Next Aces Symposium: August 31

Nothing could beat late August in Sacramento, could it? Unless it was late August in Sacramento on a concrete tarmac in the sun. Ahhhh!

Luckily, submitting yourself to those conditions would be purely voluntary on August 31. That’s when the Northern California Friends of the Aces are holding their next symposium, this one with P-40 aces at the Aerospace Museum of California. Barry Bauer is the curator there, and a scale modeler, and Phil Schasker, the president of the NCFA, is a friend, which has resulted in model displays at four different aces events now. This next one is scheduled to feature Bob Aschenbrenner, Jim Morehead, Joel Paris, Sammy Pierce and Lynn Jones. If you want to be part of the display, let me know–I’m already working on Jim Morehead’s P-40E, and anyone else with an ace’s P-40 is invited to attend and display. If you tell me whose plane you’re bringing ahed of time, I’ll make up a little display card for it (our displays are nothing if not informative!) These events are really great – how often do you get a chance to meet someone whose plane you’ve built as a model? Here’s a photo from the last one we did; that’s Barrie Davis and Art Fiedler, aces from the 325th FG, talking about the models (specifically, the decal sheet that has both of their planes on it – which they had never seen!).

Note Mike Woolson in the background – a faithful supporter of these things!)

If your tastes run toward blue planes, there’s another event on November 9 at the Hiller Museum in San Carlos, California for aces from Fighting 17 and Fighting 18, scheduled to feature Bob Coats, Billy Watts, Jim Pearce, Tilly Pool, Ted Crosby and Bill Hardy. Perhaps we can just go for a Navy thing there…

If you don’t want to be a part of the model display, but you still want to go, confirm a seat at (408)725-8095 or (925)609-9222 or e-mail the Northern California Friends of the Aces at NCF@hot-shot.com.

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