Unfortunately, the member meeting scheduled for 13 March remains cancelled. But save this date: 10 April 2021 If the COVID restrictions are relaxed and the Museum occupancy rules permit, we will hold a member meeting at 10:00 a.m. that morning. Until then, keep in touch – see our earlier cancellation notice.
The late winter sun arrived and provided beautiful skies for a Cascade Warbirds memorial flyby at the Tahoma National Cemetery on March 1st, honoring LT Glenn Ewing, former US Navy OV-10 pilot with the famous Black Ponies squadron, VAL-4. Although winter weather and COVID restrictions have reduced our normal flying Read more
Calling all…well, everyone! A few of our generous members have banded together to issue a donation match challenge to benefit our youth flight training scholarship program. Through March 31, 2021, all donations will be matched, up to $1600, doubling the impact of your dollars. Since 2010, nearly sixty area youth Read more
You may remember that CWB CO John “Smokey” Johnson sailed his T-6 to Hawaii for last year’s 75th anniversary of V-J Day celebrations. See our previous news posts here and here. Check out these two great video shorts featuring our favorite oceangoing T-6 pilot! Smokey’s crew chief, Dave Richardson, accompanied Read more
See above! Let’s hope the situation continues to improve and we can finally gather again in person soon. Until then, think warbirds, re-read your favorite quarterly newsletter, and keep up with each other on Facebook. For more on how to keep in touch, see our earlier cancellation notice.
The January 2021 issue of the Warbird Flyer is now available online. In this issue… Japanese WWII pilot’s book review Engine failure on takeoff Celebrating V-J Day at 75 years Veterans Day formation flight As always, thank you to all our contributors! Please contact the newsletter editor to submit an article or Read more
Odds were good, and they came up. Not much more to say. We’ll try to get a member meeting and other events scheduled as conditions, restrictions, and good sense allow. In the meantime, to get your fix of adventures in flying, formations, airshows, veterans, young scholars, and more, check out Read more
And the hits just keep on comin’. It’s now official – we are forced to cancel our January, 2021 member meeting. We’ll keep you advised as more information becomes available week by week. Our January newsletter will be in the post shortly after the 1st. Don’t forget to log into Read more
Sad but expected news: Squadron members: Due to continuing COVID-19 concerns and the state department of health restrictions on our venue (no food or beverage service available), your board of directors has cancelled our 12 December 2020 dinner party. But mark your calendars for 11 December 2021; that date has Read more
The 2021 Cascade Warbirds Memorial Youth Flight Training Scholarship program is now open for applications! From November 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021, students interested in learning the art, the avocation, or the career of flying are encouraged to apply for a step up to start their journey. Scholarship winners Read more