involvement in the

First World War.

The YOH 3B

Brantley is a recent

addition to the

museum collections,

and is pictured below.

I can promise our

visitors and friends

that they will see

many more

improvements and

additions in the coming months.

Please make time to

visit us. We are open

Monday-Friday 9-4,

and Saturday from 9-

3. We are closed all

Federal Holidays

except Memorial,

Independence, and

Veterans Day.

CURATOR’S CORNER I ns ide this is s ue :

Curator’s Corner

1

Foundation News

2

Spot Light on History

3

Army Aviation Association America

4

Golf Tour-nament 2017

5

Foundation

Board of

Directors

6

A R M Y A V I A T I O N M U S E U M F O U N D A T I O N ~ P E R S E R V I N G T H E P A S T F O R T H E F U T U R E !

THE PROP & ROTOR

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The YOH-3B Brantley is a

recent restoration and addi-

tion to the Museum.

As we reach the mid-

point of the year the

Army Aviation

Museum is ramping

up for a very busy

last six months. As

September ends we

will see a wrap-up of

our outdoor painting

and start to welcome

back our six

restorations. We will

Mr. Robert Mitchell, the Museum’s Curator and Acting Director. (photo by Jackie Blades)

also see another five

go out for restoration

including our A Model

UH-1. With the help

of our Foundation we

will see the restoration

of our engine

collection and two

more aircraft in the

collection.

Inside our museum

there is also a lot

going on from

diorama upgrades to

new exhibits such as out “Army Values and

Heritage” Gallery.

We are also planning

to display more

artifacts as part of the

Centennial

Anniversary of our

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PAVERS, a great way to leave your mark!

THE GIFT SHOP

MEMBERSHIP If you think the cost of a

Life membership to the Ar-

my Aviation Museum is

beyond your reach, think

again. We recently restruc-

tured the membership pro-

gram and the change is ben-

eficial to all. Membership is

now set at: 1 year-$30.00, 3

year- $80.00 LIFETIME

(age based) – under 40

$800.00, 40-49 $600.00, 50-

59 $500.00, 60-69 $400.00,

and Over 70 $200.00. Since

the restructuring of the

membership program, we

have seen a rise in lifetime

memberships. All mem-

bers receive 10% off for

the Gift Shop, both in store

and on line. Lifetime

members will also receive

a copy of A History of Ar-

my Aviation by Dr. James

W. Williams. Your tax

exempt donation goes to-

wards the restoration, en-

hancement and upkeep of

the museum’s aircraft, arti-

facts and collections.

Signing up is Easy. Just

go to our website

www.armyaviationmuseu

m.org, click on the GET

INVOLVED link and

select membership. You

can also look for the

membership button on the

bottom right of the home

page. Your payment can

also be submitted with

your membership. Sup-

porting the Army Avia-

tion Museum has never

been easier!

and click SHOP in the

upper right hand cor-

ner! We are constant-

ly updating our

shelves with new

merchandise. We will

gladly ship to your

location. We have

worked hard in the

Gift Shop over the

Looking for a unique gift? Want to give a great farewell/welcome gift? Want something to remind you of your past? We have it all! Go to www.armyaviationmuseum.org. (Army Avia-tion Museum.org)

last several months to

upgrade our computer

systems, inventory sys-

tems, and website to

make your shopping

easier and hassle free!

Go on line and check

out our new arrivals!!!

retirement, promotion,

time and place of ser-

vice, or in honor or

memory of a loved one.

The 4x8 paver costs

$150.00. It allows for

three lines of text (20

characters per line in-

cluding punctuation and

spaces) a logo, such as

Aviation Branch wings ,

or Master wings can

take the place of one the

lines. The larger 8x8

size costs $300.00 but

can accommodate a

larger sized unit crest

and up to six lines of

text (an example can be

seen to the right).

You can log onto the

museum homepage and

The Museum Paver

Project has been grow-

ing by leaps and

bounds. Since the last

newsletter publication

we have installed ap-

proximately 100 4x8

pavers and 3 additional

arrays. These pavers

can be purchased to

mark a graduation,

T H E P R O P & R O T O R

WANT TO SUPPORT THE

MUSEUM? GO TO THE

MUSEUM WEBSITE AND CLICK ON THE MEMBERSHIP

TAB IN THE LOWER RIGHT

CORNER

A few of our new

Gift Shop items!

find the PAVER button

in the lower right cor-

ner. Order and payment

can all be done online.

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A notable first for Army Aviation happened on 14 April 1918. On that day, 2LT Douglas Campbell of the U.S. Air Service’s 94th Aero Squadron be-came the first U.S. trained fighter pilot to score an aerial victory while assigned to an American squadron.

Assigned to fly a patrol with 2LT Alan Winslow, the two aviators met with a flight of German Albatros D.V fighters of Jasta 64. During the en-suing battle LT Campbell shot down one of the ene-my fighters, with LT Winslow notching a vic-tory soon afterwards.

LT Campbell achieved another notable first just 47 days later, scoring his fifth aerial victory. That made LT Campbell the first U.S-trained U.S. Air Service pilot to achieve ‘Ace’ status.

The aircraft he flew dur-ing these exploits was the Nieuport 28c.1 This French-built fighter

equipped the first USAS squadrons fighting in France. The Nieuport 28 was equipped with one .303 caliber machine gun mounted over the en-gine cowling and syn-chronized to fire through the propeller arc. The Nieuport had a top speed of 125 mph and an opera-tional ceiling of 17.500 feet. The aircraft had an endurance of about two hours.

The Army Aviation Mu-seum’s Nieuport 28C.1 served in France and was one of the survivors which were sent to the U.S. after the war. She subsequently passed through several hands, and even had a part in the 1938 movie “Dawn Pa-trol” starring Errol Flynn and David Niven. During the early 1990’s she was restored to flying condi-tion in the U.K. Eventu-ally she came home to the Army Aviation Museum, where she remains to this day.

Resplendent in the mark-ings of the 95th Aero Squadron, Nieuport 28c-1 no. 6531 is a fitting me-morial to the courage and accomplishments of the very first combat aviators of the U.S. Army. This beautiful airplane, a crea-tion of wood and fabric, also carries us back to the birth of aviation itself. Looking upon her, one can almost hear the wind in the bracing wires as the gallant pilots of both sides battled for air su-premacy in the skies over France, one hundred years ago.

Nieuport 28c.1, S/N 6531, on display in the Museum.

“LT Campbell

shot down one

of the enemy

fighters, with

LT Winslow

notching a

victory soon

afterwards”

(L to R) CPT

Eddie

Rickenbacker, LT

Douglas

Campbell, and LT

Kenneth Marr in

France, 1918.

Written by Robert Barlow

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COL (R) Richard Johnson

COL (R) Scott Larese

COL(R) Michael Riley

COL (R) Rich Roy

COL (R) Dave Swank

LTC (R) James Bullinger

LTC(R) Everett Urech

CW4 (R) Michael Durant

CW4 (R) Mike Nowicki

CW4 (R) Gerald Strange

CSM (R) Willy Wilson

Mayor Kenneth Boswell

Mayor Mike Schmitz

MG (R) Peter Berry

MG (R) Richard Kenyon

MG (R) Carl McNair, Jr.

MG(R) Lou Hennies

BG (R) David J. Allen

BG (R) E. J. Sinclair

BG (R) Rodney Wolfe

COL (R) Brian Diaz

COL (R) Steve Dwyer

COL (R) Jessie Farrington

COL (R) Ray Gentzyel

COL (R) Stan Heath

COL (R) Mark Jones

Mayor Jamie Stayton

Mr. Joe Adams

Mr. Mike Brauer

Mr. Joe Galloway

Mrs. Tommie Harding

Mr. Bill Harris

Mr. Tom Kirk

Mr. Frank Moore

Mrs. Dianne Nowicki

Mr. Jim Roop

Mr. Mo Sessions

MAJ Delvin Goode

CW4 Christopher Braund

Army Aviation Museum Foundation P. O. Box 620610 Fort Rucker, AL 36362

Phone: 334-598-2508 Phone: 334-598-9645 www.armyaviationmuseum.org Acting Director & Curator Mr. Robert D. Mitchell Phone: 334-255-1060 robert.d.mitchell3.civ@mail.mil Foundation Manager Leslie Edens foundation@armyaviationmueseum.org Gift Shop Manager Linda Gentzyel shop@armyaviationmuseum.org

Officers

LTG (R) Dan Petrosky, Chair-

man

Mr. John Mitchell, President

Mayor Bob Bunting, Vice Presi-

dent

COL (R) Brent Hohbach, Sec.

Mr. Floyd Rodgers, Treasurer

Executive Committee

COL (R) Chris Carlile, Chairman

COL (R) Mike Simmons

COL(R) Mark Hayes

LTC (R) John Hamlin

CW5(R) Ronald Ferrell

CW5(R) Brent Hohbach

CSM (R) Richard Frye

SGM (R) Joe Harris

Dr. Stafford Thompson

BOARD OF DIRECTORS (includes the above officers and committee members)

SGM (R) Richard Frye

SGM Hoe Harris

Dr. Stafford Thompson

Mayor Bob Bunting

Mr. John Mitchell

Mr. Bill Rein

Mr. Floyd Rodgers

Chairman Emeritus

LTG (R) Ellis R. Parker

President Emeritus

MG (R) Ben Harrison

Honorary Board Members

Mr. Wallace D. Malone

Advisory Board Members

Mr. Joe Cassady, Sr.

Dr. Eva K. Sasser

Dr. Linda Young