Veterans Flight
Veterans Flight 2021
Navy Veteran "Cash" Barber is Welcomed By Veterans Coordinator Cherylyn Stopler
Flight Line XO David Schmittou, B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Joe Gossen, and Stearman Pilot Rick Ferrin
Navy F6F "Hellcat" Pilot Art Leach and Veterans Flight Pilot Carey Hardin
Joe Gossen and Rick Ferrin Ready to Fly
Cherylyn Stopler and Veterans Flight Sponsor Tom Pruter Escort Navy Veteran and Pearl Harbor Survivor Frank Emond
Vic Syracuse and Frank Emond Ready to Fly. At 103 Years Old, Frank is the Oldest Veteran We Have Flown
Navy F6F Pilot Art Leach (101), Who Lives in O'Dell, Illinois is Ready to Fly With Stearman Pilot Carey Hardin
Veterans Flight Pilot Robby Grice With Army B-24 Pilot Howard Levinson & Helene Ellis Who Came From Chicago
Veterans Flight Pilot Howard Thomas Gets Pre-Flight Advice From USMC Corsair Pilot Lowell "Red" Truex
Veterans Flight Stearman Pilot Phil Webb With Army World War II and Korean War Veteran Don Cripps
Retired Navy Captain, and Former Director of The National Naval Aviation Museum, Bob Rasmussen is Always Ready to Fly
World War II Navy Pilot Jim Liles Gets An Assist From Veterans Flight Pilot Sam Hardin
Stearman Pilot Robby Grice and Army B-24 Pilot Howard Levinson Turn East for a Pass Along Pensacola Beach
Marine Corsair Pilot "Red" Truex and Howard Thomas In Super Stearman "Queen of Memphis"
Army B-24 Pilot Howard Levinson, Helene Ellis and Veterans Flight Stearman Pilot Nick Van Houten
Navy Stearman 469 (Sam Hardin) and Army Stearman 719 (Vic Syracuse) Head for Pensacola Beach
Six Veterans Flight Stearmans Taxi for Takeoff to Perform A
Formation Demonstration to Open the Air Show
Commemorative Air Force Colonels and Veterans Flight Volunteers Dave Sanders and Chuck McDonald
Veterans Flight Stearmans Holding Short of the Active Runway Waiting For Takeoff Clearance
Three Modern Navy T-6 Trainers Flew After the Veterans Flight Stearmans Performed Their Formation Demonstration
Navy TH-57 "Sea Ranger" Helicopters Flew After the Navy T-6's
Dave Robinson's SNJ and Phillip Grice's T-6 (Real T-6/SN's with Radial Engines) and Tony Diez's T-34
Dave Robinson's SNJ (Dan Peterson in Aft Cockpit) and Phillip Grice's T-6 (Art Leach in Aft Cockpit) Ready to Fly
Veterans Flight Stearmans Westbound During their Formation Demonstration
Stearman Pilot Vic Syracuse and Navy Veteran Otis Pollitt
Veterans Flight Stearmans Eastbound In Front of the Crowd
Vic Syracuse and Navy Veteran Otis Pollitt Eastbound Over the Crowd on Pensacola Beach
Many People Watch From Their Boats In Sabine Bay As Sam Hardin Flies Navy 469 East Along Pensacola Beach
Commemorative Air Force Colonel Debbie Naylor With Volunteer Enlisted Sailors From NAS Pensacola
More and Larger Boats in the Quietwater Area On the North Side of Pensacola Beach
Navy Veteran Seymour "Si" Marshall Flew TBM Torpedo Bombers in the Pacific and Skyraiders in Korea
Marine Corsair Pilot "Red" James and Family Are Veterans Fight Regulars
Flight Line XO David Schmittou and Flight Line Chief Jennie Kinsey Keep Veterans and Pilots Safe and Hydrated
Stearman Pilots Vic Syracuse (Locust Grove, Georgia) and John Rettick (Bloomington, Illinois)
Stearman Pilot Julie Thomas (Hernando, Mississippi) Helps Marine Corsair Pilot "Red" Truex Adjust His Helmet (There Was No Velcro During World War II)
T-6 Pilot Phillip Grice (Irvington, Alabama) Gives Navy Veteran George Newman a Pre-Flight Brief
Ground Ops Chief Pat Kinsey and Stearman Pilot Carey Hardin (Starkville, Mississippi)
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Phillip Grice Has His T-6 on the Wing of Dave Robinson's SNJ as the Advanced Trainers
Fly Eastbound Above Pensacola Beach
Great View of the Early Morning Air Show Crowd as Sam Hardin (Starkville, Mississippi) and Navy Veteran Si Marshall Fly Over Pensacola Beach