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...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Andrew Newberg – Commercial Pilot Andrew Newberg divides his time between the best of two worlds: aviation and agriculture. Newberg planned to join his family’s farm operation after college, but a commercial pilot’s license wasn’t on his radar until a...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Victoria Maske-Mendenall and Monica Hawkins – Ground Crew Passengers passing through Decatur Airport are more likely to have their bags checked and loaded onto a plane by a woman than a male member of the ground crew for SkyWest Airlines. Victoria...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Henry Kleemann – Naval Aviator Navy Captain Henry M. Kleemann was remembered as a hometown hero after his plane skidded off a rain-slick runway during a December 1985 landing at Miramar Naval Air Station, killing the commanding officer of the Air Test and...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Vernell “Red” Irwin By John Warner Red Irwin Audio https://chmoorehomestead.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Irwin.mp3 It was in the spring of my first year in college,” recalled Red, “when Lindbergh hopped across the ocean. My college advisor told me that I...
by dewittcountymuseum | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jack Holland – Balloonist In 1999, Holland served as co-pilot of a helium-filled balloon for the RE/MAX Cup National Gas Balloon Race Jack Holland has spent years in the air, piloting various types of aircraft, but a ride in a hot air balloon turned his...
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