April 24, 2017
Ed Reynolds
On April 24th Ed Reynolds spoke to the gathering about military air refueling. Describing the first Army air refueling mission in 1929 titled the “Question Mark?” which flew for seven days between San Diego and Los Angeles and then profiled the “tanker” aircraft the military has used up to the new KC-46.
Ed also described the various methods used since 1929 to transfer fuel between aircraft and those in use today. He has flown 2,000 hours in both the KC-97 and KC-135 and he described the air refueling operations in use by the military to safely rendezvous the tankers and receivers and conduct the transfer of fuel.
Reported by Ed Reynolds
Conversation with Heroes
Our “Conversations with Heroes” program was active during the month. Ed Reynolds was interviewed by a group of students from Cleveland HS, April 6th; spoke at a class at El Camino Real Charter High School on April 7th and the Rotary Club of Greater Van Nuys on April 27th.
