2003

On December 17, 1903, a cold, blustery winter day at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Orville Wright embarked on the first flight of the first powered aircraft in the history of man’s flight. With his brother Wilbur running along side,…

Robert Parmele was born February 10, 1917 in what is now Bettendorf, Iowa. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 he was called to duty as a member of the U.S. Air Corps. He became a lead crew navigator…

Louis Wellington Schalk Jr. was born May 29, 1926 in Alden, Iowa. In 1948, he graduated from West Point Military Academy and entered the United States Air Force. He received pilot training and graduated as a flight instructor. In 1954,…