California Warplanes - Skaarup, Harold

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Résumé :
This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been restored and preserved in the state of California. The aircraft include those flown by members of the US Air Force, the US Navy, the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the US Coast Guard, the Air and Army National Guard units, and by various NATO and allied nations as well as a number of aircraft previously operated by opposition forces in peace and war. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active flying squadrons both at home and overseas. 150 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to American military aircraft. For those who would like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers, websites and email addresses have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or that on display as gate guardians throughout the state of California. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of California's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and a good number have been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view California's Warplane survivors.

Biographie:
Major (Ret'd) Harold (Hal) Aage Skaarup, BFA, MA, CD, served as a Canadian Army Intelligence Officer from Feb 1971 to Aug 2011. He was a member of the Canadian Forces Parachute Team (1977- 1980) and served with the Canadian Airborne Regiment (1986-1989). He was deployed overseas Cyprus with the UN (1986), to Bosnia-Herzegovina with SFOR (1997), and in Germany with HQ CFE (1981-1983) and 4 CMBG (1989-1992). He instructed at the Intelligence School in Ontario and served with NORAD in Colorado (1999-2003). He served with the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB), Kabul, Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2011 he was posted to 3 Area Support Group at 5 CDSB Gagetown, until his retirement in 2011. From 2015 to 2018, he was the Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel for 3 Intelligence Company, Halifax. Hal and his wife Faye have two sons and five grandchildren. They reside in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where he is a volunteer with two museums.