Mon, Sep 13, 2010
Last Known WWII B-17 Pilot Will Address Volunteers, Sign
Books
The US Sport Aviation Expo is very pleased to announce that
Colonel Harold D. (Hal) Weekley, USAF (Ret.) will attend and
participate in the 2011 Expo, scheduled for January 20-23, 2011 at
Sebring Regional Airport, Sebring, FL. Hal, a well-known B-17 pilot
and author, in 1943 trained at Hendricks Field, now Sebring
Regional Airport. Bob Wood, the Expo Chairman says, "We are very
excited to have Hal Weekley here to help us present our "Salute to
Veterans" to which the event is dedicated."
Weekley will be present on Friday and Saturday during the show,
and will address Expo Volunteers at the Volunteer Recognition
Dinner, titled "Friday Night at the USO", in addition to presenting
one or more forums on his experience as a B-17 pilot during WWII.
He will conduct signings of his book "The Last of the Combat B-17
Drivers" written with James Zazas which highlights Hal's life and
focuses on his time as "Flying Fortress" pilot. He details his
training, missions over Germany which included being shot down.
With French citizens' help he avoided capture and returned to
continue flying during the war. His depiction of the great B-17,
his aircraft mates and their harrowing experiences in the skies
over Europe make his book a classic that is required reading for
any history buff.
Hal and his wife Billie were married in Sebring as his training
there was just getting underway. She plans to accompany him to the
Expo.
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