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Skoglund was born on January 8, 1936 in St. George, Maine, to a Swedish immigrant father. [1] [2] [3] His maternal ancestors settled in the same area in 1734. [4]He was the only student in his Rockland, Maine, high school class to receive a college degree.
Penobscot Island Air is a small regional airline based at Knox County Regional Airport, Maine, United States (RKD) operating from a private terminal.The airline operates scheduled service to the islands in Maine's Penobscot Bay and offers private charter land and seaplane flights throughout the region.
Steven Logan Bennett (April 22, 1946 – June 29, 1972) was a United States Air Force pilot who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War on August 8, 1974. Early life
Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. (July 4, 1924 – February 2, 2025) was an American fighter pilot. He was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces, and a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, best known as the all–African American Tuskegee Airmen.
Jim LeRoy (April 5, 1961 – July 28, 2007) was an American aerobatics pilot. He died upon impact in a crash at the Dayton Air Show in Ohio. Background
In 1985, the US Navy selected Snodgrass as "Fighter Pilot of the Year." [3] [6] [7] The following year, Snodgrass reportedly did a little bit of the flying in the film Top Gun. [1] [3] As the best F-14 pilot in 1986, Grumman Aerospace awarded Snodgrass "Topcat of the Year." [3] [7] He later became a demonstration pilot, a role he kept for 10 ...
Nancy A. Lynn (c. 1956 – October 14, 2006) was an aerobatic pilot, flight instructor, and air show performer.She owned and operated Lynn Aviation, an aerobatic flight school located at Bay Bridge Airport in Stevensville, Maryland, with her husband Scott Muntean and son Pete.
Ringenberg began her aviation career in 1943 during World War II when she became a ferry pilot with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). [2] Although WASP pilots were not allowed to fly combat missions, they served grueling, often dangerous duties, such as ferrying, test flying, and target towing. The WASP corps was disbanded at the end of ...