AAF 2021 Reno Meeting Eldorado Hotel December 14 and 15, 2021 We are back!    The information for booking a room for this event is as follows;   There is a booking website at; https://book.passkey.com/go/SEAAFF1 If … [Read more...]

The day before I lost my friend Ted Bell, we both ended up at Redding Air Attack Base that night after a full day of fighting fire.  Ted was a relatively new S-2 Airtanker Pilot and I was a DC-6 Co-Pilot.  During the winter months we worked in the … [Read more...]

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The day before I lost my friend Ted Bell, we both ended up at Redding Air Attack Base that night after a full day of fighting fire.  Ted was a relatively new S-2 Airtanker Pilot and I was a DC-6 Co-Pilot.  During the winter months we worked in the … [Read more...]

There is a slight change in the arrangements this year at the AAF Reno Meeting. Instead of having our meeting at the convention center at the El Dorado it will be held at Ballroom “E” at the Silver Legacy. It isn’t hard to find. From the lobby at the … [Read more...]

Walter Stewart started his flying career as a young man when fate intervened in his life on December 7th, 1941. He had attended collage at the University of Utah where he obtained a law degree and took R.O.T.C. After graduation he served as a … [Read more...]

A reporter from the Sacramento Bee called me the other day and told me that she was advised, by unnamed persons, that I may be able A to shed some light on the problems that are resulting from the pilot shortage CALFIRE is now experiencing.  As a … [Read more...]

Mr. Dale Head has announced that he will resign as our Webmaster because of pursuing a new Aviation career and also his increasing activities singing and recording his music.   Dale did an outstanding job though some tough times on our webpage. I … [Read more...]

Please save the dates and meet with us up in Reno at the El Dorado.  It should be very informative in view of the catistrophic fire season we are experiencing.  It might be provocative, a lot of laughs and a smashing good time.  See you … [Read more...]