You may remember that CWB CO John “Smokey” Johnson sailed his T-6 to Hawaii for last year’s 75th anniversary of V-J Day celebrations. See our previous news posts here and here. Check out these two great video shorts featuring our favorite oceangoing T-6 pilot! Smokey’s crew chief, Dave Richardson, accompanied Read more
See above! Let’s hope the situation continues to improve and we can finally gather again in person soon. Until then, think warbirds, re-read your favorite quarterly newsletter, and keep up with each other on Facebook. For more on how to keep in touch, see our earlier cancellation notice.
The January 2021 issue of the Warbird Flyer is now available online. In this issue… Japanese WWII pilot’s book review Engine failure on takeoff Celebrating V-J Day at 75 years Veterans Day formation flight As always, thank you to all our contributors! Please contact the newsletter editor to submit an article or Read more
Odds were good, and they came up. Not much more to say. We’ll try to get a member meeting and other events scheduled as conditions, restrictions, and good sense allow. In the meantime, to get your fix of adventures in flying, formations, airshows, veterans, young scholars, and more, check out Read more
And the hits just keep on comin’. It’s now official – we are forced to cancel our January, 2021 member meeting. We’ll keep you advised as more information becomes available week by week. Our January newsletter will be in the post shortly after the 1st. Don’t forget to log into Read more
Sad but expected news: Squadron members: Due to continuing COVID-19 concerns and the state department of health restrictions on our venue (no food or beverage service available), your board of directors has cancelled our 12 December 2020 dinner party. But mark your calendars for 11 December 2021; that date has Read more
The 2021 Cascade Warbirds Memorial Youth Flight Training Scholarship program is now open for applications! From November 1, 2020 through February 28, 2021, students interested in learning the art, the avocation, or the career of flying are encouraged to apply for a step up to start their journey. Scholarship winners Read more
The October 2020 issue of the Warbird Flyer is now available online. In this issue… 2021 Memorial Youth Flight Training Scholarship opens! 2016 student scholar update Memorial for a passed member T-28 restoration And, yes, warbird flights! As always, thank you to all our contributors! Please contact the newsletter editor to submit Read more
Exercising an abundance of caution, we are canceling the General Membership meetings scheduled for 10 October 2020 and 14 November 2020. We are postponing until a later date any decision regarding the annual dinner party scheduled for 12 December 2020. Please be safe out there. Regretfully,CWB Board of Directors
You may know that Cascade Warbirds is technically also EAA Warbirds of America squadron 2. WoA’s popular Warbirds magazine featured a profile of CWB in the September 2020 issue! Read all about our history, our programs, and what makes a warbird enthusiast and pilot group successful in the article below. Read more