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May 17, 2007
 

EAA Texas Fly In
June 1-2, 2007
Hondo, Texas

 

1956 AIR FORCE PILOT
TRAINING CLASS RETURNS TO HONDO


Thousands of U.S. Air Force pilots earned their wings at Hondo Field when it was a major training base in the 1940s and 1950s. Any graduate of the rigorous program will tell you that the year spent learning to fly “the air force way” was a unique and special time in their lives. Some pilots went on to military careers, others returned to civilian life.



Members of Pilot Training Class 56-O are returning to the Hondo flight line 1-2 June to participate in the EAA Fly-In and to reminisce about their adventures in pilot training and air force flying.

Paul Kalisch, whose class was the last to fly the T-6 Texan trainer, has contacted several of his class and will have a mini-reunion at the giant aviation event. All Hondo pilot training graduates and those who served at the base are encouraged to attend and enjoy the camaraderie we in the aviation community enjoy.

Paul would like hear from other Hondo graduates and can be reached at: 303-755-1858, pkalisch@aol.com.

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Don Loucks, Public Relations Officer
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