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July 2015 TWA Museum 10 Richards Road Kansas City, MO 64116 Newsletter 816-234-1011 Twamuseum@Gmail.Com Museum July 2015 TWA Museum 10 Richards Road Kansas City, MO 64116 Newsletter 816-234-1011 [email protected] Board of Directors From the Director Pam Blaschum. Pam Blaschum-Director Karen Holden Young-Early History The first quarter of 2015 has been a busy and exciting time for Ann Noland-Volunteer Coordinator the museum. I went to Los Angeles to view items offered to Nancy Sitzmann-Event Coordinator us by American in the TWA Hangar. The hangar is scheduled to be demolished later this year to make way for a new taxi Mary Ellen Miller-Board Member way. In addition to aircraft doors and emergency equipment, John Mays-Board Member there was a mountain of Chris Funk-Board Member usable items that will be Carol Emert-Board Member/Archivist useful for exhibits in our newly acquired space at 10 Richards Road. A world of thanks to Alex Christopher Nold-Member Stojanovski and Eric Chapital of American who ______________________________ first contacted us with the offer. In addition, 1937 Lockheed Electra (Ellie) Crew: we received such wonderful help from our retirees in LA. Thank you, Judy and Tom Ruth Richter-Owner Vavrek for putting out the request for volun- Scott Naumann-Pilot Volunteer teers, numerous retired flight attendants and Captain Kirk McQuown-Pilot Elvin Kozachenko for organizing former TWA mechanics to disassemble the large equipment Curt Walters-Website Design/Pilot and move it to the ground floor of the hangar. ________ _______________________ Our target date was May 4 and 5. We are Volunteers waiting for the arrival of the 50’ trailer full of memorabilia. Moving all these items was ac- Zana Allen Gwynn Williams complished in just a day and a half thanks to all Ken Carrison Judy Wilson their help. Carol & Dean Connor In April, Archivists Carol Emert and John Mays accompanied me to Seattle where Keith Epperson we were the guests of Alaska Airlines for the third annual Airline Archivist Summit. Larry Chalberg All in attendance were treated like royalty. Our sessions were held at the Museum of Flight and a special private tour of the Boeing plant in Everest was arranged. It Donna Gentry was amazing to see the enormity of a 747/400-8 from ground level. Mary Ann Harris We hosted our Hangar dance April 25th with over 280 in attendance and had a suc- Bill Kelley cessful silent auction that raised funds for flooring and other necessities for the Larry & Marcia Lillge renovation of our new spaces. Art Lujin We are looking forward to the arrival of the original “Wings of Pride” and will be John Mays working with TriStar History to provide tours of this beautiful aircraft. Dennis McCarthy Thanks to Christopher Nold who organized our first scout merit badge program. Our group were high school “American Heritage Scouts”. Chris did such a great job. Richard Rees After his program, all the girls and leaders were treated to a tour of an Army Chi- Ray Rowe nook helicopter and a visit to the control tower at MKC. We look forward to many Frank Ruege more scout programs and will be working with Eagle Scouts Rob Baker, TWA/AA Charlie Sheldon pilot, Phil Liming of TriStar and Chris Nold of our Board of Directors. Judy Shenefield Please consider joining us at the museum—either as a new volunteer or just for a Frank Von Geyso visit. Alice Wasko Page 2 TWA Museum Wish List Thank you! The TWA Museum would like to sincerely thank the following: The 816 Hotel, Doug Gamble, CEO and Donald Ray-- Volunteers! Manager, a night in the TWA room for silent auction! Library Shelves Archive Boxes The Raphael, Patrick Joyce, Director of Guest Services, night at the Raphael for silent auction! Chris Funk, CEO, Picture and Frame Industries for framed pictures for the silent auction! American Airlines, Eric Chapital, Project Manager/ Aircraft Maintenance LAX and Alex Stojanovski for their assistance in securing the equipment and Elzbieta VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE Kizer, AA Air Cargo--shipping! REPORT Perfection Floor Tile, Nathan Ferman, President and We appreciate all the monetary support that you have provided CEO for the 800 room flooring! for the Museum in the past. But we are in great need of volun- teer help. Sherwin Williams, Christian Curry, Manager, Mission Store, 5 gal. paint for the scout room! We are expanding and have received new items from the TWA Hangar at LAX (which is being torn down this fall). Sherwin Williams, and Michelle Ellington, Manager Liberty, MO, 5 gal. paint for new library and new ar- We are waiting for the DC-9 Wings of Pride (the original plane chive storage area! that the employees purchased for the airline) sometime this summer. With these new acquisitions it is essential that we have more volunteers to help with these exhibits. They will be in separate spaces from the main Museum. The times would be either 3 hour shifts (10A-1P or 1P-4P) or a 6 hour shift (10A-4P). We need you to sign up for specific days (Tuesday thru Saturday) and shifts so we can count on your help. If you could help us, please get in touch with the Museum, our phone number is 816-234-1011 or our email twamuse- [email protected]. You will meet many interesting people, learn many stories and make new friends. We would also like to welcome our newest volunteers Larry Chalberg, Sr., Dennis McCarthy and Ken Carrison. Ann Noland Volunteer Coordinator Page 3 Reunion at the TWA Museum Royal Ambassador Service Vegetarian green pepper Mexicana 40’s Hangar Dance! Yield: 8 servings When Jerry Harbison called to reserve a table for 10 at the April 1 1/2 cup. pinto beans, cooked 12 oz. diced tomatoes in juice Hangar Dance, I saw he was coming all the way from Alexandria, Virginia. That caught my 3 ea. medium onions, chopped 1/2 cup cashews attention and then I found 2 ea. stalks celery, chopped 1/2 cup raisins out that this was to be a 3 ea. cloves garlic, diced 2 tbsp. red wine vinegar celebration for Joseph Har- 3/4 tsp. basil 3/4 cup brown rice, cooked bison’s 98th birthday on 3/4 tsp. oregano 2 tbsp. vegetable oil April 25th, the day of the 1/4 tsp. black pepper 4 large green bell peppers dance. The Harbison 2 tsp. chili powder 1 qt. spicy tomato sauce family traveled from all over the United States to Procedure: meet in Kansas City for 1. Pour oil into pot. 2. Saute onions, celery and garlic until soft. 3. Add spic- Joseph’s 98th birthday! es, diced tomatoes and vinegar to pot. 4. Combine raisins, cashews, brown The orchestra leader rec- rice and pinto bean. Add to pot and heat to a simmer, continue cooking for ognized Joseph and we all 10 minutes. 5. Cut pepper in half, remove seeds and blanch. 6. Fill pepper sang happy birthday to with 1/2 cup of filling 7. Cover with sauce and heat in 350 F oven until done him! Jerry Harbison (about 1 1/2 hours) wrote “The TWA museum provided us a grand venue to help celebrate our Fa- A visit to the TWA Museum. ther's 98th birthday. We Charlene Flynn and her mother, Charlotte Hirni of Nevada, are very proud of our fa- Missouri visited the museum recently. These girls seemed ther, Joseph, and a very grateful TWA family. Whenever, we get to have a great time! Volunteer Frank Ruege gave Char- to Kansas City, we love to visit the TWA museum with dad, it lotte a lesson on flying the Connie. At 92 you’re never too brings back so many fond memories.” Thank you Harbison fami- old to learn! Although as they were leaving, Frank told ly for making the evening more special! Charlotte that if he boarded an airplane and she was in the (submitted by Nancy Sitzmann) cockpit, he would probably fly another time!!!!! Joseph Harbison began his career with Trans World Airlines in Pittsburgh, PA (PIT) in 1939. He started work in the mainte- nance shop, and because of his good organizational skills, man- agement moved him into the office to maintain the flight and maintenance records for each aircraft. During the WWII mobili- zation and due to TWA's critical contracts supporting the nation- al war effort, Joe was exempt from military service. His TWA career took him to Washington, DC (DCA) and Philadelphia, PA (PHL), and to Kansas City, Missouri (MCI) where he worked in the TWA maintenance center. North Kansas City became home where Joseph and Agnes Harbison raised their family of five children (James, Paul, Jerry, Mary, and Barbara). Joe's final job before retirement was as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA/ TWA) liaison. Joe was re- sponsible to ensure that all federal maintenance rules and regulations were in compliance and com- pleting the aircraft mainte- nance records and reports. Joseph retired in 1981 with over 41 years of service to Trans World Airlines. Page 4 April 25th TWA Museum 40’s Style Hangar Dance a great success!!!! Many thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to the success of the April Hangar Dance. We had almost 300 in attendance and in addition to the wonderful music we had a very successful first silent auction! We are looking forward with great anticipation to next year’s hangar dance. Below are a few memories from the evening. Carol Emert delivers snacks to tables Saturday 96 yr. old Ralph Shackelford The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra in preparation for the dance. is given a standing ovation provided the sounds of Frank, Dean, for his service in WWII.
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