by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Paul Spencer Bailey – Aerospace Engineer In 2021, Bailey drove to Boca Chica, Texas, to check out Elon Musk’s Starship SN15, the very latest thing in Space Exploration. Perched on his grandfather’s lap, three-year-old Paul Spencer Bailey was mesmerized by the...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ken Shaffer – UPS Pilot Ken Shaffer Audio https://chmoorehomestead.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ShafferUPS.mp3 From a cockpit of military and commercial cargo planes, Ken Shaffer hauled fuel and packages across the globe, logging more than 25,000 hours in the...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ken Shaffer – Air Force Pilot Ken Shaffer seemed an unlikely candidate for Air Force pilot training. Shaffer, the day he headed for the Air Force Officer Training School In February 1982 A lanky six-foot-two, the business major appeared to be better suited for...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Phil Rybolt – Helicopter Pilot The road from Kenney, Illinois to Bong Son, Vietnam was lined with uncertainties for 19-year-old Phil Rybolt as he embarked on a plan to serve his country from the air and stay off the ground during his four-year stint with the U....
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
James Ottmann – Airline Pilot As a young boy, James Kelly Ottmann was mesmerized by the World War II flyboys and their maneuvers over K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base near the center of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He dreamed of joining them someday. Following a...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Lawrence Olson – Aircraft Mechanic Lawrence “Shorty” Olson picked up his mechanical skills working with his dad on a farm outside Weldon on the eastern edge of DeWitt County. Faced at 21 years old with fulfilling his obligation to serve his country, Olson...
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