Introducing Youth to Flight – The Young Eagles Program
Fort Wayne – This week at the F-100 Fly-In.
On September 6th, Jim Eisenmenger, Bob Weston, and Ken Ramsay flew Dean Cutshall’s Super Sabre. See the first of this week’s 14 F-100 Flights
Shep takes to the air again!
Dean Cutshall takes 16-year-old Stephanie Kortokrax for a ride in his F-100!
George Dubick creates amazing diorama of Robin Olds last mission celebration.
The Summer Intake Issue is Here
The Summer 2021 edition (Issue 46) of our journal has been mailed. The link below has now increased to 650 visits weekly, so it’s the third most popular area on the website. Our stories continue to reach beyond the US to web readers from England, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Turkey,
Future Fighter Pilots? Sharing the F-100 experience with Grandkids.
Update to Dick Rutan receiving Howard Hughes Memorial Award, and a chance to buy his new book!
USAFA F-100 Plaque dedicated on June 11, 2021.
Memorial Service for Chuck “Brows” Holden to be held May 27, 2021 in Boulder City, NV
Dick Rutan to Receive Prestigious Howard Hughes Memorial Award on June 17th
What some cool toys for your grandkids or yourself?
Chuck “Brows” Holden’s Service and Celebration of Life
“On the Wings of Geezers: Life Lessons from Old Pilots” – The New Book by Don Shepperd On Sale Now!
Ft Wayne Fly-In rescheduled for this September 5-12!
Vietnam Veteran’s Prayer for March 29th
Feel like being in the cockpit of the F-100F again? Here’s your simulated opportunity.
Issue 45 of The Intake Coming Soon!
Lawrence Kelly Irving “Misty 66” interred at Arlington National Cemetery on February 8, 2021
Major Kelly Irving “Misty 66” was interred at Arlington on February 8, 2021. SSS Members Ross “Rosie” Detwiler “Misty 67” and Jere Wallace “Misty 23” were present. Their photos are attached, note nickels on the casket. Here is Ross Detwiler’s note on Kelly… “Kelly was always the first to go
Our SSS Family – Chuck Holden Headed West after a protracted bout with Covid
We continue to receive news regarding members who are fighting COVID or with other health problems. SSS Charter member, Misty 75 Chuck Holden, Col (USAF) Ret Headed West February 10th in Las Vegas after a long hospitalization fighting Covid. He was commissioned before age 21 had his 81st birthday. Chuck
New Associate Member Darryl Weflen and his wife Sheila win an F-100!
Darryl Weflen and his wife Sheila heard about the F-100 auction from a friend. Darryl sends us the latest news regarding his acquisition. Darryl Weflen, wife Sheila Stang, friend Jerry “We purchased N418FS at an online auction in Mojave Ca in the fall of 2020, a retired Marine pilot buddy
If you can’t own a real F-100, how about this one?
Stuck indoors, have to stay 6 feet away? Sick of it? Maybe it’s time to join the throngs of radio-controlled flyer enthusiasts. “The earliest examples of electronically guided model aircraft were hydrogen-filled model airships of the late 19th century. They were flown as a music hall act around theater auditoriums
Friends of the Super Sabre provide some F-100 firsts.
The following comes from the Friends of the Super Sabre website…thank you, FSS. F-100 FIRSTS May 25, 1953 – First operational aircraft to exceed Mach 1 in level flight – YF-100A flown by George Welch. October 26, 1953 – New world speed record – 755.19 mph over the Salton Sea,
Santa’s new ride… A Christmas 2020 poem
CHRISTMAS 2020 T’was Christmas 2020 and throughout the house, Not many were stirring with COVID about. No big family to-do, no gifts in big stacks, Just a few in the house, wearing our masks. We were having a call on the software called Zoom When all of a sudden, we
R.I.P. Chuck Yeager – 20/20 Vision and the Right Stuff
“A World War II fighter ace and Air Force general, he was, according to Tom Wolfe, “the most righteous of all the possessors of the right stuff.” Chuck Yeager, the most famous test pilot of his generation, who was the first to break the sound barrier and, thanks to Tom
Attention SSS Members and DFC Society Members
Dear Valued DFC SOCIETY Members – On 2 December 2020, educators, teachers, and leaders will have the opportunity to meet and interact with Korean War hero, Capt. Royce Williams (ret). The interview is part of the Old Guys and Their Airplanes “Debrief” series and brought to the public, free of
The Super Sabre Society Endowment Lives!
The Super Sabre Society Endowment Live! First and foremost, this article is not tax advice. No-one associated with the Super Sabre Society will provide tax advice to you. We urge you to consider all options with your tax professional before you make any decisions regarding the SSS endowment. When Don
Issue 44 of The Intake Coming Soon!
Issue 44 of The Intake Coming Soon! The Fall 2020 edition (Issue 44) of our journal went to our printer on 30 NOV and was scheduled to be delivered to our mailing contractor by 9 or 10 NOV. That means Issue 44 is now winding its way through the process
Misty 101 Jim Nugent to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on November 20, 2020
Jan Nugent sent the following email to the SSS “I thought you may like to know that Jim will finally be put to rest at Arlington Cemetery on November 20 this year. It has been so long but my daughters wanted this very much. If any Misty pilot happens to
Capt. Milo G. Maahs, F-100 Pilot – KIA, Receives DFC Posthumously
Milo G. Maahs Receives DFC Posthumously Milo George Maahs was born on May 6, 1937, in Nashua, MN. He was serving as a Captain with the USAF when he began his tour of duty in Vietnam with the 7th Air Force, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron out