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WASSUP???

October - December 2019

VOLUNTEER AWARD WINNERS Volunteer of the Quarter Awards: Team Chiefs, though award winners have not been

selected over the last couple of years, please keep on submitting your choice for Volunteer of the Quarter and Volunteer of the Year according to the following schedule. To all Team Chiefs, please make your nominations for the Volunteer of the Quarter awards to Lou Nigro no later than (NLT) the 15th day of March, June, September, and December. If we do not receive nominations by the date above of each of the specified quarters, we will not name a Volunteer of the Quarter.

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NEW VOLUNTEERS

We are continuously blessed with new people volunteering their time to help us here at the Museum. Since the last issue of the WASSUP, we have not added to our team of volunteers. The Museum is always looking for a “few good men & women” to add to our team. New volunteers joining our team since the last newsletter are:

Stephen R. Patra – C-130 Susan Ray Tiley – Admin. Assistant to Director

Thomas E. Griese – Docent Nancy Davidson-VanDamme – Docent

Stephen J. Ritter – Library-Archives/Inventory/Special Displays Allen J. Boogaard – IT

LONG-TERM MUSEUM VISITORS PASSES

For those who do not use a Government ID card to access the Base, a revised list of volunteers has been sent to the Base Access Control Officer for the new Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) card that will allow you access to the base. This list includes the name of volunteer’s spouses, if applicable, or the parent/guardian of volunteers who have not already reached driving age. The Air Force-mandated background check on the individuals

listed will be accomplished, at the Visitor’s Center when the DBIDS card is issued. When you come thru the Gate, just show them that card. They will scan the bar code on the back, and you will be on your way. THINGS TO REMEMBER: (1) DBIDS cards will be issued ONLY to the persons on the validated list allowing them access to the Base; (2) If your spouse needs unescorted access to the Base to drop you off or pick you up, he/she will need to get his or her own DBIDS card. The DBIDS cards were requested for the current period, BUT if you picked up a new DBIDS card before the expiration of the old one, the new one will expire one year after the issuance of the new one. (3) Keep your eye on that expiration date as they are not all the same. Do not forget to get your “NEW DBIDS” card before your current one expires!

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(4) Your Social Security number will be required to be confirmed before your DBIDS card can be issued, so you will have to present either your physical Social Security card or a copy of a physical IRS Form (such as a W-2) to confirm that number.

DBIDS cards are issued at the Vehicle Registration desk in the Visitor’s Center north of the

Main Gate at the intersection of M-59 and Jefferson Avenue. NEW HOURS: Hours are generally from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday and from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday thru Saturday. Due to staffing limitations, the Visitor’s Center is closed the Saturday before a Federal holiday, Sundays, Federal holidays, and on Saturdays and Mondays for lunch (time varies depending on their workload). It is recommended that you call before you try to get your pass, regardless of the day you plan to arrive. Their phone number is 586-239-6849. DBIDS cards have been requested solely for participation in Museum activities, the performance of Museum business at other on-Base locations, and transportation to/from on-Base eating establishments. Do not use this pass for any other reason!

Please recruit your family members and/or friends to volunteer @ the Museum. We are desperately in need of weekend docents especially

and our special Tuesday/Friday teams could always use more volunteers.

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A Little Bit of History

TOM SELFRIDGE DID MORE THAN JUST DIE By Joseph N Mazzara

Visitors to the Selfridge Military Air Museum in Harrison Township, Michigan, often ask why Selfridge Air National Guard Base was named for this virtually unknown Lieutenant Thomas Etholen Selfridge. The standard answer given by museum staff is that Thomas Selfridge was the first person and first U.S. military officer to be killed in the flight of a powered aircraft. Oh, and the airplane on which he died just happened to be designed by the Wright Brothers and piloted by none other than Orville Wright himself. It’s all true, and indeed interesting, but what a sad legacy to be remembered primarily for the circumstances of your death, and not by the accomplishments of your

life. As it turns out, Lt. Selfridge achieved quite a bit in his brief but rich life. Around the time that the Wright Brothers were tinkering with their flying machine at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina’s Outer

Banks, others around the world were designing and building their own experimental aircraft. One such group was the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) centered in the then hometown of Alexander Graham Bell: Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Among his myriad pursuits, Bell had become interested in the possibility of human flight and had built several early prototypes which he called tetrahedral kites. In the summer of 1907, two engineering graduates from the University of Toronto who were also interested in the dynamics of flight were vacationing in Baddeck. The father of one of the men, John McCurdy, was the personal secretary to Alexander Graham Bell. The newly minted engineers had several opportunities to meet at Bell’s home to discuss their ideas. On one of those occasions, Bell’s wife Mabel suggested that the men create a formal study group. They did, and the AEA was born. In addition to the core group of Bell, McCurdy and Frederick (Casey) Baldwin, they recruited the well-known American engine builder Glenn Curtiss, who would later become known for such famed aircraft as the Curtiss JN-4 (the Flying Jenny), Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.

Lt. Thomas Selfridge with

Alexander Graham Bell

Bras d’Or Lake, Baddeck Nova Scotia

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As the group was formed, Bell wrote to President Roosevelt to ask for American military participation in the project. Roosevelt sent Lt. Thomas Selfridge who was then assigned to the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Army Signal Corps., where he flew dirigibles. Lt. Selfridge proved to be an excellent addition to the group, contributing both design and flight skills. Each of the men in the group was individually tasked with designing an aircraft. Selfridge’s creation was the AEA Redwing, a biplane configuration powered by a 40 hp Curtiss B8 air-cooled V8 engine with wings covered in red silk. The aircraft was flown once, piloted by Frederick Baldwin over frozen Keuka Lake in Hammondsport, NY. The craft flew about the length of a football field at a height of 20 ft. until it crashed and was damaged beyond repair. Lt. Selfridge got his own chance to fly on December 6, 1907. He flew the Alexander Graham Bell designed AEA Cygnet, a tetrahedral kite towed behind a motorboat in Bras d’Or Lake just outside Baddeck. He flew for seven minutes at a height of 168 ft. before crashing into the lake. Although technically an unpowered flight, Selfridge was credited with piloting the first heavier-than-air flight in Canada. Six months later, on May 19, 1908, at Hammondsport, NY, Lt. Thomas Selfridge flew the AEA White Wing, a Frederick Baldwin designed craft powered by the same Curtiss B8 engine, for a distance of 1000 ft. This made Selfridge the first U.S. Army officer to fly a powered aircraft. Those accomplishments alone should have secured Selfridge’s place in the history

books, but a more somber milestone later that year would overshadow his other “firsts.” On September 17, 1908, Lt. Selfridge was dispatched to Fort Myer, Virginia, for a demonstration of the Wright brother’s 1908 Wright Military Flyer. The U.S. Army signal corps had been considering a purchase of this aircraft and Selfridge was sent to observe and evaluate. On a demonstration flight piloted by Orville Wright, in which Lt. Selfridge was a passenger, a propeller broke and dislodged a guide wire on the rudder, sending the stricken craft, nose-down hard into the earth. The

crashed killed Lt. Selfridge and put Orville Wright in the hospital for seven weeks. Thus, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge would come to be forever known as the first

person and the first U.S. Army officer to die in a crash of a powered aircraft. So this young man who, by the age of twenty-six, had designed an airplane, was first to fly a heavier-than-air craft in Canada and was the first U.S. Army officer to pilot a powered aircraft, is now known primarily for his death. It is time to give him credit for all that he achieved before that fateful moment: Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, United States Army, was an accomplished designer, pilot and an all-around pioneer of aviation. Oh yes, and he was also the first to die in a plane crash. For which “first” should he be most remembered?

Lt. Selfridge in the “cockpit” of the Cygnet

The Selfridge-designed Red Wing

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Museum Happenings

Museum Fundraising Efforts:

Museum Memorial Wall

If you or a loved one served in any branch of the military, active-duty, reserves or guard, you can purchase a brick in that person’s memory or honor of their time served and have it placed in the Museum’s Memorial Wall. A form for ordering bricks is located at the end of the newsletter. CLICK HERE for a link to the Brick Order Form.

Go-Fund-Me

The Selfridge Military Air Museum has launched a “Go-Fund-Me” initiative to raise funds for improvements to the Museum’s infrastructure. We’re hoping that we will be able to build a “new” home for the USMC FG-1D Corsair that is currently being restored by our restoration team. Please help if you can!! For more information, watch the video by clicking on the link below or copying and pasting the link into your URL bar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bRupDKhHHU&feature=youtu.be. If you’re interested in helping us out with this project, you can make a donation by clicking on this link or by copying/pasting the link into your URL bar: https://www.gofundme.com/7tqvzq-maghaselfridge-military-airmuseum.

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

UPCOMING FUNDRAISER!!!!

Partnership with Texas Roadhouse, Chesterfield Township

The Selfridge Military Air Museum will once again be sponsoring a fundraiser with Texas Roadhouse, Chesterfield Township, Michigan on Monday, 2 December 2019 at the Texas Roadhouse located on 23 Mile Road (across from Meijer). Our first event partnering with the Texas Roadhouse, Chesterfield Township, Mich., was a success! Please check-out the Events & Fundraising page of the Museum’s website (http://www.selfridgeairmuseum.org) for additional details and to print/download a copy of the flyer closer to the date of the event. PLEASE SHARE this upcoming event date with your friends and family and encourage them to come out to support the Selfridge Military Air Museum with our second fundraiser with Texas Roadhouse. Please remember that you cannot pass out these flyers at the restaurant, inside or outside.

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

CORSAIR PRINTS

With our eyes on a future home for our beloved FG-1D Corsair that is currently undergoing restoration by our team volunteers, we have available in the Gift Shop or through mail order using the order form from our website prints or Giclee canvas of ‘Corsair Over Grosse Ile’ for sale.

Corsair Over Grosse Ile

USMC Squadron VMF 251, flew the Goodyear-produced FG-1D Corsair from Grosse Ile Naval Air Station from 1946 through 1950. In 1950, the unit was activated for the Korean War. Before deploying to Korea, VMF-251 converted to the Douglas A-1D Skyraider. Our “restored” Corsair will bear the markings of VMS-251 as it appeared while assigned to Grosse Ile.

Items available for purchase in the Gift Shop or by mail using the order from our website, CLICK HERE are:

13”x19” Color Print on Paper = $10.00*

18”x30” Color Giclee Print on Canvas = $100.00** (Stretched for Framing = $170.00**)

*Please add $5.00 S&H plus sales tax for print mail orders **Please add $10.00 S&H plus sales tax for canvas giclee mail orders

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

The Selfridge Military Air Museum is working on a major fund-raising campaign for some long-needed infrastructure improvements, the most important a ‘new home’ for the FG-1D Corsair that is currently undergoing extensive restoration and our beloved T-6 ‘Texan’, which we’d like to get out of our Michigan weather. To help raise funds for that future home of the Corsair and T-6, the Museum has for sale through special order this artist’s rendering of the F-100.

‘Miller Time’

“Lt Col Don Miller’s flight to the Smithsonian’

Items available for purchase in the Gift Shop or by mail using the order from our website, CLICK HERE are:

18”x30” Color Giclee Print on Canvas (stretched for framing) = $170.00**

**Please add $10.00 S&H plus sales tax for canvas giclee mail orders

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

SUMMER EVENTS @ THE MUSEUM

Our summer was chock-full of special events this year in addition to our regular open hours at the Selfridge Military Air Museum. In addition to our regular weekend hours, the volunteers hosted numerous plane washes by our Adopt-a-Plane sponsors, special tours, and the following ‘fund raising’ events:

SELFRIDGE RETIREES LUNCHEON

By Edward Kaminski

Thanks to the efforts of CMSgt Beth Sieloff (Ret), on July18th, the Selfridge Retirees Group (Formerly known as the OFC) held their first ever quarterly meeting at the Selfridge Military Air Museum. Approximately 60 members of the Group convened on the grounds to enjoy a traditional outdoor picnic lunch with CMSgt Larry ‘Shorty’ Becker (Ret) manning the grill and CMSgt Keith Edwards (Ret) providing the delicious pulled pork. Col Walt ‘Wally’ Wick (Ret) was there selling his commemorative labeled bottles of wine. That went over quite well in that Wally had very little left-over stock to take home with him. MSgt Ed Kaminski (Ret), welcomed the group on behalf of the Museum Director and gave them a brief history of the Selfridge Museum as well as what to look for in the museum as well as the adjoining air park.

For many of the group, it was their first time visiting ‘their’ museum. In fact, quite a few of them have not set foot on Selfridge since their retirement. It was a great trip down memory lane for all. There were many ‘I worked on that airplane’ or ‘Remember when’ moments for all. The Selfridge Museum staff were on hand to help open displays and explain various exhibits. Those in attendance expressed their admiration for the efforts of the museum staff in presenting the aircraft and displays inside in the museum and overall, were very satisfied with the event. We talked with CMSgt Sieloff about hosting the group again next year to which she gave an enthusiastic ‘YES’. The museum is looking forward in having this group back.

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

2nd ANNUAL HISTORIC TEA

The Selfridge Military Air Museum held their 2nd Annual Historic Tea on Saturday, 20 July 2019 with two speakers this year. Dan Heaton spoke on Selfridge history “Home of the Generals: Carl Spaatz, Curtis LeMay, and George Scratchely Brown’ to name a few!” Our second speaker was Bill Wellbourne from the Detroit Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen. Mr. Wellbourne spoke about his experiences as a Tuskegee Airman in the southern states in the 1950s. This year’s event was held on the grounds of museum’s air park in front of the U.S. Navy’s P-3 Orion. The tea was catered by Jen’s Scones & Treats, LLC from Roseville, Michigan: Quiche Lorraine, Salad, and Vanilla Mini Scones. Though the day was oh, so hot & humid with a heat index in the 100s,

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

attendees enjoyed the Peach Iced Tea from Harney & Sons. Our desserts were homemade Brownie Bites with whip cream, strawberry slices, and blueberries; Lemon Cake, and Vanilla Cheesecake Bites; with a special treat of teacup/teapot shaped cookies by Kaitlyn Sienkiewicz. Let your friends and family know that this will be a recurring fundraiser for the museum – we need to get that “new” hangar built to house our FG-1D Goodyear-built Corsair (currently undergoing restoration) and our T-6 “Texan”.

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

BASE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETS @ SELFRIDGE MILITARY AIR MUSEUM By Ed Kaminski

On September 17th, the Selfridge Base Community Council held their first ever monthly meeting at the Selfridge Military Air Museum. Approximately 130 members of the Council convened on the grounds to enjoy a traditional outdoor picnic lunch. While there, these members were able to view and listen to a presentation by Ed Kaminski, giving a history of the Selfridge Museum as well as what to look for in the museum as well as the adjoining air park.

It was an ‘all hands-on deck’ effort by our dedicated staff of volunteers in preparing for this first of its kind event. Dave Lesia and his grounds crew had the air park and surrounding area in the best shape it’s been looking in years. Many of our volunteers manned aircraft and various displays, explaining to those attending what they were actually looking at and the historical significance of it. Additional historic military vehicles were also present and we have to thank Dave McConnell from the Michigan Military Vehicles Collectors Club as well as Bob Causley from the Michigan Industrial and Military Technology Museum for bringing out their fine examples of Vietnam era vehicles. Wayne Hales set up his display of the 1st Special Services Force (Better known as ‘the Devil’s Brigade’) to add to the historical exhibits. Pedro Saldana and Dan Spranger set up a display of Vietnam era equipment in the UH-1D ‘Huey’ helicopter and explained the significant role that iconic Vietnam warbird.

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Museum Happenings (cont.) After lunch, the BCC members were able to visit the museum, the SPAD Hanger as well as the Air Park. Many of those in attendance expressed their surprise at the quality of the many exhibits in the museum. Some particularly strong comments were made regarding their ability to actually get inside the P-3 Orion and C-130 Hercules. To many, it was their first time inside a military aircraft. All in all, it was an outstanding success. Mark Zuccarro, the BCC president asked the museum staff if this was something that they could repeat next year. We’re interested in having this group back.

Library Research Team: The Library Research team is continuing work on the digitization of the photos and documents in our multiple file cabinets and the creation of an index of our archival holdings. Regular volunteers, Pat Williams and Mary Lou Pearsall along with Team Chief, Lori Nye are the ones working on this project. Joseph Mazzara completed his task of compiling a Biographical Sketch of the Base Commanders @ Selfridge from 1917 to Present. Though he will still occasionally scour the Internet for additional information, the compilation is available at the Library-Archives, Building 1008. Patrick, our newest volunteer, because of his expertise as an architect, has been re-assigned to the Special Projects Team under Assistant Director, Bob Hudson. Team Chief, Lori Nye has started tackling the inventory of the existing book collection and rebuild an accurate listing of the Museum Library’s reference collection adding in all the new titles that have been waiting while the Library Team waits on the upgrade of software/hardware or

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Museum Happenings (cont.) replacement of the computer used for this project. The book inventory/listing has been put on hold while Lori handles the financials and emails for our distinguished Executive Director in his recent absence. Library-Archives is still waiting for upgrade/replacement of one outdated computer. Maybe that the ‘open season’ is now over for the year, our IT guy, Dave Leasia, will have the time to work on that project among other projects that he is being asked to accomplish. Several requests have come in for research over the last two months and Lori is trying to fulfill those requests in her spare time: photos of the base fire stations over the years; photos of the General’s quarters in the 400 area (now known as the EHH); information on Glenn Miller being at Selfridge Field, etc. Joe Mazzarra is now tackling the project of organizing and filling in the many holes of the Museum’s Archives on Selfridge-related aircraft that were involved in accidents over the years. Joe will be spending many hours perusing the newspaper files and vertical file at the Mount Clemens Public Library. Grounds Team: The Grounds Team volunteers have been busy over the last couple of weeks doing the grass cutting around the museum grounds and trimming the bushes and shrubs in the gardens preparing everything for the winter season. Here are a few photos of some of our Grounds Team members either hard at work or getting ready to go out to the air park.

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Museum Happenings (cont.) Restoration Team: The Restoration Team led by Darrel Rohrbeck is continuing their steady progress on restoring the Museum’s FG-1D Corsair. Steady progress has been made and one wing is done with maybe some additional minor work, ready to paint, and work is progressing on the 2nd wing. Check out the Museum’s website @ www.selfridgeairmuseum.org, if you’re interested in donating to this worthy cause. The Team Chief’s at their last meeting voted to pursue additional fundraising and quotes for the building of an addition to our SPAD Hangar to house the restored Corsair. Visual Information Team: Jon Earl, Visual Information Team member has kept himself busy this summer when not up at his summer home in Northern Michigan, scanning and building an index of our large format negatives. Hopefully, no that the winter season is coming soon, he’ll be able to spend some time here at the museum to wrap up his uniform project and pull some additional negatives to scan and index over the cold, snowy, winter months. This project will benefit both the Library Team and Visual Information Team in having a digitized copy of the negatives and an index for easy access to those photos. Team Chief, Rob Sandstrom took the summer off from active, on-site volunteering, but is expected to return now that his job at the golf course is winding down.

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Museum Happenings (cont.)

Volunteers Needed! Please recruit your friends & family to volunteer as a weekend docent in the Gift Shop, Flight Training area, SPAD Hangar, or as an Inside/Outside floater. Their volunteering will continue to promote the history of the Air National

Guard @ Selfridge and the history of Selfridge Air National Guard Base for the next 100 years. We’re also looking ‘for a few good men & women’ to serve as volunteers on the Tuesday & Friday gigs, but our weekend docents really need a “boost” in numbers!!!!!!!! If volunteering as a weekend docent, standard procedure is about 10 days per season, but if you can only give the museum two to four, don’t let that stop you from applying. We may have funds to keep the Museum operational, but without volunteers, we don’t have a Museum! You can obtain the Volunteer Application Form from the Museum’s website http://www.selfridgeairmuseum.org, or call the Museum Director and he’ll send you the application (586-239-6768; or email: info@selfridgeairmuseum.org. If you can recruit friends and family, to volunteer as a weekend docent or on one of our Tuesday/Friday group of volunteer teams, here are the areas where we desperately need help. Look for the areas with an asterisk *.

Please sign up today!

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Museum Happenings (cont.) Michigan Activity Pass:

In the near future, well before our ‘open season’ ends in October, the Selfridge Military Air Museum will have joined the Michigan Activity Pass. These passes will be available at your local public libraries for a 7-day check-out period. The pass will be: Buy one Adult, Get One Child (ages 4-12) Free. Check the Michigan Activity Pass website for locating the Museum’s available pass in the near future. https://tln.lib.mi.us/map/ Paperwork still has to be completed on our end and submitted to finalize our inclusion in this project – stay tuned.

Macomb County Heritage Alliance Passport Program

Starting in January 2020, the Selfridge Military Air Museum, will once again be participating in the Passport Program sponsored by the Macomb County Heritage Alliance. The Museum will be participating only during their Open Season, which begins on Saturday, 4 April 2020 through 25 October 2020. So grab your Passport and travel through history locally by visiting the areas museums and historical sites.

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EDITORIAL This is where our beloved Museum Director gets a chance to vent. Please do not take these ramblings personally…

I’ll say it again and keep saying it until everyone gets the word! ONLY THE CURATOR (DICK SOULES) OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THAT’S ME) CAN ACCEPT A DONATION TO THE MUSEUM! Do not bring anything from your home or from others that is to be donated to the Museum unless you first come thru me or Dick! We keep getting stuff that I have to back door thru the review, acceptance and inventory process and it’s getting a little old trying to figure out what happened and when after the fact.

For those of you who have our Museum Master Card number memorized or on a piece of paper, it has changed! See me or call me and I’ll share it with you.

Please consider becoming a member of the Michigan Air National Air Guard Historical Association (MAGHA). Membership in our parent organization is certainly not a requirement to be an Air Museum volunteer, however, the membership donations we receive are a significant part of our yearly income and provide us with the financial wherewithal to reimburse you for purchases you make on our behalf and to fund needed improvements to our operation. We presently have over 110 volunteers on our rolls and over 50% have chosen not to become members of MAGHA. Please consider joining our Historical Association…a membership application is on the last page of this newsletter.

For those of you that purchase from Grainger, we now have our own account instead of sharing the Base Supply account. Our account number is 884941782.

If I sometimes seem a little frazzled or annoyed, please forgive me as I sometimes feel like I’m getting ready to fall into my full plate. I can’t begin to count the number of times that a conversation begins with “Wouldn’t it be great if we…” and “we” usually translates to me!

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2019 GOALS It never ends…

Purge our storage areas of assets that are excess to our current and future needs, a long-term and ongoing effort.

Training more of our “full-time” volunteers on aircraft corrosion control.

Training our weekend hosts

Cataloguing, digitizing, and filing historic photos.

Restoring the FG-1D “Corsair” using industry-standard components. The “plan” is to restore portions of it in Bldg 1007 for final assembly in Bldg 1045. Expect the Corsair to be moved out of the Air Park when the AT-6 gets placed in the Air Park and to be moved back to the Air Park in the summer/fall of 2015.

GOLF SHIRTS One of the ways we say “thank you” to our volunteers who do more than just say they want to volunteer and then either don’t show up or come in one time and then leave is to provide them with a golf shirt in a size of their choice with the Museum logo and their name embroidered on it. The initial golf shirt is free. If additional or replacement shirts are needed, we’ll order and mail them to you with an invoice for just our cost for the shirt(s) requested. It’s hard to keep track of who wanted a shirt (some don’t) and who received one already, so until I hear to the contrary, I’m going to assume that all of our current volunteers have already received their shirt. If my assumption is incorrect, and it probably is, please call me and we’ll get it on order.

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Kroger Community Rewards Program

HELP Support the Selfridge Military Air Museum!

REMEMBER, if you haven’t already registered your Kroger Card in support of the Selfridge Military Air Museum, please

enroll in Kroger’s Community Rewards Program TODAY!

Kroger Community Rewards Program: This program will link purchases made with your Kroger’s Plus Card to the Selfridge Military Air Museum so that a portion of the sale is donated back to the Selfridge Military Air Museum.

Please note — Once you have enrolled in the program and identified the nonprofit

organization of your choice, you do not need to re-register annually.

Step by step instructions if you have never registered online 1. Go to www.krogercommunityrewards.com

2. Create an account by entering your email, a password and your zip code.

3. Select your preferred store location.

4. Click on the “Create Account” button.

5. Enter your Kroger’s card number and your last name.

6. Click the “Save” button.

7. At the bottom of the next screen, click on the “Enroll button”

8. Enter in your contact information.

9. Click on the “Save” button.

10. In the “Find Your Organization” box, enter the number LI431 and click “Search”.

11. Click on circle/dot next to “Selfridge Military Air Museum”.

12. Click on the “Enroll” button. You are now registered to support the Selfridge Military Air

Museum.

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Amazon Smile:

For information about the Amazon Smile Program that the museum is

enrolled in, check out the website:

http://selfridgeairmuseum.org/support_AmazonSmile.htmClick on the

link here in order to sign into

If you already have an Amazon account, then log in to your account

with your email/user name and password from the link on the museum’s

website. If successful, you should receive a notice saying “Thank you”

and that your purchases will be in support of the Selfridge Military Air

Museum. If you need to create an Amazon account, click on the link to

“create an account”. You will need to have an email account to

participate and have the following information to fill in: Type your

name, email, retype your email, create a password, and retype your

password. If it all matches, click “Create Amazon Account”.

Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to

the charitable organization of your choice.

The Selfridge Military Air Museum says, “Thank You

for Your Support”!!

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MAGHA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

I believe that my support for the goals of the Michigan Air Guard Historical Association and the

Selfridge Military Air Museum will attest to my commitment to the Michigan Air National Guard,

Selfridge Air National Guard Base, and the thousands of dedicated men and women who have

served our great nation and the State of Michigan. I wish to demonstrate this commitment by

becoming a member of MAGHA as follows:

NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

RENEWAL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

PATRON MEMBERSHIP ($1,000.00)

SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP ($500.00)

LIFE MEMBERSHIP ($250.00)

REGULAR MEMBERSHIP ($25.00)

DONATION ONLY

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MEMBER OF THE MI ANG (YEARS ONLY) FROM ___________________ TO ____________

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WE appreciate YOUR support of MAGHA. REMEMBER your membership donation is 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

MICHIGAN SOLICITATION LICENSE NUMBER: MICS 26603

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