Hendricks County Aviation Association exists as a nonprofit
organization to promote all aspects of aviation
The
National Veteran’s Art Museum in Chicago has an unusual work of art. (Click on picture to read about
it).
This interesting article submitted by a friend of the club, Robert McCarter, Scottsdale, AZ. Thanks Bob.
HCAA Photo Gallery
(Pictures from May Cook-out)
Nolan Elrod and his CFI David Remondini
Aviation Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Nolan
Elrod, recipient of the HCAA Scholarship Award. HCAA President David Stucker, Selection Committee Members Wilma Winings,
Ron Drake and Ted Bock presented the award at the HCAA May Cookout.
Thanks to Wilma Winings for this interesting article.
The 21-year old
American B-17 pilot glanced outside his cockpit and froze. He blinked hard and looked again, hoping it was just a mirage.
But his co-pilot stared at the same horrible vision. "My God, this is a nightmare," the co-pilot said. "He's
going to destroy us," the pilot agreed. The men were looking at a gray German Messerschmitt fighter hovering just three
feet off their wingtip. It was five days before Christmas 1943, and the fighter had closed in on their crippled