About The Dawn Patrol

Tom Glaeser Technical Specialist Chain Saw starter guru Black Belt Gooser El Supremo Machinist Our "Go Too" VW man ( Got him on a bad hair day. ). Tom passed away January 6, 2015 Words cannot express how much he's going to be missed.	Dick Lemons El Supremo Machinist Mechanic/Welder/Builder Fokker DR-1 builder/driver Fokker E-III builder/driver too Nieuport builder/driver TOO!!! another trailer weenie Vietnam Vet TOO!!	Mark Pierce Covering Guru Chief Painter Head Computer Nerd Air Show Live Wire Nieuport builder/driver TOO!!! Shop Bully	Sharon Starks Token Female pilot Morane Parasol bulder/pilot Airport Cook Designated Bump Dummy Airport Go-Fer trailer weenie House Of Pain Veteran
Marvin Berk Studmuffin SPAD XIII driver Our newest trailer weenie.	Ken Hines Airdrome Airplanes full scale Nieuport 28. Another trailer weenie and House Of Pain Veteran	Marvin Story Token Enemy Also Master Welder Tubing notcher guru too. Another trailer weenie. And other interests.....	Robert Baslee Studmuffin Designer Airdrome Aeroplanes Owner Crash Repair Expert "You want it?" - "He'll Build it" Beware The House Of Pain!!
Charlie Radford Carl Melin Highly modified Airdrome Airplanes Fokker E-III with it's new wing. The wing span was increased by 5 feet and the wing chord increased by 8 inches. Another Trailer Weenie.	Jeff Givens Jeff has a Baslee Nieuport 11. Another trailer weenie House Of Pain Veteran He also, as you can see, is the owner of the Given's Ditch Cleaning Service!! NO DITCH TOO DEEP.	Dick Starks Chief Scribe Shop Foonge Wannabe Computer Nerd trailer weenie House Of Pain Veteran	Harvey Cleveland "HollyWood Harvey" Movie Star Studmuffin test pilot Young Pup of the airport Potential Trailer Weenie Aircraft weight fanatic
Rick Bennett Ohio Wing of The Dawn Patrol Graham Lee Nieuport 23 builder master welder/builder/do-all House Of Pain Veteran Also a trailer weenie	Glenn Huff Wise Elder Statesman Welding Whiz English Wheel Metal Guru	Gary Knight Airdrome Airplanes N-28 builder. Another Trailer Weenie Ex U.S. Army Armor House Of Pain Veteran This was a LOT heavier than his Nieuport!!	John O'Connor WWII Navy Vet. CFI, A&P Fix anything kinda guy. Designated crash truck driver. John passed away October, 2017. He will be missed! For more, Click HERE
Ron Werner Ex DC-3 Jockey Nother token enemy Full-scale Fokker E-IV Driver We are sorry to tell you that Ron Passed away after a lengthy illness. He will be missed.			Butch Witlock Token Enemy Fokker D-7 Guru. Also Master builder House Of Pain Veteran Trailer Weenie Click HERE for a much better photos. We regret to inform you that Butch passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018. He will be greatly missed!
OUR HONORARY MEMBERS THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED THE WALK AND TALKED THE TALK!!
"Sabre" Ron Sharek Head Ground Crew Chief Former "HUN" driver Call Sign: FLACO 233 missions in Nam Flying the F-100 Super Saber Also Sharon's cousin!! More	Maj. (ret) Joe Ayers WWII Veteran and Berlin Airlift Veteran. 650 Hours flying the "Hump" in WWII and 180 missions Flying the Berlin Airlift Click Here for more. We are sorry to report that Joe passed away in September, 2014.	Lt. Col Maura George U.S. Army / U.S.A.F. Veteran of Dick Stark's 1988 8th Grade Math Class. 1992 Graduate of Park Hill High School. In the army flying BlackHawk Helicopters she flew combat MEDEVAC missions in Iraq. In the air force she's a C-130 Pilot flying out of Peterson AFB in Colorado. Click Here for more.	WWII WASP Pat Young For her service to the country, Pat was presented the Congressional Gold Medal by a grateful nation. Click Here for more.
Col. Bob Leeker, USAF (ret) Colonel Robert Leeker, USAF Ret, Wing Commander , 131st Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri. His final flight upon retirement was as a pilot in a B-2 Stealth bomber. Click Here for more about Col. Leeker.	Col. Charles McGee, USAF (ret) Former Tuskegee Airman. During his 30 years of active duty he flew fighter aircraft combat tours in three major wars: WWII, Korean War and the Vietnam War in P-39's, P-47's, P-51's, F-51's and RF-4C's. Click Here for more	Lt. Col. Steven Schnell USAF Reserve The last C-141 pilot. "Safety Steve" was a C-17 Command Pilot. He is also the last Air Force pilot to fly the last C-141 Starlifter into retirement. We go back a long way with "Safety Steve" (Which I'm very sure, He Regrets.) He's one very special guy!! He's now flying for American Airlines. Click Here for more	Group Captain Willy Hackett RAF MBE Willy Received his MBE from Queen Elizabeth in 1999. Click Here for more about Willy.