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1 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 Your Newsletter Staff- Co-Editors: Ann Trombley, [email protected] Katha Lilley, [email protected] Feature writers: Bob Peterman, Spencer Vail, Bob Osborn, Bruce Anderson, Earl Scott, John Jennings, Bud Varty Contributors: Don Trombley, Jim Lilley Guest Contributors: Stewart Bailey APRIL APRIL 2014 Volume Issue9 4 “A Volunteer Newsletter by Volunteers” by Newsletter Volunteer “A FLIGHTPLAN ! FLIGHTPLAN Sponsorship form is on page 7 EVERGREEN AVIATION & SPACE MUSEUM 2 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 Many thanks to everyone who has checked the birthday list for their day… and emailed me when they didn’t find it. I rely on your help keeping the list up-to-date. Send an email to Katha Lilley, [email protected] 2- John Russell Our Mission- 2- Bill Litherland APRIL 3- Joan Carter BIRTHDAYS 3- Gary Sohn To inspire 3- Timothy Guetz and educate 5- Ronald Skidmore To promote and 8- Greg Macy (cad) preserve aviation 9- Andy Hines and space history 9- Allen Herkamp 11- James Cerar To honor the 11- Laurent Gallipeo patriotic service of 13- Stan de Stwonlinski our veterans 14- Lynn Gelinas 15- Gerald Heister 16- Betty Martin IN MEMORIAM 16- Ryan Johnson Jr 17- Dale Cook ROSEMARY RUSH 19- Neil Arney 19- Scott Simpson 22- Shane Bedard 22- Ronald Grose 23- Ray Clevidence Jr 24- Dan Goodrich 24- Joel Krane 25- Jack Thede A museum collection : 25- Stacy Allen Includes rare artifacts and priceless treasures. These things have 26- Ken Rentmeester survived for decades. You don’t want to be the one to break 28- Arthur Molin them! 28- Andrew Fitzgerold Please resist the urge to remove or clean our Museum displays. 29- Paul Russell Special conservation methods may be needed. And the condi- tion you see may be part of the artifact story. 29- Don Robison If you have concerns or questions, please contact Larry Wood 30- Julias Folgate or Stewart Bailey. Thank You, The Staff 3 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 BOB’S BANTER ability was crucial to its suc- gine running while the other two cess. were on fire. A friend of mine tipped me off The Ju-390 was twice the In 1945 she was assigned to this fascinating story. I’d never size of the B-29 Superfortress. to fly the jet fighters that Ger- heard one like this before AND I’ll It was powered by six 1,500 hp many was producing. One of bet you haven’t either. The story BMW radial engines and had a these jet fighters was the was written by Jim Newsom and range of 18,000 miles without Horten V9 flying wing. It was was printed in Pacific Flyer in refueling. powered by two Jumo turbo-jet 2011. This was to be the longest engines, which enabled it to fly photo-recon mission flown by at 600 mph. It was armed with MOST DANGEROUS PHOTO- an enemy airplane in WWII. two 30mm cannon and air to-air RECON MISSION OF WORLD Nine hours later, the Junkers missiles. Anna never scored WAR II was over Canada and swinging any victories in the Horten. south at an altitude of 22,000 While taxiing in the snow, an On August 27, 1943, a Ger- feet. In the next few hours, it American Sherman tank crew man Luftwaffe long-range photo would photograph the heavy captured her after she had -reconnaissance bomber, a industrial plants in Michigan that turned off the engines. After she Junkers Ju-390 took off from its were vital to the United States. pulled off her helmet, they base in Norway and flew out By noon on August 28, the gi- thought she was a movie star. across the Atlantic Ocean. gantic six-engined bomber was For the next six months she Among its four-man crew was a over New York City, where it poured coffee for the US Army brave and daring woman, Anna finally was spotted by the US and did not spend one night in a Kreisling, “the White Wolf of the Army Air Corps. but by then it POW camp. Everyone thought Luftwaffe” -- a nickname she was too late. The Junkers dis- she was part of Bob Hope’s appeared in the vastness of the USO show. Atlantic Ocean; fourteen hours An article in Air Progress later Anna would bring the huge magazine in the Nov/Dec issue bomber in to land at a Luftwaffe 1965 also talked about the base outside of Paris. Junkers Ju-390 over-flying Jim continues …Thoughts Michigan and New York. This of this mission came to mind as was held top secret throughout Anna and I sat across the table WWII and the Cold War. from each other at an Oktober- Researched & submitted by fest in Los Angeles. She is still Bob Osborn quite beautiful with her icy Questions/comments: blonde hair tied back in a pony- tail and her radiant blue eyes [email protected] which have seen events in hu- man history only a few could ever imagine. She had flown Ju-52 Trimo- had acquired because of her tors into the streets of Stalin- frost blonde hair and icy blue grad when it had been sur- eyes. Anna was one of the top rounded by the Red Army. pilots in Germany; and even Many times her plane had been though she was only the co- riddled with bullets so badly that pilot on this mission, her flying she landed with only one en- 4 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 Bud Varty 5 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 MARK YOUR Riley Sanders is looking for volun- CALENDER teers who would like to serve an additional day on Sunday. ****ATTENTION VETERANS**** New ID cards for veterans are now available. The Veteran Health Administration’s Chief Business Office, Health Eligibil- ity Center has made the decision to launch a redesigned card and soft- ware package for the issuance of Veterans Health Identification Cards (VHIC). Social security numbers and date of birth will be removed from the cards. Proper identification will be required. No cards are printed locally. Veterans will receive their new card via mail typically within 3-4 weeks. All information is available at the website at www.roseburg.va.gov under the Resource tab titled NEW VETERAN AT THE THEATER $ 11.00 General Admission $ 10.00 Senior Admission $ 9.00 Youth Admission $ 5.00 Member Admission THE MUSEUM POLICY REGARDING SMOKING : IT’S NOT ALLOWED IN ANY OF THE MUSEUM BUILDINGS OR OUTSIDE ARTIFACTS. THIS INCLUDES TOBACCO AND E CIGARETTES 6 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 Oregon Precision Farming Expo 2014 Date: April 2, 2014 until April 3, 2014 Time: From 07:30 AM to 5:00 PM Cost: Two-day, All-Access pass: $100 THE FUTURE OF FARMING Home School Days: Robotics Alive Date: April 11, 2014 Time: From 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Cost: Museum Members: Youth: $13, Adult: Free. Non-Members: Youth: $23, Adult: $10 For more information, please contact the Museum Education Depart- ment: [email protected] or by phone, at 503.434.4185 20,000 Leagues Under the Wave Pool Date: April 5, 2014 Time: From 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM Cost: Event is Free with Water- park Admission. Easter Eggstravaganza Date: April 19, 2014 Time: From 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Cost: General Public: $10, Museum Members: Location: Evergreen Chapel and Oak Grove go to http://evergreenmuseum.org/upcoming- events/ for details 7 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 Sponsorship flyers will be available at the Museum . 8 FLIGHTPLAN! A VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTEERS 3/31/2014 As a civilian museum, we on with most every collection. would have a very hard, if not Not every museum can own From the Curator: impossible, time acquiring this every object in their chosen Comings and Goings government-owned property. field, so it only makes sense (The government tries very that we work together and bor- With all of the recent news that hard to keep combat capable row from each other to help the Ford Tri-Motor on display in aircraft out of the hands of civil- each other “tell the story.” So the Museum has been sold ians.) So our only option, if we as some objects leave and oth- and that other aircraft may want to show this aspect of ers come in, just remember leave, I want to offer some ex- aviation, is to borrow artifacts. that it is a natural part of what planation about what is going But even though the artifacts we do. It may be sad to see on with the Museum’s collec- may be on loan for a long time, some old favorites go away, tion. they do not and never will, be- but it’s always exciting to see long to the Museum. new things come in, and it al- As an aviation and space mu- lows the museum to remain seum, Evergreen has chosen In fact, of the aircraft in the col- fresh and appealing instead of to display and educate the lection, only 55 of 133 (43% being a “dusty, unchanging at- public about the entire history percent), actually belong to the tic full of old things…” It helps of humanity’s attempts to leave Museum. The rest are on loan us to achieve our mission of the earth. This is a pretty from other museums or indi- educating and inspiring our broad spectrum and differs viduals including our founder, visitors every day.