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Interview Archives
B-25 Pacific Prowler
Ride: Philip Randolph gets a press ride in the
Pacific Prowler. With huge engine sounds. Jim Terry tells how the John L. Terry
foundation found and restored the Pacific Prowler. Also an expedition to
locate a downed B-25 in the Philippines.
Young Eagles: The Young Eagles have flown well over
a million kids. Kids’ comments, eg., “It was awesome.”
Tuskegee Airman Bill Holloman: Philip had the honor of interviewing the late Colonel Bill Holloman.
1934 Waco: Bob Juranich tells the history of his award-winning biplane.
1928 Boeing 40-C, Addison Pemberton: Addison talks about his immaculate 40-C, Boeing’s first success, an amazing salvage after 72 years on a mountain, restoration, and the early airmail and airway beacon system. Pemberton and Sons Aviation
P-38 WWII vet David Toomey: David tells about flying a P-38 Lightning in North Africa and Italy as a photo-recon pilot.
Steerman biplane history: An eloquent history of Lloyd Steerman’s career, and of the Steerman biplane, by Frank Hoogkamer, Steerman 75 restorer, owner, pilot. Outline: Lloyd Steerman was naval archetect who got his pilot’s license in the Navy in WWI and became an aircraft designer. He moved from Swallow Aircraft to found New Swallow, then founded TravelAir (with Walter Beech, President, and Clyde Cessna, Sales), to Steerman Aircraft (1928), an independent period during which he designed the Steermans for the Army and Navy, after which he helped buy Loughead, renamed Lockheed (where he worked with Kelly Johnson, designer of the Electra and much more). Steerman then set up a company to convert biplanes to crop dusters, and then finally went back to Electra as VP of Design.
Kid Designers of Paper Airplanes: Sasha and Vanya Tacoma elucidate the technical process of paper airplane design, production, and flight test.