gries. For the entire time the company existed, Veterans Air Express Robert F. Gries was there. ...

Yesterday I spoke with Veterans Air Express Jack Z Stettner. Truly a once in a life time experience!  Fireworks pale!  The Gooney Bird Bumps came...

Veterans Air Express Reunion with Jack Stettner & his Family in Florida.  Aug 6-11, 2015.   Loss for words is not a customary state for...

Jack Stettner verifies Veterans Air Express 1945 history.  He lived it! Talk about a privilege! Before I even met Jack, I’d seen photocopy entries from...

Like magic.  The family of Veterans Air Express John W. Greenleaf, Sr. finds us. Please welcome both John W. Greenleaf, Jr. and John W. Greenleaf,...

...the continuation of Jack Stettner's story and the Veterans Air Express UNRRA contract. The United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration awarded a Veterans Air Express...

Covering their bases as they plan to cover the globe. The Veterans Air CAB application for routes. [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] [/one_half_last] Impressive plans.  Complex routes....

Son and grandson of Veterans Air Express Charles Eason, Sr., visit us in Santa Fe Not another word. Not another story. Not another email. Not...

Veterans Air Express Breaking News 3 Nov 2015. Incredible!  Look who I found! Broughton. Martz. Cowart. Last week I walked in circles.  Paced the kitchen,...

UPDATE NOTE 9/19/2016: Photo-caption update (at very bottom of this Dec 2015 Post) identifies Constantine J. Keloss. First-hand details & photos from 1946 Veterans Air...

Thomas Cowart…from farm boy…WWII flight engineer…Veterans Air international crew member…to "service" of a different kind. (I heard all of the following story directly from Veterans...

Proud to have met 1946 Veterans Air Express Navigator Edward Martz [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last]Ed Martz started our very first scheduled phone conversation with a whopper....

I found the family of Veterans Air Express Robert C. Chambers this morning. I have had pages of research for two weeks, but held off...

Veterans Air Express Chief Pilot Robert Chambers... his photo and role. Look at this. THE BEFORE:  Our Chief Pilot Robert Chambers already hired on by...

Upcoming 70th anniversary of Veterans Air Express Prague flight...   May 1946 In May 1946, the Veterans Air Express Prague flight was logged as its...

Veterans Air Express crew list grows from 22 to 62... in less than a year. I started this research project on my Dad's airline in...

Edward F. Martz, Jr., Veterans Air Express Navigator IN MEMORIAM [Journal excerpts, Monday, 4 April 2016]  A sad day. I lost an honored friend and...

Seeking Veterans Air vets...I crashed a VFW Post 7858 meeting I crashed a lovely VFW meeting yesterday in Basking Ridge, NJ. (My friend Bea made...

Veterans Air Express research trip. First stop PRAGUE. [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] Gorgeous city!  And exciting, extraordinary Library. National Library of the Czech Republic turned out...

Meet Bruce.  Son of Robert Chambers Veterans Air DC-3 Chief Pilot.  I did. Wednesday May 25th Lambertville, NJ. After two hours, engrossed in conversation, sorting...

Veterans Air DC-3 ops documents prove it's no fly-by-night outfit I want to share Robert Chambers' Veterans Air DC-3 ops documents.  Given to me during...

70-year old Breaking News Prague Veterans Air crew arrives 1946 ...amazing film clip First, watch this amazing film footage.  (You can PAUSE it along the way...

A three-part story told totally out of order:  Three ... One ... Two. Part Three: Veterans Air DC-3 pilot John Schaus flies Gooney Bird once...

DC-3 pilot John Schaus finds Veterans Air again… 70 years later.   Casually reading along in The (Bergen) Record newspaper in June, a shocked John...

Veterans Air Express navigator Michael Frome … in his own elegant words What an exquisite honor to introduce our newest Veterans family member.  Our now-96-year-old...

Michael Frome passes away. God speed, Good Sir.    On the very day I published a Post about having found him, our 1946 Veterans Air...

Veterans Air Jack Stettner died on November 28th. He was 93...and my "first love." The best I can do now is to tell you that...

Veterans Air Flight Engineer Thomas Cowart passed away December 20, 2016 I've delayed entering this on our site. Our DC-4 Veterans Air Flight Engineer Thomas...

Timing plays an inextricable role in Veterans Air Express research.  An emotional, precarious role. Before I can go forward today, I must backtrack. To November...

Research begins anew for 1945 Veterans Air crews and 2017 families. After taking a research break at the end of last year, I'm resuming my...

DALLAS, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 2nd generation Veterans Air Express family Noll, Frome & Gravely meet face-to-face...happening today! This is an exciting day. I will...

Veterans Air family trip ... in the wee hours of the morning after. The leaves move. But there is no breeze. And they move again...

Michael Frome Veterans Air Navigator and Pop...as told by his son, Will. When Michael Frome spent time with his daughter, Michele, and son, Will, they...

John Noll Veterans Air Aviator ... still a man of adventure all those years later! When John Noll Veterans Air aviator and co-founder turned 70,...

1st generation Veterans Air Express Marilyn Gries spunky and gracious as ever. Talking to her over the phone makes me feel happy. Her energy, our...

Ellen and Gaye Lyn share "sister stuff" at dinner...three weeks ago. Veterans Air pilot Jack Stettner and 1945 VAE founder Saunie Gravely would have loved...

Unknown 1945 Veterans Air Line romance...the whole story unveiled. Craig Broughton told me the story first. Later Bob Broughton told me a similar story. More...

Richard Broughton’s 1946 Veterans Air Line images and press clippings are invaluable to Gaye Lyn's research. When I meet Richard Broughton's youngest son Craig and...

Sweet tea, fresh peach ice cream shake, and the daughters Cowart...nearly impossible to capture! My road trip offers one particularly narrow window. South Carolina is...

Veterans Air Express Anna Tamburello (Broughton) also serves briefly with U.S. Navy WAVES in WW II and 63 years a military bride. As I am...

Writer's Retraction and Apology...4, 874 miles: Yikes! the trip was admirably far in reality, but certainly NOT the 9,500+ miles originally stated!  Let's correct that...

Veterans Air Express story at NJ Aviation Hall of Fame A Facebook announcement on December 1 talked about the unfolding Veterans Air Express story at...

Veterans Air magic carpet ground transport...an RV named Gracie. Come take a ride with me in the Veterans Air magic carpet. You know her as...

The 1993 book EN ROUTE honors Veterans Air Line logo art. A book recently arrived in the mail. Published in 1993, it's an aviation book...

Pursuit of Veterans Air elusive records Many missing pieces of our history remain missing. The elusive records are hopefully not nonexistent -- just, well, elusive! ...

Veterans Air expanded friendships The calendar today says 26 October 2018. That disqualifies this summary as Breaking News -- as well as the Posts I'll link-in here...

Non-sked researcher Alan Bender, an ERAU Professor, provides insight into VAE 1945 business climate In April 2018, Steve Bobinsky, Executive Director of Philanthropy Development, Embry-Riddle...

Eason and Chambers families attend my talk about Veterans Air What an honor! Members of the Eason and Chambers families attend my talk about the...

John Schaus goes back to high school Now here's a story! Two weeks ago, on November 7, Veterans Air Express DC-3 pilot John Schaus goes...

Share Veterans Air history at Airliners International 2018 Convention By now, Airliners International is well into planning their 2019 Collectibles Show and Convention in Atlanta....

TVC YouTube features VAE ground transport RV, Gracie A new friend, Liz Wilcox. Unabashed enthusiasm for RVing. Liz's new Tuesday night weekly TVC YouTube program. An...

Veterans Air Express research continues over 33-days and 4,872 miles. Beginning with a single mile on June 7, Veterans Air Express research continues to expand....

Cheerful soul. Veterans Air DC-3 pilot. My friend. John Schaus left us on July 11. In June 2016 John Schaus was stunned to read about...

Chambers, Noll, Gravely "kids" meet in TX. John Noll likely knew Robert Chambers although they flew different aircraft and their responsibilities were different. And Saunie...

Dear Reader, Lois Lane Girl Reporter sat totally absorbed and undistracted by pen and paper when we visited two Veterans Air families in Texas last...

Hulls #5 and #9 share history. This brainchild of Sir Freddie Laker, British entrepreneur with a zest for life and aviation (1922-2006), is slightly awkward...

Stringer, Baumwald, Morris, Kusrow, Quarles...name dropping! Yes, I am name dropping. Because I am extremely proud to spend time with these five gentlemen within the...

First DC-3s ferried from Valdosta military base by Veterans Air. Valdosta. Not a common name. Valdosta. Why does it sound so familiar? Trip planning through...

Unfolding history of Veterans Air Express garners storytelling invites. Dear Veterans Air Families, ever-diligent Research Network, and Followers of this adventure... The first half of...

Fun KQNA live radio interview about Veterans Air to publicize Embry-Riddle event. When I get any invite to talk about Veterans Air Express, you know...

A unprecedented honor surfaces today. I am releasing Part 1 of the hour-long interview and video production by four Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students that we...

Popular demand delivers both interview videos #2 and #3. Not to be left behind, #1 taxied into position also! By popular demand -- which absolutely...

1945 Veterans Air legacy research began in April 2015. April 15, 2015 (Calendar Entry) 8:30am James McGrath Morris - coffee at Collected Works Bookstore -bring...

Juggernaut! What juggernaut? The one that took American gumption, strategic ingenuity, willpower and unstoppable determination on “a scale never before contemplated.” An effort that during...

A most fitting "toast" to our ice cream connoisseur. I knew many things about Jack Stettner before I met him in 2015. About his WW...

Robert Chambers' family shares memorable Arlington Memorial Day. Written for Veterans Air by Bruce Chambers My wife Jan and I drove from our home in...