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The Reason for B-17 'Texas Raiders' One-Wheel Tribute!

By Kevin “K5” Michels, edited by Stephen Chapis
Texas Raiders, Kevin “K5” Michels recently submitted another excellent article that detailed the history behind the famous one-wheel pass performed by
Texas Raiders at air shows across the country.
Donning his distinctive flat-brim straw hat, an otherwise non-descript elderly man would leave his home for a daily 5-mile walk, telling his beloved wife that he was “going out to chase girls”. He would return four hours later. Not because he was slow, but because the gregarious extrovert socialized with literally everyone along the way. Known to all as “the Colonel”, he was a pillar of society in this seaside community of San Clemente, California. ....

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CAF Gulf Coast Wing Update

CAF Gulf Coast Wing Update
CAF Gulf Coast Wing Update
For the aviation world, which COVID-19 has disrupted severely this past year, it is great to see that some organizations are fighting these pandemic-induced adversities, and adapting with effective initiatives to stay operational.
The Commemorative Air Force’s Gulf Coast Wing is one such organization. On April 3rd, 2021 they will begin offering rides again in their beloved Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, known affectionately for the past half century as
Texas Raiders. The CAF unit’s Beech D18S, marked as a U.S. Navy JRB-6 variant and nicknamed
Little Raider, will also be participating alongside, as will their North American Aviation SNJ-5 Texan. ....

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Your Stories: The CAF Old Days

Mr. Paul Cicci was a Technical Instructor for Purdue University’s Department of Aviation Technology. The Confederate Air Force (now Commemorative Air Force) had contacted Purdue University in 1980 offering student A&P mechanics the chance to work on their museum aircraft. Mr. Cicci, having family near Harlingen International Airport, requested to work for the CAF and was accepted. This is his story.
It is hard to believe 40 years have passed since I worked for the Commemorative Air Force during the summer of 1980. I packed up my family and we spent the summer in Brownsville, Texas with members of my wife’s family. I commuted to the Commemorative Air Force headquarters at the Harlingen International Airport, otherwise known as Rebel Field. The CAF had a small museum, a large WWII era hangar for maintenance of aircraft and two smaller hangars for storage of aircraft and numerous parts. Back shops and store rooms were packed with donated WWII fighter and bomber aircraft p ....

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