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| March 2008 Issue |
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March 2008 Issue
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March 2008 Issue
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Our March, 2008 Issue Featuring Photo
Spreads and Reviews of:
Spreads and Reviews of:
- Mid-South Air Show 2007, Milington, TN
- Air Victory Museum, Lumberton, NJ.
- A Special Look at NAES Lakehurst
- Red Flag Scale Modelers
- Our Pilot Spotlight is on Jim Beasley
This F-14A Tomcat (160658) is
marked in the colors of Navy
Squadron VX-9, the ‘Vampires’,
which is a Naval Test and
Evaluation Squadron based at
Naval Air Weapons Station China
Lake, CA. This aircraft first served
with VF-124, the ‘Gunfighters’ at
NAS Moffett Field, CA. before its
stint with the Vampires.
marked in the colors of Navy
Squadron VX-9, the ‘Vampires’,
which is a Naval Test and
Evaluation Squadron based at
Naval Air Weapons Station China
Lake, CA. This aircraft first served
with VF-124, the ‘Gunfighters’ at
NAS Moffett Field, CA. before its
stint with the Vampires.
James ‘Jim’ Beasley, Jr. is a doctor, a lawyer, and such an accomplished pilot that he flies in the
USAF Heritage Flights. He is also a devoted husband, and loving father of four. When his
father, James Beasley, died in 2004, the law firm his dad founded became the son’s law firm,
and the elder’s stable of aircraft became the son’s as well. The hangar at G.O. Carlson Airport
in Coatesville, PA, houses exquisite aircraft. There are three Mustangs, including a rare P-51C
razorback, as well as a T-6 Texan. All have space for Jim and his son Jimmy to have a nice
father-son outing. If a business trip is in order, or his three girls want to go to Disney World, the
family ‘car’ is a twin-engine Cheyenne. Quite a stable. Aviation museums have static displays
that don’t look this good. Hats off to the maintenance crew that Jim employs who are
overhauling all the aircraft during the air show off season. Oh, and if all this doesn’t impress
you, Jim expects delivery of a Spitfire next year.
Every warbird nut in America would love to be in Jim’s shoes. For those who say that Jim has
had it handed to him, this is not the case. Jim works hard, very hard, and he is one of the most
intelligent persons I have ever met. On top of that, he is a genuinely nice guy and not a phony
nor full of himself. When he’s trying a case, I’m sure the venom comes out, but that’s in a court
of law. Jim was gracious enough to give up his Saturday afternoon to sit
USAF Heritage Flights. He is also a devoted husband, and loving father of four. When his
father, James Beasley, died in 2004, the law firm his dad founded became the son’s law firm,
and the elder’s stable of aircraft became the son’s as well. The hangar at G.O. Carlson Airport
in Coatesville, PA, houses exquisite aircraft. There are three Mustangs, including a rare P-51C
razorback, as well as a T-6 Texan. All have space for Jim and his son Jimmy to have a nice
father-son outing. If a business trip is in order, or his three girls want to go to Disney World, the
family ‘car’ is a twin-engine Cheyenne. Quite a stable. Aviation museums have static displays
that don’t look this good. Hats off to the maintenance crew that Jim employs who are
overhauling all the aircraft during the air show off season. Oh, and if all this doesn’t impress
you, Jim expects delivery of a Spitfire next year.
Every warbird nut in America would love to be in Jim’s shoes. For those who say that Jim has
had it handed to him, this is not the case. Jim works hard, very hard, and he is one of the most
intelligent persons I have ever met. On top of that, he is a genuinely nice guy and not a phony
nor full of himself. When he’s trying a case, I’m sure the venom comes out, but that’s in a court
of law. Jim was gracious enough to give up his Saturday afternoon to sit
down with me and our Senior Photo
Editor, Horace Sagnor.
AT: I know where your love of aviation
comes from. It comes from your Dad.
Where did his love of aviation come from?
JB: Before WWII my grandfather was a
journeyman machinist. He couldn’t get
work as this was right after the
Depression. He had a place in Pontotoc,
Mississippi, which is kind of near Tupelo.
My Dad would spend six months on the
farm down there. There would be crop-
duster guys and being a typical kid, Dad
would wash their planes and get rides.
Editor, Horace Sagnor.
AT: I know where your love of aviation
comes from. It comes from your Dad.
Where did his love of aviation come from?
JB: Before WWII my grandfather was a
journeyman machinist. He couldn’t get
work as this was right after the
Depression. He had a place in Pontotoc,
Mississippi, which is kind of near Tupelo.
My Dad would spend six months on the
farm down there. There would be crop-
duster guys and being a typical kid, Dad
would wash their planes and get rides.