Category : Aviation History People

I have to tell you my Braniff story!  Tom Braniff and my father were buddies.  Mr. Braniff used to come to my folks resort, The Saratoga Inn, in Saratoga, Wyoming.   They were huntin’ and fishin’ pals.   I was not yet a teenager when Mr. Braniff told me that I.

On loan from Vintage Wings of Canada, a GREAT story about a fledgling airline pilot experiencing his first captaincy in a very historic Canadian “Canso” more universally known as the PBY “Catalina” or “Black Cat.”  https://captainbillywalker.com//aviation-history-people/captain-dennis-baxendale-rip/    

James Herbert Brockett (14 March 1892 – 24 February 1945), was an American pilot who made the first overnight transcontinental air mail delivery.  Brockett’s adoptive parents, the Knights, gave him his last name that he would take into the annuals of aviation history. Jack Knight was a close friend of.

WORK IN PROGRESS! PLAINS AIRWAYS, INC. WWII CIVILIAN PILOTS TRAINGING PROGRAM  Plains Airways 1939 LUSCOMBE 8A Aunt Virginia – Granny – Uncle Bob – Cousin Jimmy Lee Osborn – Granddad (Greeley Airport 1944) N-80201 Jackson Hole, Wyoming 1945 First Twin Engine Airplane into the Jackson airport. Pic Walker far left..