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...

Mother asked Dad not to go on the Louisville trip. "The baby will be born while you're gone." Dad swore "nothing" could prevent him from...

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

DC-3 "Snowbird" flights from Newark to Miami via "The Veterans' Air Line." NOTE they are still working out the company name: Passenger Division, Veterans' Air...

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

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 Gaye Lyn Gravely, Saunie's little girl, all grown up You are here at the christening of...

Bernard Shmanske, one of the first Veterans Air pilots Bernard Francis Shmanske, USAAF, 1942-1945 This handsome young man is Bernard Francis Shmanske wearing his U.S....

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. Handsomest Captain, Saunie Gravely. Today my favorite photo got posted on a very advantageous website...

First-ever film footage of Veterans Air Express in 1945... Veterans Air Express DC-3. Image courtesy of John Noll's film footage. Or, at least, the first...

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. Veterans Air Line Pilot Wings. From the Stan Baumwald Collection of flight crew insignia. Photo courtesy of Stan's website....

Hollywood star Carole Landis christened Veterans DC-4. Carole Landis. Photo courtesy of Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. With a splash of champagne, Carole Landis...

Veterans Air Express first hostess, Marilyn Gries. Marilyn & Bob Gries. How I love this photo -- given to me personally by Marilyn. Dear Reader,...

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...

Veterans Air Express Reunion with Jack Stettner & his Family in Florida.  Aug 6-11, 2015. Jack Stettner & me...perfect together! Notice our matching Veterans Air...

Jack Stettner verifies Veterans Air Express 1945 history.  He lived it! Jack & I discuss NC88829, the illusive Veterans DC-3 entered in his logbook. Talk...

Like magic.  The family of Veterans Air Express John W. Greenleaf, Sr. finds us. John W. Greenleaf, Sr. was a P-51 fighter pilot in World...

...the continuation of Jack Stettner's story and the Veterans Air Express UNRRA contract. Jarmila Novotná, actress & star soprano of the Metropolitan Opera was born...

Covering their bases as they plan to cover the globe. The Veterans Air CAB application for routes. PROPOSED SCHEDULED ROUTE OF ... THE VETERANS' AIR...

Son and grandson of Veterans Air ExpressCharles Eason, Sr., visit us in Santa Fe Our dads would be proud! Paul Eason and me toasting Charles...

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. Thomas Cowart and daughter, Angie, 11 Nov 2015. (I heard...

Proud to have met 1946 Veterans Air Express Navigator Edward Martz Ed Martz at home in New Jersey on November 14, 2015. Ed Martz started our...

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. DC-3 Chief Pilot Robert Chambers stands under the "turned-up nose" of Veterans Air Express...

Upcoming 70th anniversary of Veterans Air Express Prague flight... Jarmila Novotna, Czech diva at the Met, christened the Veterans Air Express DC-4 that would fly...

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. Aerial view: National Library of the Czech Republic. Red-roofed, imposing. City blocks wide, long and angled. Image...

Meet Bruce.  Son of Robert Chambers Veterans Air DC-3 Chief Pilot.  I did. Wednesday May 25th Lambertville, NJ. Lambertville Station, perfect backdrop for New Jersey...

Veterans Air DC-3 ops documents prove it's no fly-by-night outfit Robert Chambers stands in spectacular contrast to the girth and structure of Veterans Air's first...

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. Todd South, Staff Writer, and Mitsu Yasukawa, Staff Photographer, THE RECORD, met Gaye Lyn on...

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.  Michael Frome. Exuberant smile. Exuberant life. Photo credit: Frome family. On the very day I published a...

Veterans Air Jack Stettner died on November 28th.He was 93...and my "first love." Jack Stettner and Gaye Lyn in 2015 both sporting their Veterans Air...

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! Looking out Gracie's screened window. This is...

Veterans Air family trip ... in the wee hours of the morning after. Dawn breaking on Gracie. Tree silhouetted outside the bedroom window. The leaves...

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 Griesspunky and gracious as ever. Talking to her over the phone makes me feel happy. Her energy, our fun...

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 Shea Oakley, Executive Director of the Museum, introducing Gaye Lyn. Photo Credit: A clip...

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. EN ROUTE book cover. Co-authors Lynn Johnson and Michael O'Leary. Published by Chronicle Books...

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...

Marilyn Gries died last week. I cannot apologize for the oxymoron of this smiling photo. There are no photos of Marilyn without a smile. Not...