Vietnam Memorial Flight To Visit RDU & Gastonia Municipal Airport Tuesday May 27

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Contact: Ms. Shayne Meder, MSgt., USAF, Ret. May 22, 2008
Marketing Director/Aircraft Maintenance
Wings and Rotors Air Museum
951-662-5653

Vietnam Memorial Flight To Visit Gastonia Municipal Airport

Three restored Vietnam veteran helicopters will stop at the Gastonia Municipal Airport from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, as part of a memorial flight honoring Vietnam veterans.

The memorial flight is a 5,000-mile, round-trip flight from California to Washington, D.C., traveling through 16 states and 43 cities in 25 days. The refurbished helicopters are owned by Wings and Rotors Air Museum in Murrieta, Calif., and on their return trip from the May 25th ceremony at the Vietnam Wall Memorial.

"We will be on the ground for at least two hours to re-fuel, find some lunch and allow your local veterans a chance to come out and see these historic helicopters, " said Shayne Meder, marketing director of Wings and Rotors Air Museum in California. "We are a 501 C-3 non-profit organization and this trip is funded by corporate and private sponsors. We occasionally intercept with the Rolling Thunder, the annual Ride to the Wall parade of motorcycles. In the 20-year history of this event Huey helicopters have never flown the entire trip before. Our 25 day round trip will be highly publicized and we will have on board a film crew making a documentary. "

Local veterans and the general public are invited to come out and see the helicopters and possibly be interviewed for the documentary. For more information about the museum and the historic flight you may call Ms. Meder at 951-662-5653 or go online to www.flyingthunder.org
 

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Yeah, I goofed. I posted the rest of the schedule on hamsexy and forgot to come back here to update my post....duh....

http://www.flyingthunder.org/schedule.html



May 23 (Fri)
Washington, DC – crew rest, aircraft maint, static display

May 24 (Sat)
Washington, DC – briefings, aircraft maint, static display

May 25 (Sun)
Washington, DC – Vietnam Wall Fly-by

May 26 (Mon)
Washington DC/Leesburg, VA – 1030 T/O
Richmond/Chesterfield Co., VA (FCI) – 1200 Landing, 1400 T/O
Raleigh, NC (RDU) – 1600 Landing

May 27 (Tue)
Raleigh, NC – 0930 T/O
Gastonia, NC (AKH) – 1130 Landing, 1330 T/O
Gaffney, SC – 1430 Landing*updated

May 28 (Wed)
Gaffney, SC – 0930 T/O, refuel Spartanburg (SPA), enroute. changed
Atlanta/Peach Tree Dekalb, GA (PDK) – 1200 Landing, 1400 T/O
Birmingham, AL (BHM) – 1600 Landing

May 29 (Thur)
Birmingham, AL (BHM) – 1000 T/O
Meridian, MS, Key Field (MEI) – 1200 Landing, 1400 T/O
Monroe, LA (MLU) – 1600 Landing

May 30 (Fri)
Monroe, LA – 1000T/O
Longview, TX (GGG) - 1200 Landing, 1400 T/O
Ft Worth, TX, Meacham Intl (FTW) - 1600 Landing

May 31 (Sat)
Ft Worth, TX – 1000 T/O
Mineral Wells, TX (MWL) - 1100 Landing, 1400 T/O
Abilene, TX (ABI) - 1530 Landing

June 1 (Sun)
Abilene, TX – 1030 T/O
Big Spring, TX (BPG) -1200 Landing*

June 2 (Mon)
Big Spring, TX – 1000 T/O
Pecos, TX (PEQ) – 1200 Landing, 1400 T/O
El Paso, TX (ELP) – 1600 Landing

June 3 (Tue)
El Paso, TX – 1000 T/O
Deming, NM (DMN) – 1130 Landing, 1330 T/O
Tucson, AZ (Pima Air Museum) – 1530 Landing*

June 4 (Wed)
Tucson, AZ – 1200 T/O
Phoenix, AZ – 1400 Landing

June 5 (Thur)
Phoenix – 1030 T/O
Blythe, CA (BLH) – 1200 Landing, 1300 T/O
French Valley, CA (F70) – 1430 Landing
 
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