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Welcome
The Indiana Wing of the
Commemorative Air Force welcomes you to our web site. The Indiana
Wing CAF is a flying museum
that maintains and flys
a
Fairchild PT-26 "Cornell" and
a Taylorcraft L-2A "Grasshopper". The Indiana Wing is based at Indianapolis Executive Airport (TYQ),
which is
located on Hwy 32, between Hwys 31 and 421.
Taylorcraft L-2A assigned to the Indiana Wing as of
October 2008
The Wing now concentrates
on maintaining and flying its PT-26 "Cornell" and L-2A
"Sentinel". The PT-26
came out of a 13 year restoration in late 1999 and has been seen at various
air shows in Indiana and surrounding states starting in 2000.
Annual St. Valentine's Gala
Visit our St.
Valentine's Gala Page for more information!
CAF Mission Goals
"A generation which ignores history has no past
and no future" – Robert Heinlein
The CAF was founded to acquire, restore and preserve in flying condition a
complete collection of combat aircraft which were flown by all military services
of the United States, and selected aircraft of other nations, for the education
and enjoyment of present and future generations of Americans.
More than just a collection of airworthy warplanes from the past, the CAF's
fleet of historic aircraft, known as the CAF Ghost Squadron, recreate, remind
and reinforce the lessons learned from the defining moments in American military
aviation history.
Want to be a part of this great mission? Join
the Air Force you've never heard of and keep the CAF flying. This is our
creed and more. It's who we are, what we do and why we do it. Help history
soar!
Objectives
1. To acquire, restore and preserve in flying condition a complete collection
of combat aircraft which were flown by all military services of the United
States and selected aircraft of other nations for the education and enjoyment of
present and future generations of Americans.
2. To provide museum buildings for the permanent protection and display of these
aircraft as a tribute to the thousands of men and women who built, serviced and
flew them.
3. To perpetuate in the memory and in the hearts of all Americans the spirit in
which these great planes were flown in the defense of our nation.
4. To establish an organization having the dedication, enthusiasm and esprit de
corps necessary to operate, maintain and preserve these aircraft as symbols of
our American military aviation heritage.
Indiana
Wing
Officers for 2009:
Wing Leader - Carl Winkler
Executive Officer - Brian Miller
Adjutant - Paula Gibbs
Operations Officer - Robert Gibbs
Finance Officer - Bruce Cooper
Maintenance Officer - Louis Soto
Safety Officer - Pat Gaston
Development Officer - Greg Mahler
Club Project Officer - Mike Bacon
Communications Officer - Dennis Schell
The Indiana Wing can be
contacted at:
Indiana Wing Email
This site last updated 7-24-2009
Copyright © 2009 Commemorative Air Force,
Inc. except as otherwise marked. All rights reserved.
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