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B-36 PEACEMAKER MUSEUMA 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation |
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B-36 PEACEMAKER MUSEUMA 501(c)(3) Non-profit Corporation |
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
See President's column below.
MONTHLY MEETING DETAILS
See meeting announcement for update.
MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETINGS
DRAW LARGE CROWDS.
See "News and Special Announcements"
2010 BOARD of DIRECTORS ANNOUNCED
Click here for details.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Permanent maintenance of the Strategic Air Command Monument at Naval Air Station Fort Worth will be turned over to the Texas Air National Guard in March of 2010. The SAC Monument Committee desires to make landscape improvements and to install solar-powered lighting for the monument before relinquishing it to TANG. To raise funding for these improvements, the SAC Monument Committee has decided to offer for sale additional personalized bricks until 1 March 2010. This will be the final opportunity to add bricks to the monument. Bricks will cost $100.00 each. Three lines of 13 spaces on each line are available for engraving. Blanks are counted as spaces. CLICK HERE for a brick engraving form. RIGHT-CLICK the form and click PRINT or PRINT PICTURE from the context menu. Please write [SAC Monument Brick] on your check or money order. Mail your payment and engraving form before March 1st and your brick will become part of the monument within 60 days. Make your check or money order payable to: Robert Adams |
We are proud to present:
OUR PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2010:
THE B-2 "SPIRIT" PROGRAM
By Robert J. (Bob) BOB PATTON
Robert J. (Bob) Patton retired from Vought Aircraft Corporation where he was the Senior Vice President for Business Development Operations. He then began consulting for numerous organizations i.e.: LTV Aircraft Products Group, McDonnell/Vought AX Proposal, Israeli Military Industries, S Systems (ABL Independent Review Team), and others. He served on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board from 1993 to 1997 and worked for the Department of Justice for five years as a consultant and Expert Witness. Bob also participated in National Research Council studies during 2001-2003. During 2005-06 he worked for the Institute of Defense Analysis on the Independent JSF Review Team.
Bob spent over 40 years in the aerospace business working first for General Dynamics in Fort Worth (B-36, B-58, RB-57F, and F-111) airplane design and development and then in Groton, Conn. at Electric Boat. He also spent three years on loan to the Air Force as their Director of Engineering on the B-1A Bomber. Mr. Patton returned to Texas in 1976 to work for LTV (Vought). He was the original Program Director for LTV on the B-2 and subsequently directed all classified and advanced work including the C-17.
Mr. Patton has received numerous honors including election as a Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was also elected to the Engineering Hall of Achievement of the University of Texas at Arlington. He received the Reed Aeronautics Award as the most outstanding aircraft designer in 1986. In October 1997 he received the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service from the Secretary of the Air Force for his four years of work on the Scientific Advisory Board . During February 1998 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
In 2003 he received University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Alumni Society Merit Award. In 2004 he became a member of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas (TAMEST). He continues as an active member and is on the TAMEST O'Donnell Awards Committee.
Mark your calendar, tell your friends and bring the kids.
Bob Adams, President
B-36 Peacemaker Museum, Inc.
Free admission - Free parking
Meeting schedule:
Please join us for our next meeting at 7:00 P. M. on 16 February 2010.
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NOTE: Our meetings are held on the third TUESDAY of each month.
The location is:
From I-30W
From I-30, travel north on Montgomery Street to Camp Bowie Blvd. Turn right,
go one-block and turn left on Clifton Street. Park in the free parking
lot and
enter the administration building where shown above. Take the elevator
down to the ground floor and proceed forward to room 108.
Overflow parking is available across the street adjacent to the "Camp
Bowie Blvd" legend on the map above. From there, walk to the SW
corner of the administration building on Montgomery Street and
enter the building on the ground floor. Room 108 is directly inside
the entrance.
February 16 - Bob Patton - Development of the B-2 Bomber Program
March 16 - Capt. T.D. Smyers - JRB Commander
April 20 - Fisk Hanley - WW II P.O.W.
May - Dr. Jim Wallace - thunderstorm research with rockets (pending).
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On Saturday, July 4, 1925, Fort Worth Mayor H.C. Meacham announced during the annual Defense Day celebration the final signing by the City Council, on Friday, July 3, of a lease on Decatur Road of 100 acres of land to be used as the city's new municipal airport. This airport, located one-half mile from the city's dirigible mooring mast, and called "Muny" by local citizens, would replace Fort Worth's first municipal airport that was located at a former WWI aviation cadet training school at Barron Field near Everman.In the years that followed, the new airport would be renamed Meacham Field and Decatur Road would be renamed North Main Street. This small airport would eventually become a major factor in the growth of Fort Worth and North Texas. Its location became a primary factor in the Army's decision to locate a WWII bomber factory and Air Force base in Fort Worth that would forever change North Texas - and the world.CLICK HERE to learn the real history of Fort Worth's municipal airport.
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PUBLIC MEETING
REPORT AND
SCHEDULE
Our next public meeting will be on
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
7 P.M.
UNT Health Science Center
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd
Room 108, Main Building,
Fort Worth, Texas
For information call
(817) 244-9090
All of our lectures are free to the public as an educational service.
OUR SPEAKER FOR 19 JANUARY 2010 WAS:
C. B. Rice
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
See our President's message in
the left panel for details.
Remember, this meeting will be held at:
UNT Health Science Center
3500 Camp Bowie Blvd
Room 108, Main Building
Fort Worth, Texas
7:00 P. M.
The Last B-36 has gone to Arizona but our history remains here. Please visit the History Section of our website often for memories from our aviation past.
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Who was this Fort Worth aviation pioneer?
Click the picture to discover part of our aviation heritage.
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Fort Worth played a strategic role in the golden age of airships during the 1920s.
Click the picture to learn more.
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Why is this building on the N.E. corner of 7th and Main an historic Fort Worth aviation landmark?
Click the picture to discover another part of our city's aviation heritage.
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Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is the oldest municipal airport in North Texas.
Click the picture to learn how Meacham Field has shaped aviation history in North Texas.
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A history article was submitted by Mr. Frank Kleinwechter before his recent death. It is a reprint of a speech delivered by Amon Carter, Jr., on the day the last B-36 left Carswell Air Force Base.
Click here to learn What the B-36 has Meant to Fort Worth.
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See THIS PAGE for photos of James Anderson's giant RC model of the Last B-36.
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Click this link to learn what became of Greater Southwest International Airport - Amon Carter Field.
"It was all plowed into the ground!"
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Buy this
New revised version on DVD.
The complete history of the Last B-36 is
available on CD-ROM from our gift shop
B-36 caps and shirts are now on sale
and don't miss the new B-36 shoulder
patches and lapel pins.
Please visit the gift shop.
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ABOUT THE
SEE: www.B-36.net
