The Hill Aerospace Museum hosts a “Plane Talk” lecture series each Saturday featuring speakers related to heritage of Hill Air Force Base, the U.S. Air Force, other military branches, and many other subjects related aerospace and the defense industry. Plane Talk starts at 1 p.m. in the museum theater. Admission is free.
April 20
Bob Lee
Lee was born in Washington, D.C., in 1947. His family moved to Maryland, just outside of Andrews AFB. He attended West Virginia University where he was in ROTC and graduated in 1969 with a bachelor’s in aerospace engineering and headed to Laredo AFB, Texas, for undergraduate pilot training. His first assignment was at Dyess AFB, TX flying C-130 E’s and H2’s. He served 11 worldwide deployment to Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. Following retirement from the service, he flew commercially for the airlines from 1994 until mandatory retirement. He flew B-737-2/3/4/7/8/900 series aircraft. Most recently from 2007-2009 he was a Boeing contract instructor in the ground/simulator training department.
April 27
Mike John
John was a U.S. Marine Corps naval aviator and completed 142 combat missions in Vietnam flying the Grumman A-6 Intruder all-weather attack jet from 1969-1970. He was also a flight instructor in the Naval Air Training Basic Jet Training Command. Following his career in the Marines, John served as am FAA air traffic controller, instructor and area manager.
For more information, contact Robb Alexander at 801-825-5936 or robbalexander@aerospaceutah.org.