Veterans Flight
Pensacola Beach Blue Angels Air Show
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Veterans Flight 2024
Photo Ops Chief Steven Stopler, With Help from Helicopter Pilot TJ Zoltak, Captured Veterans
Flight Airplanes on Pensacola Aviation Center's Ramp Before Friday's First Flights
Beach Parking Lots Were Full by 0600 and Show Center was Crowded Early Friday Morning
The Yellow Markers on the Pier Are the 500 & 1,000 Foot Crowd Lines
Stearman Pilots Carey Hardin (Navy #469) and Pete Jones (Army #145) Fly Veterans in Front of the Crowd Early Friday Morning
Stearman Pilots Ben Thomas (Navy #67), John Rettick (Army #470), and Howard Thomas (White Super Stearman) Fly Veterans East Along Pensacola Beach
Friday's Flight of Four "Lima Bravo" (100+ Years Old) Veterans Was a Highlight of Veterans Flight 2024
Left to Right: Margie Stone, Navy; Art Leach, Navy; Cash Barber, Navy; and Ray Stocks, Army Air Corps
Navy F6F Hellcat Pilot Art Leach, Lima Bravo #6, Ready For a Flight with Shannon Elliott in a Navy SNJ
Photo Ops Chief Steven Stopler, Flying with T-34A Pilot Tony Diez, Captured Shannon Elliott and Phillip Grice "Blue Angels Close" Returning to Pensacola
Frank Emond, Lima Bravo #2, and Carey Hardin After Frank's First Flight Saturday. At 104 Years Old, Frank is the Oldest Veteran We Have Flown
SNJ Pilot Shannon Elliott and 100 Years Old USMC Corsair Pilot Lowell "Red" Truex, Lima Bravo #7
Army B-29 Pilot Billy James Hurst After his Flight In Roy Kinsey's Navy Stearman
Photo Ops Chief Steven Stopler, Who Was in the Front Cockpit of Flight Lead Julie Thomas's Navy Stearman, Captured the Other Four Lima Bravo Flight Stearmans Returning to Pensacola International Airport
Many Thanks to Pensacola Aviation Center Owner Bill Hudgens and His Great Employees. Veterans Flight Would Not Happen Without Their Help.