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<br /> FINAL APPROACH · 2024 · VOLUME 51 · NUMBER 6<br /> CONTENT<br /> 2<br /> 4 FLIGHTLEAD<br /> A Passion That Runs Deep<br /> 6 BECOMING A<br /> CAF WARBIRD PILOT<br /> 10 PHOTO CONTEST<br /> 12 CAF IN NUMBERS<br /> 14 FLEET STATUS<br /> Status Snapshot of the CAF Ghost Squadron<br /> 18 UNBREAKABLE TIES<br /> The Legacy of a Friendship Forged During World War II<br /> Photo By Airshow Photo Crew<br /> FINAL APPROACH<br /> THE<br /> DISPATCH<br /> EDITOR<br /> Leah Block, Editor in Chief<br /> CORRESPONDENTS<br /> Virgil Hatfield<br /> Rob Krieg<br /> David Oliver<br /> S.D. Speer<br /> ART<br /> Farrah Underwood, Designer<br /> PRINTER<br /> Knight Abbey<br /> DISPATCH TEAM<br /> Ed Barnard<br /> RozeLyn Beck<br /> Donna Blalack<br /> Craig Tuminaro<br /> PUBLISHER<br /> Commemorative Air Force<br /> CONTACTS<br /> Commemorative Air Force Natio<a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=1"> FINAL APPROACH · 2024 · VOLUME 51 · NUMBER 6</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=2"> CONTENT 2 4 FLIGHTLEAD A Passion That Runs D</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=3"> THE DISPATCH EDITOR Leah Block, Editor in Chief</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=4"> FLIGHTLEAD LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=5"> THE OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=6"> BECOMING A CAF WARBIRD PI</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=7"> I knew about the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) fr</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=8"> 8 AT-6 back to AirVenture in 2017 in its new liv</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=9"> by two highly experienced CAF check pilots. Both </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=10"> 2024 PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS 1ST PLACE “DISTINGUISH</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=11"> 1ST PLACE “RICK STRANSKY 2023 MEMPHIS” </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=12"> 2024 ANNUA NO OF UNITS 82 19,224 MEMBERS LARGEST </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=13"> SNAPSHOT 181 OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT FLEET RATE 8</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=14"> 14 STATUS SNAPSHOT OF THE CAF GHOST SQUADRON AS </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=15"> PT-13 Stearman N1631M Flying Mis</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=16"> 16 AT-6 Texan Zero 115 N11171 </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=17"> L-4 (J-3 Cub) Yellow Brick N6125HMaintena</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=18"> 18 UNBREAKABLE TIES The Legacy of a Friendship F</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=19"> Clare Lovelace Jr. Clare Lovelace Jr. was born </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=20"> 20 aircraft broke into three pieces when she hit</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=21"> “Larry, as well as all of the boys of the crew, w</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=22"> Join the Legacy Become a Life Member of the </a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=23"> Through October 2024 James R. Alvis . . . . . . .</a> <a title="Digital Dispatch, Issue 6, 2024 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4f33ebec?page=24"> 24FINAL APPROACH </a>