Seminars

Previous Seminars

• 1988 – History of Aviation Collection, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX. Featured the last known gathering of surviving American WWI flying aces George Vaughn, Douglas Campbell, and Arthur Raymond Brooks.
• 1990 – United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
• 1992 – San Diego Aerospace Museum, CA.
• 1994 – Joint seminar with the Canadian Aviation Historical Society at the Canadian National Aviation Museum, Ottawa.
• 1996 – Near the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC. Included tours of restoration and storage facilities
• 1998 – Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa, AZ. Access “beyond the ropes” to rare WWI aircraft
• 2000 – National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL
• 2003 – The Air Force Museum, Fairborn, OH. Celebrated the centennial of flight with a WWI aircraft fly-in
• 2005 – Seattle, WA
• 2007 – “Double Ace” 10th Seminar, Washington, DC. Highlight included descendants of Walter Avery and Carl Menckhoff meeting for the first time.
• 2009 – “Return to the Cradle” seminar, San Antonio, TX. Featured WWI training fields and Kingsbury Aerodrome.
• 2011 – Monterey, CA. Included a field trip to Javier Arango’s Antique Aero in Paso Robles
• 2013 – Fantasy of Flight Museum, Orlando, FL. Special program with Kermit Weeks flying his P-51C.
• 2014 – National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Commemoration of the WWI centennial, including the Dawn Patrol Fly-In
• 2016 – National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Featured Lafayette Escadrille descendants and the biennial Dawn Patrol.
• 2018 – Wright-Patterson AFB. Dedication of a monument to American aviators and ground crew of WWI.
• 2023 – National WWI Museum, Kansas City, MO. Held jointly with the Museum’s symposium