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As you know, the Quiet Birdmen Goodfellow Historical Foundation is dedicated to collecting, preserving, cataloging, and showcasing the rich history and memorabilia of the Quiet Birdmen. To celebrate that legacy, the Foundation has created a calendar featuring historic Quiet Birdmen, memorable photographs, and fascinating historical information to be enjoyed throughout the year

Stay organized all year with our new calendar! Perfect for home or office.

Shop now and find the perfect calendar to keep your schedule on track.

Your calendar purchase is tax deductible and will go a long way in making this happen.

The Story of American Aviation

Commemorative Edition Printed by the
Goodfellow Historical Foundation

QB Founder Harry Bruno (502, NY), authored Wings Over America in 1942 to tell the story of aviation– from its earliest beginnings to the developing air dominance in the skies of WWII. Harry was part of it all! He was a combat pilot in WWI, and after the war he continued to fly and became an aviation publicist, later partnering with QB Founder Dick Blythe (501), when they became friends and fellow attendees of a regular dinner gathering at Marta’s restaurant – the dinners that led to the creation of Quiet Birdmen.

Bruno’s firm drummed up publicity for everything happening in aviation – Fokker and Fairchild airplanes, Charles Lindbergh’s historic flight, sky typing, air races, Aeromarine Airways, Pan Am, airport development, Air Mail – you name it. Bruno was also present at nearly every notable event, having been on the Ford Reliability tour, the National Air Races, flown aboard the Hindenburg, championed Billy Mitchell during his court martial, and convinced Vincent Bendix to sponsor the Bendix Trophy. 

Wings Over America reads as a “Who’s Who” of aviation, and many of the pilots mentioned were Quiet Birdmen. This Commemorative printing includes Harry Bruno’s original works as well as an updated conclusion of how QB has grown, prospered, and continued to drive aviation accomplishments since the book’s original publishing!

WHAT ARE YOUR QB ROOTS?

We are all part of the greatest flying fraternity that ever was. Each of us wear our QB wings proudly.  Now you can not only know who your chief sponsor was but who sponsored your chief sponsor and so back to the very beginning.

The Goodfellow Historical Foundation will research the original QB records to trace your personal QB Heritage.  Please make a tax-deductible contribution to the GHF to support the building of the QB Museum at Flabob Airport.  

SHIPPING NOTICE

This item is sent via United States Postal Service.  In order to track Delivery Confirmation this item it must be shipped to a physical street address, not a P.O. Box.  

PLEASE BE AWARE:  This is a unique item and depending on circumstances may take considerable time to complete. 

If you have not received your Roots Certificate, please call HQ at (951) 742-7900.

These ties come in three colors!  Each tie comes with the same pattern of the QB wings displayed in neat rows upon it.

The three colors available are Red, Yellow, and Blue.  Each tie has small silver lines that separate diagonal rows of silver QB wings.

The ties will be packaged carefully in a protective slip of plastic and packed carefully as to help avoid creasing.

High-quality ballcap with stitched GHF logo. Adjustable and one size fits most.

Polyester Polo Shirt without pocket

With QB Wings on left chest

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HISTORICAL

FOUNDATION

 Past

Present

Future

Logo on right sleeve

Polyester Polo Shirt with pocket

With QB Wings on left chest

 THE

GOODFELLOW

HISTORICAL

FOUNDATION

 Past

Present

Future

Logo on right sleeve

GHF 9 DVD Deal

Limited Quantity of 70 Bundles!

Includes:

• 2022 The Grooving of Dan MaGrew
• 2021 100 Years of Quiet Birdmen
• 2020 Quiet Birdmen Unsung Valor
• 2019 Propeller Captains
• 2018 Quiet Birdmen of World War I
• 2018 Origins of the Quiet Birdmen
• 2017 Early QB Test Pilots
• 2016 The Quiet Birdmen Air Racing
• 2015 The Quiet Birdmen & the Early Air Mail

One night in 1938, members of the LAX Hangar descended on a Western barroom movie set "borrowed" by Academy Award-winning Producer QB Jerry Fairbanks (1535A, LAX) for a night.  There, they filmed a humorous and off-color movie loosely based on the Robert Service poem, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew."  

Many QB appear, suitably attired in "borrowed" costumes. 

This DVD shows the film itself, as well as a detailed look at many of the Quiet Birdmen actors in the film.

Run time:  17:23

This incredible movie looks at 100 years of Quiet Birdmen history and the interwoven tale of how Flabob Airport came to be.

Run time:  35:24

The story of the hundreds of QB who came together in WWII to defeat tyranny on a global scale, with many making the ultimate sacrifice. 

Townsend Griffliss (1322A) was the first American aviator killed in the European Theater, and Dick Blythe (501) was killed training pilots.  Al Vraciu (21978) destroyed 40 enemy aircraft, while Byron Glover (1528A) got the AVG Flying Tigers off the ground.  Harold George (1524) formulated the Air War Plans, including the introduction of Daylight Precision Bombing, and developed the Air Transport Command.  Jay Zeamer’s (7643) “Castoff Crew” undertook every mission nobody else wanted.

Run time:  26:22

The story of developing airlines in the interwar years and the QB who propelled commercial aviation forward.

Dick Merrill (1305A) with Eastern, Elrey Jeppesen (11318) with United, Eddie Musick (511) with Pan Am (2019), Harold “Slim” Lewis (2302), Nick Mamer (2030), Paul “Pappy” Gunn (6354), and Ernest K Gann (8630). These aviators helped bring air travel across the country to the masses.

TRT 22:17

Learn about QB who flew in the Great War, and then brought their wartime experiences home to further aviation: Billy Bishop (3269) and Harold Hartney (760) from Canada served in the Royal Flying Corps.  Ben Foulois (731) was the first US Military aviator.  LeRoy Prinz (23782) was better at procuring contraband than flying.  Eddie Rickenbacker’s “Hat in the Ring” 94^th Aero Squadron was prominent in the news.  Billy Mitchell (675), Dick Blythe (501), Harry Bruno (502), Ernest Udet (4066) are also featured. 

TRT 18:13

 It took a combination of knowledge, skill, and bravado to hop in a new plane and find the limits of the machine. 

QB Test pilots included Charles Nungesser (563) and Francois Coli (565), who died pursuing the Orteig Prize that Charles Lindbergh (637) claimed two weeks later.  Rudolph “Shorty” Schroeder (1981) pursued high altitude records and aviation safety while Eddie Allen (2669) was a capable multiengine test pilot.  Jimmy Collins (1970) test flew Grumman aircraft and Alvin “Tex” Johnston (7181) barrel-rolled the prototype Boeing “Dash 80.”  Other QB Test Pilots included Bill Wheatley (1851), Wally Schirra (35323), and Jimmy Doolittle (1578). 

TRT 21:00

Air Racing started in France in 1909 with Glenn Curtiss (1900) winning the Gordon Bennett Trophy over favored Louis Blériot. 

Billy Mitchell (675) organized a transcontinental Air Race in 1919.  Cliff Henderson (4173) ran the National Air Races and developed the Bendix race and Thompson Trophy.  Items like the NACA cowling were designed for racing but also furthered military design.  Featured QBs include Jimmy Doolittle (1578), Roscoe Turner (1509), Cook Cleland (9824), Walter Beech (526), Charles “Speed” Holman (1709), A. “Tex” Johnston (7181). 

TRT 20:25

These QB were some of the gutsiest men in the country; they had the riskiest job there was: to keep the country growing and moving forward with the establishment of domestic Air Mail flown in their Jennies and De Havillands.

This is where the concept of “Call-Ins” for QB Meetings originated.

Starting with Earle Ovington (1879-1936) in 1911, other QB pilots included Dean Smith (1589), Eddie Allen (2669), Harold “Slim” Lewis (2302), Randolph Page (1820), E. Hamilton Lee (3135), and Dick Merrill (1305A). (2015, TRT 20:25)

This metal pin shows the cherished "little silvery QB Wings" set on a U.S. Flag background. The pin is 1-inch in diameter.

For application on the inside

(adhesive is on the face of the decal)

For application from the inside

(adhesive is on the face of the decal)

Wear your QB wings proudly!

These 2.75" metal silver pins carry the logo of the Quiet Birdmen shield and are large enough to be seen at a distance. 

These wings are non-sterling and made of metal.

These particular wings have 2 military clutches as backing.