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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Patron

Honored by:

AVIATION CAREER SPANNED 47 YEARS.

1943: ARMY AIR CORPS AVIATION CADET PILOT TRAINING THAT INCLUDED GROUND SCHOOL FOR THE P-61 BLACK WIDOW NIGHT FIGHTER AND THEN FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS' TRAINING IN P-40 AND AT-6 AIRCRAFT, B-17 CO-PILOT. GRADUATED 2ND LIEUTENANT. RETURNED TO CIVILIAN LIFE AT END OF WW2 AND REMAINED IN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNTIL 1953.

1946: FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF NORVAIR AVIATION CORPORATION, HEADQUARTERED AT NORFOLK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NORVAIR WAS A PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL AND AN INTRA-STATE AIRLINE AND CHARTER SERVICE; AND IN AFFILIATION WITH THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY-VPI "NORFOLK DIVISION," IT CONDUCTED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OF STUDENTS IN AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE OVERHAUL AND REPAIR.

1951: PILOT FOR CAPITAL AIRLINES. CAPITAL MERGED WITH UNITED AIRLINES IN 1961. RETIRED FROM FLYING IN 1989.

COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT FLOWN:
NORVAIR: STINSON VOYAGER, STINSON V77, NORDEN NORSEMAN
CAPITAL: DC-3, DC-4, VISCOUNT, 049 CONSTELLATION
UNITED: BOEING 720, 727, DC-10, 747
TOTAL FLYING TIME: 37,000 HOURS