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Once agoin aflying PBYCatalina utill be aifeatured"guest" atNAS lfltidbeyb Seaplane Base to celebratetlte Centennial ofNaualAuiatton. Tlte "O/d Cat"uaslzere September zoog zahile "o1f-duer'from a.1frrefigltting assignment to celebrate NAS Wtidbey b 67t/tAnniuersary o.f tlte commissioning of tlte SeaplaneEase, o n dTh e 1 t ti, (rnniDersafg (f;tlieionhdtng-oftfr ePB Y Memo ria I Fo un da ho n, Sep te m b e r zz, t g g 8. Fo rone day, at least, tltere taill actually be tuo PBYCatalinas aboard tlte NAS Wtidbeg Seaplane Base- (including the PBYMemorialb uerg oun PBY-S;A)!

Bud. Rudes' N95' PBY-6A wlil againfly to IVAS lMhidbeg's Secrplorne Basefor the "Seoiplane Flg-in" at NAS Whidbeg'sCentennirrl of NooalAuio:tion, JuIg zg, So, 2077, Oo,k llolrbor, Washington. Photo lruas takeifront q-',choLse plaie,'passing ouer Whidbeg Island near D eception Pcss.

As this newsletter "go€s to pressr" here is the latest list of aircraft scheduled to fly in to NAS Whidbey for theCent-ennial: F7F TIGERCAZ FSFBEARCAT, B-z5D MITCIIELL, P-gtB MUSTANG, B,UW& ollifi-om l{istoricFligfttFoutzdahon; SNJ(AT-6 Texan), A-t SKLRAIDER, FT-t3 STEARIIA,M P-5t MUSIANG, alll?om lleritageFliglzt Museum; (z)de IIAWLIAND CANADA DHC-z BEAWRS; RC-4fiJ and T-28 TROJA 4-Michael l{opp,Auburn; AD-t SKYRAIDER, Bill Anders, Bellingham; CURTISS P-4o WARILAWK, Vintage Warbiiii.Modern aircralft displays include: EA-68 (Coral Sea -VAQ-tzg N.,4SW; EA-n8G WlaAlMilitary colors; VAQ-tz9 NASW; P3 CPRW-to NAS@VQz; H-t9C Test and Eual Paint, W3t Cltina Lake; .ru-7SC Wingman,W3t Clzina Lake. For a complete scltedule of tlte CE ZEIWVAI OF NAVAI AIZATION @ NAS WftIpAAyISI-4ND go to: zutuut;facebook.comr/NASWCoNA or on the zaeb at: http://atazu.cnic.naug.mil/Wzidbey/CONA/index.lztm.

Many Events a,re scheduled during the CENTENNIAL, including car shows at both Ault Field (Ferrari, porsche,

Ftu.,V-iper and Delorean) and the Seaplane Base (Whidbey Cruzers, Mustang Club, Studebakers). And dont.furgertfresoapla_ne Ffg-rn aft:h Budffie'sl7Blz1A, sHtnfuer reseue denro, nnnOnrnamqntotoieErn-rcie; -G_eocaclting qyd mgl!^importontlg: PBY Metnorial Found.o:tion's PRY-7A and- Cornrnand."Displa!',Sirna;r d. II c,ll (Building t z).

Floyd 9lyles a lgng-standing member of the PBY Memorial Foundation and a member of PBYCIA, dropped inon us with son Bill Sayles from Hawaii, recently. Floyd served as a bombardier in a PBY during WWII. Heiiainedat NAS Whidbey and was sent to the Aleutians in cold-weather flight gear only to be abruptf transferred to the

FIUing PBY to star in the Centennio/ of Nauo/Auio:tion, JuIg So, 2o7r

so. Pacific with vPB-7r! He served wittr Ev coi, a pgY,Mn;lank owner (now de-ceased) in the famous Black Cats. Floyd tells'how his Cat 6rews looked ior holesin the

"lgtdq, went into a dive, dropped their ordnance. on shipping and rapidly

returned to the clouds for safety from anti-aircraft firel Nole: Floud;s son Aiil is amusicion, song-tariter, e4{qrtainer in.Haraaiianfolk-music {for more than 3oyears)' His latest.CD taitlt Captain B'il| and.the Tiki Torch Band is titled *[./nder

tlte Spell ofl{atuaii". (Lots of talent in tlte Sayles Clan/

Floyd Saglesproudly stands beibre tlte PBYMemonalb PBY-5;A, tlte some model he seruedtn as a *Black Cat'in ,I/WL Pltoto by Ron l[ancock

PBYMFNeusletter, May zott, Edition r1o, pg. 2Ileroes of the o'Greatest Generc,tion urefast d.eparting'7f tue dont do it nou, it uill be lost and some o1f us uito taere tltere utill be gone"Those were the words of RussJacobson at the first meeting of the PBY Memorial Association, Septemb er 22,1998. Russ took his Final Flight,May t7. He was 9r. We were grieved to lose him as we were Fred Feiten of Seattle, also at that first meeting. Fredtook his Final Fiight, May z5 at the age of 94.We honor these men and founders of PBY Mgqrorial for tleirvalor,commitment andpatriotisnt in W![II. They laid the foundation of the PBY Memorial and helped establish nurMission and did live to see the fruits of their lal:or.

Russ./sco bson o-fFreelanc{, Wasltington u)as o charter member of the PBYMemo-rial Foundation and leaues another krnpQt place af tlte table". IIe enlfsted'in the Naugin tgg9 andproudly serued h-is country in tlrc toug'lt battles of I4rWL Early on, Rus.s

tt:as a pilot (Beachrnaster) of a lctnding crqfi taking Marines ond Soldiers to islandbesclres in tlte lteat of enemy actton in tlte Soutlt Pactfc. IIe tells ltou tlrc l(amikazestaere karossing the landing aperattons on Oktrnuta, yet he came tltrouglt unscatlted.I'{e utent ott to action in tlte Korettn Ll'ar. Other tltan tltat, lte says uery little about ltistaar record. IIe uas a hutnble man.lfter seruing zttith tlte Nauyfor 27.5 gears, heretired os a.fitll Commander. ln ciuilian /ir&, Russ (Jake) uorked in tJte Seattle F[reDepartmentfor z4 years and rettred as a Senior Diuision ClieJ.

Fred Feiten, ofSeattle, WashinEton, ako a cltarter member orf fi1e PBYMemor{a/ Foundation, tuas apilot irt a PBYflying tuitlt tlrcfamous Ektck Cat squadrons in the Soutlt Pactfic in WWL I{e u;ta-deployed

zuitlt W-52 slzortly arter he receiue.d ltis utings at I{AS Pensocola. As lte uould say, tltose%lg,itou Catalinaflying boats uere surprisinglg efficnue conuoy raiders'. Operating at niglzt, tltedull black Cats attacked ond sonk Japanese mercltatt and usar.sltips, includhtg a lteauy cruiser. F'redcontinued toflyfor tlze Naup.t as a reseruist until tlte late ry5rts uhen lte rettred as a It. Commander..Mote: Fred Feiten u;a.s ln tlte same srJuadntrt as Doc Strader (nota deceosed) and lte and Doc seruedtogether in Black Cat squadron V,P-52. Doc ,1trader, also a-founder, was at tkellrst PBYMetnorialmeeting uitlt fi"ed. .irn pr[uate life, he loued sailing anri at the age of 79 built ltis L:ery qu)n sail boat andas lze loued the sea, lte zuould sail bg nimself to Alaska each strnmer until his mful-Bos. Frecl tuill beburied tltfs.Fhll'at.Arlington Naf;ional LTemeterg wltere lze uilljoin hisfellott: VP-52 squadron mem-bers. ' :.,

Sevenal grqups toured- the PBt'Meinorial exhibits 4nd the CommandDisplay Center in May. Included were m.etnbei:s of fhe JROTC ali the wpyfrom LaPine in Central Oregon. Dressed in their rnilitary garb, they proudlyposeti for our camera next to the Ar{zona memorial on the flag plaza acros$from Simard Flail. Tours irr June includecl 9o Middle School students andtheir teachers frorn llurlington-Edison School District. ANA's OlympicSquadron came on their annual visit to the Memorial with g6 of tireirmembers, and the Civil Air Patrol from Seattle were also visitors to ourdisplays and, the PBY. Tltey tnedflying the PBI"on our sfmulator - uf/tsucce.ss!

JROTC group from LaPine, Oregon

Scuttlebut crnd aekmctulerlgments...Thanks to Bruce Biddle and Ed lfammondfor getting the neza tunnel hatch doormade and instailed! Can't tetl tlte dffirence"frorh tlte original - except tltereb no go cal. inside......Tltanlcs to Bill Schoonouer

for mokinE the ".Ffonorary Fllot" buttonsfor tlte lcirls tuhofleta tlte simulotor,...,Iltanks to Island Pafnt & Glassforprouiding tlte Plenglasfor the bombardierb taindou (and Larryforexpediting).,.......Thanks to llome Depotfor supplyin17tlte plgttood to usefor ualh.uoys tn tlte ir.tterior af our PBI- ...."....And Frontt'erfor donating tlte modernfor our ernail andinternettn tlteP'BYMemonol olfica..anrlseanforresearclting the fnternetprogrcm...........Tlnnk you, Dolores andAeiolph

.for getting to us.at a restourant /o:jlopen'i oar alficeforFlogid Sayles and gonBill,lost Sundttg.....andfor Ron l{.oncockiforinterrupting hk:Fatlters Day dtni:ner toi,takepfctures of the Say/es..........-Needed: Docents at tlte fficeJbr tlte 4tlz of4,:igtueekend (Suii4aU'"an{ Monrlay). CaJt Will,Elchardar B,fuce at 21/o1pfiop,........-..7he PBYMemoial {oundanon uilt bepartneringi:Witttitte:tsecond Ctiis PeW )fficeri assoc. in a bootlt ai Wziajammer Park at the Fourth ofJuly buent an:d tuillsplit the proceeds on oll s-a/es. lugztst is our month for a PICryIK...no rneehng, pst eating----same day of tlte montlt,Tuesday tlte z3rd. Mare detatk{atw . ',

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JOHN OiGR,is our gue..s.t speat eiat.the,Junl z8 meeting, CPO Club. Mr. Dyer is curyqntly a Patrol Lieutefrantwith the Oak Harbor, Police- Departmen! superuising tile uniformed officgrs of the OHPD. His backgroundincludes a degree in Organizational Managernent, andan.dssociate Degree in Law Enforcement, a Graduate ofthe FBI Natio-nal Acadeiry and over roo hours of police training. Lt. Dyer served with the U.S. Marine Corps andhas been with the OHPD far z',' years. Letb sltota our supportfor tlteprotectors of our ciuil taell-being and bepresentfor tlti.s uery specia{program. See gou all ot tlte Clziefs Club, Tuesday June zB at 113oAM.

WWII veteian Russ .Iacobson shales hanCs withCaptain Daviil, NAS${, at the iolh Amiversarylunch, CPO Club, Septenrber 2008.

Fred Feiten