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Flight Path Speakers & 
Special Programs - 2010

 
"Flying With The Tigers"
Featuring GEORGE KOCISKO,
former Flying Tiger Line pilot
Memories and adventures of the unique all-cargo airline once based at LAX
Thursday, March 18, 10 a.m.

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"Celebrating 100 Years of Aviation"
Featuring ALISON BRUESEHOFF,
 Executive Director, Rancho Dominguez Adobe Museum
An audiovisual update of this year’s celebration of
the Dominguez Air Meet Centennial throughout Southern California
Thursday, May 20, 10 a.m.

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"Salute to the Jet Age: 50 Years of Jet Service at LAX"
Produced by Flight Path’s ETHEL PATTISON and JORGE CHAVEZ
Program includes rare photos and archival film clips of early passenger jets
 and jet terminal development
Saturday, July 17, 10 a.m.

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Special Exhibition: "A Centennial of Flight in Southern California"
Opening of an all-new 10-week exhibit of photos and memorabilia at
the Flight Path Learning Center
 This traveling exhibit traces the development of aviation in
 Southern California since the 1910 Dominguez Air Meet
Thursday, September 23, 10 a.m. 

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"Making History With The FAA"
Featuring JOHN TIPPETS
relating the adventures of his father JOSEPH TIPPETS
during a long career with the FAA in Los Angeles
Thursday, November 18, 10 a.m.

 All Programs: Free Admission & Parking

Flight Path Board Elections

2010 Special Program Schedule

 

Clay Lacy Scholarship Program 2010

Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.
Scholarship Program 2010

LAX Flight Simulator Program Goes on the Road

The LAX flight simulator training program went on the road recently to the American Legion California State Convention at the Riverside Convention Center. Hundreds of delegates and visitors got hands-on experience with six simulators from the program based in the Flight Path Learning Center.

Robert Cozad, the Legion's State Aerospace Commissioner, together with California State Commander Al Lennox participated in the demonstration. Instructor Martell Bush and his staff from Flight Path guided those operating the simulators. LAX Community Relations Director Nancy Niles, Flight Path Vice President Vincent Migliazzo and Flight Path Executive Director Lee Nichols also participated.  

The equipment, which provides airport area students with simulated aircraft piloting experience and related instruction, was set up in a booth at the conference center, according to Rowena Ake, Flight Path president.  Major sponsors of the program include American Legion Posts 177, 283 and 108, Westchester Woman’s Club, Westchester YMCA and Los Angeles World Airports Community Relations. 

"This was an opportunity to show our American Legion sponsors and their guests the aviation career training and guidance we are doing at Flight Path," said Ake.  "Since we began the program last year, we have enrolled more than 100 students of all ages.  Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to offer this experience at no charge to participants.

The Flight Path booth also featured a photo display prepared by Shirley Hoffmann, coordinator of the program.

Flight Path’s Yeager Named to California Hall of Fame

Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, celebrated Air Force pilot and honorary chairman of the Flight Path Learning Center and Museum at Los Angeles International Airport, will be inducted into the California Hall of Fame in ceremonies December 1. Yeager achieved fame as the first pilot to break the sound barrier, flying a Bell X-1 aircraft in 1947 at Muroc (now Edwards) Air Force Base north of Los Angeles.

Yeager is one of 13 Californians nominated to the new Hall of Fame by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California First Lady Maria Shriver, according to Flight Path President Rowena Ake. The induction ceremony will take place at the California Museum in Sacramento and recognizes prominent personalities who have helped shape the state.

"General Yeager has been part of Flight Path since our founding, " recalled Ake. "He was the keynote speaker at our kickoff ceremony in 1995 and has continued to serve as an inspiration to us in the years since then."

During the 1995 event, Yeager presided at installation of Flight Path sidewalk plaques on Sepulveda Boulevard in the Westchester business district near LAX. The bronze plaques honor distinguished aviators, including Yeager, and others prominent in the aviation and aerospace industries. The plaques were removed recently for sidewalk renovation and are scheduled to be reinstalled soon.

Yeager, a native of West Virginia and a decorated World War II combat pilot, later distinguished himself as a test pilot, culminating in his historic breaking of the sound barrier. He was honored in 1983 by the Aero Club of Southern California with its coveted Howard Hughes Memorial Award and in 1997 by the U. S. Postal Service with a commemorative stamp saluting the 50th anniversary of his historic flight.

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