Preston S. (Pete) Parish FAA ATP – rated pilot Preston S. (Pete) Parish began his aviation career with the U. S. Marine Corps during World War II, where he worked his way up to the rank of major. Pete successfully completed his flight training syllabus but was...
David B. Lindsay Jr. Lindsay was known to some as “Mr. Mustang.” In 1957, he purchased his first P-51D from a Royal Canadian Air Force disposal sale for approximately $2,000. Soon after, he founded Trans-Florida Aviation, later Cavalier Aircraft...
Harold D. “Hal” Weekley Harold D. “Hal” Weekley began flight training in 1936. In fall 1942, he was assigned to the U.S. Army Air Forces. A year later, Hal graduated from flight school as an Army Air Forces pilot and was commissioned as a second...
George Baker George H. Baker was born January 19, 1930 in Hawthorne, NJ and has been flying since the age of 16. He soloed in 1946 while in the eleventh grade in high school. At the age of 20, he started in the aircraft restoration profession, starting with a Culver...
Connie Bowlin After completing studies at Winston-Salem Business College in 1970, Connie Bowlin began her aviation career as a Delta Airlines flight attendant. During her time with Delta, she obtained her private, commercial and airline transport pilot certificates...
Wilson Connell “Connie” Edwards Wilson Connell “Connie” Edwards was employed by United Artists as chief stunt pilot for the movie Battle of Britain and flew the ME-109, Spitfire, Hurricane, Heinkel, and B-25 camera plane, among many others. HE is the...
Two individuals were inducted into the EAA Warbirds Hall of Fame in 2006. Jack Harrington (EAA 266182, Warbirds 9941) and Daryl Lenz (EAA 125926) Jack Harrington Jack Harrington, a current EAA Warbirds of America Board Member, and past president, began serving the...
Steve Hinton A pilot since 1971, Steve Hinton has logged more than 9,500 hours, with more than 120 aircraft types flown. He has been an A&P mechanic since 1976. Hinton has been an air show performer in the United States, Europe and Japan since 1972. As an...
Howard Pardue Howard Pardue (EAA 127179) was inducted into the EAA Warbirds of America Hall of Fame. Pardue has logged 14,000 flight hours in 120 different types of aircraft in more than 50 years of flying. He flew more than a dozen types of aircraft as a military...
Lloyd Parker Nolen Lloyd Parker Nolen was born in Texarkana, Texas, in 1923 and earned his pilot’s certificate while in high school. When a vision problem prevented him from military flying, he became a civilian instructor of military aviation cadets in 1943....
Frank C. Sanders Frank Sanders, Member number 41, was one of the early supporters of Warbirds of America. Throughout his life he wore many caps: Air show pilot, homebuilder, warbird restorer, instructor, aviation researcher, inventor, stunt pilot, test pilot,...
Two individuals were inducted into the EAA Warbirds Hall of Fame in 2001. Lincoln Dexter and Edward T. Maloney. Lincoln Dexter Lincoln Dexter graduated from Boston’s Wentworth Institute of Technology Aviation School in 1956 and joined the U.S. Navy. He earned...
