SILENT WINGS MUSEUM: Newsletter The Legacy of the World War II Glider Pilots Vol. 19 No. 1 Fall 2019 General Information 6202 N. I- 27 Lubbock, Texas 79403 - 9710 Direct Line 806.775.3049 Information 806.775.3796 Fax 806.775.3337 Web www.silentwingsmuseum.com Directions Driving: North Lubbock, I-27 at Exit 9. The museum is located in the historic old airport terminal building just two blocks east of I-27. Look for the silver “G” wings on the tower above the entrance. Flying: The museum is accessible by taxi or rental car from the airport terminal. The museum is adjacent to and within easy walking distance of Lubbock Aero, FBO at Lubbock 2019 Aviation Boot Camp Preston Smith International Aiport. GPS Coordinates for the museum are: N 33” 39.467’ IN THIS ISSUE W101”49.911’ Around the Museum 2 Whisper Ships Roar! 2 Admission Fees Aviation Boot Camp 2019 3 General Admission $8.00 Senior Citizens (60+) $6.00 National WWII Glider Pilots Association 4 Children (ages 7-17) $5.00 Research & News Students (w/ college id) $5.00 Children (6 & under w/ family) Free The Leon B. Spencer Research Team 9 Museum Members Free A Glider Box Story 10 Active Duty Military Free Mark Your Calendar 14 In Memoriam 14 Museum Hours New Membership Program 15 Tuesday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Whisper Ships Roar! Exhibition 16 Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM Call For Holiday Hours 1 AROUND THE MUSEUM artifacts, archival material, and exhibit text carry out exhibit themes. Whisper Ships Roar! is funded through a grant from the Helen Jones Foundation Inc. We were very happy to see that organization represented at the reception following the gallery talk. A portion of the grant funding purchased supplies to mount artwork and Silent Wings Museum Staff archival material in exhibition quality frames. The framing was done by our Silent Wings Museum Director of the Municipal Museums Assistant Manager Eddy Grigsby, whose skills allowed Jacqueline Bober some very delicate items to be safely and beautifully exhibited. The funding also enabled us to have Assistant Municipal Museums Manager oversized exhibit panels printed to showcase scanned Eddy Grigsby materials and exhibit text. Museum Curator Whisper Ships Roar! will run through January 2020. Sharon McCullar Marketing and Special Events Coordinator Jacqueline Marchildon Education and Volunteer Coordinator Sebastian Forbush Museums Store Manager David Seitz ShipsShipsWhisperWhisper Roar!Roar! The gallery talk for Whisper Ships Roar! provided a closer look at the making of the exhibit. Curator Sharon McCullar highlighted several artifacts and shared how an exhibit is developed. She discussed the underlying curatorial goals for this and other exhibits at the Silent Wings Museum. Attendees learned how “inspiration artifacts” drove the development of Whisper Ships Roar! and how 2 AVIATION BOOTCAMP 2019 artifacts, archival material, and exhibit text carry out exhibit themes. Whisper Ships Roar! is funded through a grant from the Helen Jones Foundation Inc. We were very happy to see that organization represented at the reception following the gallery talk. A portion of the grant funding purchased supplies to mount artwork and archival material in exhibition quality frames. The framing was done by our Silent Wings Museum We were thrilled to have another successful Aviation Assistant Manager Eddy Grigsby, whose skills allowed Boot Camp this summer. With two United States some very delicate items to be safely and beautifully Marine volunteers and thirty-two kids who were eager exhibited. The funding also enabled us to have to learn, we hosted our best camp yet. Everyone had a blast shooting off water bottle rockets, learning about oversized exhibit panels printed to showcase scanned Cadets learning how to heat up their MRE lunches materials and exhibit text. the history of ciphers, and even learning to march. At the end of the week, the kids graduated from camp Whisper Ships Roar! will run through January 2020. and were promoted from Cadets to Privates, ready to take on the rest of their summer. Forces of flight lesson Cadets buildling their paper airplanes Cadets seeing whose paper airplane would fly the furthest Preparing for Boot Camp Graduation Ceremony 3 NATIONAL WWII GLIDER PILOTS COMMITTEE NEWS, RESEARCH AND HISTORY REUNION CHAIR 49TH ANNUAL REUNION Saturday, Oct. 12th Daytime NATIONAL WWII GLIDER PILOT COMMITTEE DOUBLETREE BY HILTON, FAYETTEVILLE, NC “On Your Own Day.” We will have suggested military 1965 CEDAR CREEK ROAD sights in the Fayetteville area to visit on your own. FAYETTEVILLE NC 28312 (910-323-8282) & Saturday, Oct. 12th Evening RANDY & THERESA LEWIS FARM, SNOW CAMP, 6:00pm - Dinner banquet at the Doubletree Hotel, NC with keynote speaker and awards. OCTOBER 10-13, 2019 ......AND WAIT THERE’S MORE! Online registration: ww2gp.org/membership Sunday, Oct. 13th Evening ACTIVITY SCHEDULE There will be no meetings on Thursday morning so Make plans to stay through Sunday for a picnic there is no need to come Wednesday (unless you are dinner and barn dance at the Randy & Theresa Lewis a member of the Executive Council, a dinner meeting Dairy Farm, Snow Camp, NC! The farm is located is scheduled for Wednesday evening.) If you intend near Burlington, NC @ 50 minutes from Fayetteville. to fly to North Carolina, it is suggested you fly into We are planning to arrange for a hotel block in Raleigh Durham International (RDU) and rent a Burlington for those who do not wish to travel back car. Fayetteville is @ 1 hour from RDU. Fayetteville to Fayetteville that evening. Also, please note that the Regional Airport (FAY) also offers connecting flights host hotel near Snow Camp is conveniently located @ from Charlotte; Dallas & Atlanta. 30 minutes from RDU for those folks traveling by air. Other than the cost for our members to stay an extra Thursday, Oct. 10th Afternoon night, this celebration evening is a generous gift from 3:00pm - Registration and Hospitality Room open. Randy and Theresa. Please check our website www. 3:00pm Research Team Meeting. ww2gp.org for information on booking the Snow Camp/Burlington hotel, or contact me via email at Thursday, Oct. 10th Evening [email protected] 6:00pm - Buses depart for dinner, Iron Mike’s on Ft. Bragg, evening presentations to follow. Hotel Reservation Information in Fayetteville The nightly rate is $122.00 (two queens) or $128.00 Friday, Oct. 11th Daytime (one king) plus taxes and fees. This rate also includes 8:30am - Buses depart for an all day tour of Ft. Bragg, a full breakfast for two. Please make your hotel lunch included. reservations directly with the Doubletree by calling 3:00-3:30pm - Buses depart Ft. Bragg and return to 910-323-8282 or Central Reservations 800-222-8733 hotel for rest and refreshments in Hospitality Room. (reference hotel block as “WGP”). PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RESERVATION Friday, Oct. 11th Evening MUST BE MADE BY SEPTEMBER 8, 2019 IN 6:00pm - Buses depart for 6:30pm dinner, Iron Mike’s ORDER FOR THIS RATE TO BE HONORED. on Ft. Bragg, evening presentations to follow. Base Security Saturday, Oct. 12th Morning Note that entry into Ft. Bragg requires presentation of 9:00am - General Membership meeting, Doubletree a valid U.S. or government-issued photo identification Hotel. card. If you wish to drive your own car to Ft. Bragg 4 NATIONAL WWII GLIDER PILOTS COMMITTEE NEWS, RESEARCH AND HISTORY you must obtain a Visitor Pass, in advance, at the All could have listened to him read a phone book. It American Visitor Control Center (910-907-5165). wasn’t just how he spoke, though, that kept my interest, it was what he spoke. He was clear and This year we elected to bundle our expenses into one direct and could be quite entertaining when he flat registration fee, which includes all dinners, Friday wanted to be, but there was never any doubt about lunch; hospitality room snacks and beverages, hotel his message. And that message was his regard for banquet facilities, taxes/fees and bus transportation. the Glider Pilots Association and everything that it Our Executive Council made every effort to keep stood for. the registration fee to a minimum, especially since the past three reunions have been substantially less Otto didn’t do email. So when the transition expensive to our members. We know you understand committee was studying alternatives and making the complexity of holding an event such as ours, proposals, it fell to me to call Otto on the phone therefore we cannot offer a prorated fee. and give him updates. I usually didn’t get very far when Otto would stop me with a “Now hold on just You may either mail your registration form and check a minute, here…”, and make me explain a point to in the enclosed pre-addressed envelope to me no later his satisfaction. Otto was going to make sure we got than September 1, 2019. Or you may register online it right. on our new payment system at https://www.ww2gp. org/membership (go directly to I am a member). I think we have got it right. At the reunion, just over a year ago now, in Lubbock, which was the If you have any questions, please do not hesitate first reunion under our new banner, I saw a level of to contact me, and check our website for any late interest, engagement and enthusiasm that told me developments www.ww2gp.org. we were going to make it. Yes, it will be different See you in Fayetteville! without any WWII veterans on the Executive Council, but all of us will still feel their presence in We are hoping to have our online system up and everything we do going forward.