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News of Silver Ospreys Visit Fantasy of Flight
Submitted by Barry Dyer Members and guests of the Silver Osprey Squadron, Association of Naval Aviation, spent Friday, April 5 at The Fantasy of Flight in Polk City. This visit took the place of our planned bus visit to the MacDill AFB Air Show, which had been cancelled by the Sequester. Since CDR Roger Kennicutt, USN (ret.) had already committed a down payment on the bus, he took the bull by the horns, and changed the destination to Fantasy of Flight. The Fantasy of Flight is always a favorite of the group, since many of the members could revisit planes they had flown in the past. This is a list of restored aircraft at Fantasy of Flight that some of the members had flown before: F4U Corsair, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Grumman J2F Duck, Grumman F-4F Wildcat, Grumman TBF Avenger,
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Grumman F9F Panther, North American P-51 Mustang, Boeing N2S Stearman, North American SNJ, Consolidated PBY Catalina, and Lockheed WV-2 Super Constellation. Though we spent most of the time viewing the WW II aircraft some of the best restoration craftsman spent their time making Fantasy of Flight’s World War I collection one of the best in the country. There were two special speakers. Fantasy of Flight’s owner, Kermit Weeks, gave a special flight demonstration of a restored 1938 German Fieseler Storch. This was world’s first true STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) aircraft. He did a fly by at 30 mph, just 5 mph above stalling speed. After a very short distance landing in less than 200 feet, he taxied up to the spectators, shut the engine down, and gave a talk
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Photo courtesy Tony Hisgett & WikiCommons German Fieseler Storch in flight.
about this plane, and t h e n the others on the flight line. Gerhard Fieseler designed the plane in 1935. Almost 4000 were built between 1937 and 1945. Some interesting events involving the Storch: Marshall Rommel (“The Desert Fox”) flew in one throughout his North African Campaign. It was used to rescue Mussolini from a mountaintop hotel. It was a Storch that carried the bomb used in the attempt on Hitler’s life. During the final days of the war, famous German woman test-pilot Hanna Reich flew a Storch into the heart of Berlin to get last minute instructions from Hitler. The other talk was given by the chief of restoration, Ken Kellett. In 1978, Ken built a fully operational replica of the Wright Flyer, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ flight. He
made 23 flights in the plane. However, the Silver Osprey Squadron members were even more interested in what Ken had to say about his current project. Many of our members are from the Tampa Bay area and are aware that the world’s first scheduled airline was the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line which began flying across Tampa Bay on January 1, 1914. The pilot, Tony Jannus, carried one passenger who sat beside him in the open cockpit. The fare was $5.00 which is about $400.00 in today’s dollars. The 44’ wingspan biplane was built by Robert Benoist of St. Louis, and was powered by a 75 hp 6 cylinder water cooled engine. RELATED STORY ON PAGE 5 Continued on Page 5
United Community Church Selects Woman of the Year The Women’s Fellowship of United Community Church, 1501 La Jolla, Sun City Center is honored and very pleased to have selected Anne Ginevan as their Woman of the year for 2013. Anne was born in Pennsylvania in 1942 and lived in several different states while growing up. Having a father in the Navy instilled her love to travel, which she still does today. Anne’s interest in social work prompted her to attend the University of Pittsburgh where she received a BA in Social Work, MA in Counseling and a PhD in Education. She married David Ginevan in 1964, and worked in higher education for several years at Pitt, Penn State and eventually at St. Michael’s College. Anne was also a School Social Worker for the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In 1973, Anne and David moved to Middlebury, VT, where they spent 32 great years raising their three children. In the late 70’s, Anne started an Adult Day Care Center in Middlebury. It was the second such center in the state. It began as a program of the local mental health agency, but soon became an independent non-profit agency. Now thirty-
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four years later, it is a nationally recognized program having well over 100 daily participants. Anne left this position to become the Director of their county United Way. In fifteen years, fundraising increased from $35,000 to over $500,000, with the same population base. Anne learned a great deal about her community in that position, and she was persuaded to run for the Vermont House of Representatives, where she served two terms representing
the town of Middlebury. At the conclusion of her second term, Anne was appointed by the Governor to the position of Commissioner of Labor for the State, from which she retired in 2004. As well as working full time during most of these years, Anne served her community as a volunteer on various boards and committees. Although they loved Vermont, thirty-two years of ice and snow were enough. In 2003, Anne and David moved to Sun City Center, FL, where she became active in the local mental health committee. She also began playing more golf and bridge, which she still does today in her spare time. David Ginevan passed away in 2010, and Anne visits her children and eight grandchildren whenever possible in Maine, Massachusetts and Virginia. She enjoys travel and last year was fortunate to take a Baltic Cruise, visiting St. Petersburg, Russia and later in the summer, a safari in Tanzania, Africa. In 2006, Anne and David had transferred their church membership from Middlebury to the United Community Church in
Sun City Center. Anne served on the Board of Deacons for three years and is an active member of the Women’s Fellowship and a member of one of its circles. When the position of ViceModerator became available, Anne was elected to fill it. She served for two years, one of these overlapping with duties as a Deacon, and then was elected to the Moderator’s position. This will be her fourth year as Moderator. Anne is part of the task force that developed the Mary Petro Ministry and serves as one of its office volunteers. The Mary Petro Program provides temporary relief to the Sun City Center residents who are in dire need of assistance with food and/or medicine. Where the expression “beacon of light” is expressed, Anne is immediately in our thoughts. Love, thoughtfulness, kind and caring comfort touches and hugs – and always that beautiful smile will touch your heart. Suddenly, this Christian woman has completed your day and you realize she has made life and the world beautiful because she is in it.
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