Past News

13 August, 2008
Message from the XO
We're getting close to adding a few more features to the website - message board for members, a few how-to's, etc. Don't forget to contact me with your photos from both 2007 AND 2008. I can give you my mailing address so you can send them on CD. We're still playing a little catch-up from last year's downtime.

Check six,
Rudie
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18 July, 2008
Message from the Adjutant
Obviously, we are back online! Many thanks go out to everyone for their patience as we took so long to track down the problem! Gather your pictures from 2007 and drop them to a CD so we can get the Scrap Book updated!
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13 July, 2007
Message from the CO
AirVenture is just weeks away! I would like to welcome everyone back this year and a warm welcome to all you new attendees! Please become familiar with our rules and procedures for this unique event.

Over the off season we purchased a group GP medium that will be set up this year. Seven period cots were also purchased. Personnel bringing vehicles to the event will be reimbursed for fuel via a check sent post event from Warbirds. WWII vehicles have full access on the grounds, while period bicycles have restrictions on where they can be ridden. New this year is a WLHG T-Shirt that everyone who registers will receive for registering and volunteering!

For those who are doing Army Air forces and have not heard yet, the camp will be 12th Air Force and not the 9th has it was in years past. This impression will be more accurate to history and the look of the camp. The 9th was in Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. Early in the war they were involved in Egypt-Libya & Tunisia but by 1943 units that participated in Italy were transferred to the 12th AF! Most Groups involved in Sicily, Naples-Foggia and Rome-Arno were in the 15th AF. Because of this, standard AAF wing & star patches are recommended on uniforms and 12th patches would be great! 8th, 9th and 15th are still OK to still wear.

Non AAF personnel must adhere and report to their COs for uniform regulation and enforcement.

Camp lay-out will be a bit different this year and will make better use of the space we are allotted. Large tents will be set-up on the North end along the fence and small tents on the South end. This way, P-51's will be visible to the South and the large tents will block the poor backgrounds to the North. Spots will be assigned when you arrive with tentage.

Here is a schedule of events for our unit at Airventure 2007...
Connie has once again asked for our participation this year! Also (GAF take note!) the highest scoring living German Ace, Gunther Rall will be at Warbirds in review! He will have an autograph signing area and we are going to invite him to visit the camp!

There is another possibility for our participation...The Berlin Airlift C-54 might fly over runway 18/36 and recreate a parachute "candy drop". Connie asked if our group would like to go out on the runway and recover the parachutes & candy. Once recovered, the group could proceed to the crowd line and hand out the candy to a few lucky kids. There are a total 33 little parachutes and I don't have the date or time for this yet.
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1 September, 2006
LAST CALL FOR PHOTO CDs!
ATTENTION MEMBERS
We are about to make the final pass through all the CDs that have been submitted as we assemble this year's photo collection.

We don't have very much coverage on the C-47 shoot, so if you have any shots from that session please be additionally encouraged to send in your discs ASAP!

Take time now to drop your 2006 photos to a CD or two (or three) and shoot them off to Rudie! Contact him for a snail mail address. Please burn your CDs using the ISO 9660 format.

We could also use pictures from previous years; especially from 2003 or before!!
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11 August, 2006
AirVenture '06 After Action Report
Thanks to everyone who made AirVenture 2006 such a success for the LHG. We made tremendous progress on many fronts. Participation, presentation, inclusion and organization all made broad strides forward. The new staff concepts seem to be working well. Despite the heat, everyone maintained a durable sense of humor and we all rolled with some fairly robust punches dished out by Mother Nature! WELL DONE.

Congratulations to our CO, Kevin Wisniewski for the Appreciation Award he received from Warbirds of America at the Warbird Awards Banquet!

Four words: Wayne Geis - Sherman Tank.

Warm thanks are due to B-25 veteran, dear friend and mentor Joe Miller for contributing his L-Bird to our display and for providing beer and snacks for our movie night!! We thought we were here to honor YOU, Joe!!

We were lucky enough to fall within the viewfinder of Steve Mark's camera once again. The results of his P-40 photo shoot were all over the internet last year, and we were fortunate to spend some serious time working with him this year. We all look forward to seeing the finished product from those vignettes!

A hearty cheer also goes out to Karl Kjarsgaard and the Halifax 57 Rescue group who shared their resources and time with us as we learned about their plans to raise their SECOND Halifax bomber - this time from over a thousand feet of water off the coast of Scotland. Their tribute to American citizens in the RCAF was inspiring, and many of us are STILL humming that song of Jim Blondeau's!! Visit their site to see the video and download the MP3.

It was nice to see so many new faces, and we hope to see everyone back on the flightline next July for AirVenture 2007!!
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09 August, 2006
We're LIVE!
With Rudie at the controls and Greg Alexander's hosting contacts, we've finally gone LIVE in our new home on the web. If you are reading this, I guess you already knew that...