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WWII Warbirds Open House

Schedule - Oct. 4-6
• Admission to the Open House is free.
• Today 10 a.m.: The CAF B-25, Show Me, is scheduled to arrive from St. Louis and will be at Hulman Field offering rides this afternoon and Saturday.
• Today 5:15 p.m.: Quentin Smith, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, will tour the CAF Red Tails exhibit and the Red Tail P-51.  Mr. Smith also will be honored at the ISU homecoming football game as a distinguished alumnus.
• Saturday All day: The airport open house will open with a display of many vintage aircraft including at least five WWII vintage aircraft. Flour bomb drops will be scheduled throughout the day.
• Saturday 2:20 p.m.: Three of the WWII aircraft, the B-25, the P-51, and the T-6, will start engines and depart Hulman Field to perform the ISU homecoming game fly-over.

More info
• For more information on riding in the B-25, contact Nicole Brown at 812-878-RIDE (7433) or e-mail her at nicole@hoosieraviation.com

Related Photos

  • Rising above (with some help from grandpa): Four-year-old Harrison Snoddy of Knightsville is lifted up by his grandfather, Dennis Snoddy of Clinton, to get a better look at the cockpit of the CAF Red Tail Squadron P-51 C Mustang on Thursday at the Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field. (Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza)

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  • Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza Boy vs. propeller: Four-year-old Harrison Snoddy stares down the propeller of the C45 H as he contemplates giving it a tug as he and his dad, Wade Snoddy (left) and grandfather, Dennis Snoddy, of Clinton were checking out the vintage planes Thursday at the Terre Haute International Airport-Hulman Field.

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October 5, 2012

Historic WWII warbirds visiting Terre Haute International Airport this weekend

B-25 scheduled to arrive today

Brian Boyce The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Aviation enthusiasts can follow the sound of rumbling propellers off into the sky this weekend.

A flock of historic aircraft began flying into the Terre Haute International Airport on Thursday for what organizers plan to be a weekend extravaganza. Hosted by Hoosier Aviation, LLC, the airport open house will feature the B-25 “Show Me” as well as a Red Tails exhibit, and a visit with Indiana State University alumnus Quentin Smith, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen at 5:15 p.m. today.

Also, Jordan and Nicole Brown, owners of Hoosier Aviation, LLC., had their own aircraft out Thursday for show as the open house got underway.

“It should be an eventful weekend,” Nicole said at noon, explaining Jordan was off the premises with the B-25, which belongs to the Missouri Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. That plane, made famous in the Doolittle Raid of World War II, will perform a fly-over at ISU’s Homecoming football game Saturday.

Meanwhile, their C-45H rested next to the CAF’s P-51C Mustang which served as a trainer for the Tuskegee Airmen. Polished to a high sheen, the lettering on its side explained it to be a U.S. Army Air Corps Twin Beech C-45H, originally delivered for service in January of 1942.

“It takes 20 hours to polish it,” she laughed, explaining its maintenance to one of several admirers.

The couple first saw it while visiting a museum on their 10th wedding anniversary, and the decision to buy it was made then and there, she said, adding it’s one of her favorites.

Terry Hollis, spokesman for the CAF, said the group participates in more than 50 shows a year. The group works to keep historic aircraft up in the air and on display for the public as long as they last. The P-51C Mustang on display is a rarity, he said.

“There’s only two of these still flying in the United States and we’re quite fortunate to have one,” he noted, explaining the military left most of the aircraft overseas after the war.

The open house operates through Saturday and food will be available. For a tax-deductible sponsorship of $395, visitors can ride in the B-25 and relive the flight of a World War II bombing run. More information is available by e-mailing Nicole@hoosieraviation.com.

The CAF Red Tail Squadron will also present an educational movie inside its trailer every half hour, explaining the history behind the Tuskegee Airmen and their mission as part of their “Rise Above” exhibit. Saturday will also feature a “Bomb Drop On Cancer,” with proceeds going toward the Union Hospital Hux Cancer Center. Participants will be flown up into the air and allowed to drop a flour sack at a ground target. Prizes for best, second best and worst bombardiers will be awarded.

Aircraft owners throughout the area are expected to fly in for the event, Nicole said.

Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett proclaimed the weekend to be “Hoosier Aviation CAF Rise Above Aviation Days,” and said it’s great to see activity at the airport.

“There’s unlimited potential out here,” he said.



Brian Boyce can be reached at 812-231-4253 or brian.boyce@tribstar.com.

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