BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.cradleofaviation.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30. 10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:7f5f778d-7c3d-4580-9e50-7a51aca1abcb X-WR-CALDESC:You are cordially invited to attend the 7th Annual Luncheon of the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame pres ented by Curtiss-Wright Corporation.\n\nHonoring the Induction Class of 20 15\, Francis Stanley 'Gabby' Gabreski\, Harry F. Guggenheim and Kevin R. K regel.\n\nTickets $75.00 per person or $700.00 for a table of 10. Proceeds generated from the luncheon support the museum’s education and preservati on programs. Please call Reservations at 516-572-4066\, Monday through Fri day from 10:00AM-4:00PM to reserve your seat.\n
\nAbout the Class of 2015\n\nFrancis Stanley 'Gabby' Gabreski – January 28\, 1919 – Januar y 31\, 2002\, was the top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II\, a jet fighter ace in Korea\, and a career officer in the United State s Air Force with more than 26 years service\, retiring with the rank of co lonel. Although best known for his credited destruction of 34½ aircraft in aerial combat and being one of only seven U.S. combat pilots to become an ace in two wars\, Gabreski was also one of the Air Force's most accomplis hed leaders. A long time Dix Hills resident\, Gabreski was Commander of th e Suffolk County AFB in the 1960s\, an executive at Grumman Aerospace in t he 1970s and the president of the LIRR in the 1980s.\n\nHarry F. Guggenhei m – August 23\, 1890 – January 22\, 1971\, was an American businessman\, d iplomat\, publisher\, philanthropist\, aviator\, and horseman. In March 19 17\, in anticipation of US involvement in the war\, Guggenheim purchased a Curtis Flying Boat and took instructions. By May he had formed a naval a viation unit\, training at Mahasset Bay\, Long Island. In September of 19 17\, he was commissioned Lt. J. G.\, USNRF and was sent to France. He als o served in England and Italy until the Armistice\, when he left the Navy with the rank of Lt. Commander. In 1924\, his parents established the Dani el and Florence Guggenheim Foundation and he was made a director and later president. He sponsored Robert H. Goddard's private research into liquid fuel rocketry and space flight. He provided funds for the establishment of the first Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University in 1925 . This fund\, totaling $3 million\, included an equipment loan for operati ng the first regularly\nscheduled commercial airline in the United States. It also provided for the establishment of the first weather reporting exc lusively for passenger airplanes. A long time resident of Sands Point\, Gu ggenheim was also a lifelong friend of Charles Lindbergh\, sponsoring his 1927 and 1928 national and South American tours to promote aviation.\n\nKe vin R. Kregel – Born September 16\, 1956. Grew up in Amityville\, New York and graduated from Amityville Memorial High School in 1974. Kregel gradua ted from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978\, and earned his pilot wings i n August 1979 at Williams Air Force Base\, Arizona. From 1980 to 1983 he w as assigned to F111 aircraft at RAF Lakenheath. While serving as an exchan ge officer flying A-6E aircraft with the U.S. Navy at NAS Whidbey Island\, Seattle\, and aboard the USS Kitty Hawk\, Kregel made 66 carrier landings during a cruise of the Western Pacific. Kregel resigned from active duty in 1990 in order to work for NASA. He has logged over 5\,000 flight hours in 30 different aircraft. In April 1990\, Kregel was employed by NASA as a n aerospace engineer and instructor pilot. Selected by NASA in March 1992\ , Kregel reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. A veteran of four space flights\, Kregel has logged 52 days\, 17 hours\, 20 minutes an d 5 seconds in space. He was the pilot on STS-70 (July 13-22\, 1995) and S TS-78 (June 20 to July 7\, 1996)\, and was the spacecraft commander on STS -87 (November 19 to December 5\, 1997) and STS-99 (February 11-22\, 2000). Kregel resigned from NASA in December 2003 in order to pursue private int erests.\n
\nAbout the Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame\n\nEa ch year the Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame will honor those \nindivi duals who have played a major role in advancing aeronautical and technolog ical achievement. Your support of this new exhibit and program will assist the museum in our efforts to educate school children throughout the regio n on the role that Long Island has played and will continue to play in aer ospace history.\n
\nAbout Curtiss-Wright Corporation\n\nCurtiss- Wright Corporation’s history dates back to the dawn of aviation. Curtiss-W right was created through the merger of companies originally founded by Or ville and Wilbur Wright\, and Glenn Curtiss\, aviation pioneers whose tech nological innovations in flying in the early 1900s paved the way for the e stablishment of commercial aviation as a viable mode of transportation and the air superiority that remains the backbone of America’s defenses a cen tury later. Today\, Curtiss-Wright is a global innovative company that del ivers highly engineered\, critical function products and services to the c ommercial\, industrial\, defense and energy markets. Building on the herit age of Glenn Curtiss and the Wright brothers\, Curtiss-Wright has a long t radition of providing reliable solutions through trusted customer relation ships. The company employs approximately 9\,000 people worldwide. For more information\, visit www.curtisswright.com. X-WR-RELCALID:fd2398931a02927b77509c4436dba49d X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20151101T020000 RDATE:20161106T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20160313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a1c23608-169f-4686-abf0-bbb2787d5ea4 DTSTAMP:20260403T223111Z DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to attend the 7th Annual Luncheon of the Cradle of Aviation Museum’s Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame prese nted by Curtiss-Wright Corporation.\n\nHonoring the Induction Class of 201 5\, Francis Stanley 'Gabby' Gabreski\, Harry F. Guggenheim and Kevin R. Kr egel.\n\nTickets $75.00 per person or $700.00 for a table of 10. Proceeds generated from the luncheon support the museum’s education and preservatio n programs. Please call Reservations at 516-572-4066\, Monday through Frid ay from 10:00AM-4:00PM to reserve your seat.\n
\nAbout the Class of 2015\n\nFrancis Stanley 'Gabby' Gabreski – January 28\, 1919 – January 31\, 2002\, was the top American fighter ace in Europe during World War I I\, a jet fighter ace in Korea\, and a career officer in the United States Air Force with more than 26 years service\, retiring with the rank of col onel. Although best known for his credited destruction of 34½ aircraft in aerial combat and being one of only seven U.S. combat pilots to become an ace in two wars\, Gabreski was also one of the Air Force's most accomplish ed leaders. A long time Dix Hills resident\, Gabreski was Commander of the Suffolk County AFB in the 1960s\, an executive at Grumman Aerospace in th e 1970s and the president of the LIRR in the 1980s.\n\nHarry F. Guggenheim – August 23\, 1890 – January 22\, 1971\, was an American businessman\, di plomat\, publisher\, philanthropist\, aviator\, and horseman. In March 191 7\, in anticipation of US involvement in the war\, Guggenheim purchased a Curtis Flying Boat and took instructions. By May he had formed a naval av iation unit\, training at Mahasset Bay\, Long Island. In September of 191 7\, he was commissioned Lt. J. G.\, USNRF and was sent to France. He also served in England and Italy until the Armistice\, when he left the Navy w ith the rank of Lt. Commander. In 1924\, his parents established the Danie l and Florence Guggenheim Foundation and he was made a director and later president. He sponsored Robert H. Goddard's private research into liquid f uel rocketry and space flight. He provided funds for the establishment of the first Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University in 1925. This fund\, totaling $3 million\, included an equipment loan for operatin g the first regularly\nscheduled commercial airline in the United States. It also provided for the establishment of the first weather reporting excl usively for passenger airplanes. A long time resident of Sands Point\, Gug genheim was also a lifelong friend of Charles Lindbergh\, sponsoring his 1 927 and 1928 national and South American tours to promote aviation.\n\nKev in R. Kregel – Born September 16\, 1956. Grew up in Amityville\, New York and graduated from Amityville Memorial High School in 1974. Kregel graduat ed from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1978\, and earned his pilot wings in August 1979 at Williams Air Force Base\, Arizona. From 1980 to 1983 he wa s assigned to F111 aircraft at RAF Lakenheath. While serving as an exchang e officer flying A-6E aircraft with the U.S. Navy at NAS Whidbey Island\, Seattle\, and aboard the USS Kitty Hawk\, Kregel made 66 carrier landings during a cruise of the Western Pacific. Kregel resigned from active duty i n 1990 in order to work for NASA. He has logged over 5\,000 flight hours i n 30 different aircraft. In April 1990\, Kregel was employed by NASA as an aerospace engineer and instructor pilot. Selected by NASA in March 1992\, Kregel reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. A veteran of four space flights\, Kregel has logged 52 days\, 17 hours\, 20 minutes and 5 seconds in space. He was the pilot on STS-70 (July 13-22\, 1995) and ST S-78 (June 20 to July 7\, 1996)\, and was the spacecraft commander on STS- 87 (November 19 to December 5\, 1997) and STS-99 (February 11-22\, 2000). Kregel resigned from NASA in December 2003 in order to pursue private inte rests.\n
\nAbout the Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame\n\nEac h year the Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame will honor those \nindivid uals who have played a major role in advancing aeronautical and technologi cal achievement. Your support of this new exhibit and program will assist the museum in our efforts to educate school children throughout the region on the role that Long Island has played and will continue to play in aero space history.\n
\nAbout Curtiss-Wright Corporation\n\nCurtiss-W right Corporation’s history dates back to the dawn of aviation. Curtiss-Wr ight was created through the merger of companies originally founded by Orv ille and Wilbur Wright\, and Glenn Curtiss\, aviation pioneers whose techn ological innovations in flying in the early 1900s paved the way for the es tablishment of commercial aviation as a viable mode of transportation and the air superiority that remains the backbone of America’s defenses a cent ury later. Today\, Curtiss-Wright is a global innovative company that deli vers highly engineered\, critical function products and services to the co mmercial\, industrial\, defense and energy markets. Building on the herita ge of Glenn Curtiss and the Wright brothers\, Curtiss-Wright has a long tr adition of providing reliable solutions through trusted customer relations hips. The company employs approximately 9\,000 people worldwide. For more information\, visit www.curtisswright.com. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150608T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150608T140000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:7th Annual Long Island Air & Space Hall of Fame Luncheon END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR