Meeting Thursday May 2nd at 7PM
Ernie's Seafood
8206 Bedford Euless Rd. NRH, TX 76180
May 2nd, 2024 Meeting at 7PM with
Don Pyeatt
presenting
A Sad End For The Northrop Flying Wings
Don Pyeatt is a A lifetime Texan and proud of it.
He was Owner/operator of Precision Measurement Associates, an industrial process control sales/service company.
And a Former director of Biomedical Engineering departments for three local hospitals.
After retirement he joined the B-36 restoration team at the former Convair plant (U.S. Airforce Plant 4) as a historian responsible for compiling and publishing a history of the efforts to refurbish and display locally the last B-36 built at Fort Worth.
He has also Co-authored three B-36 history books with Dennis R. Jenkens.
During those times he became aware of a widely held belief of the Northrop “Flying Wings” being scuttled by the self-serving Secretary of the Air Force under president Harry S. Truman. His access to Convair and General Dynamics employee newspapers revealed an entirely different story that are the basis of his presentation for the Lone Star Aeroclub.
He was Owner/operator of Precision Measurement Associates, an industrial process control sales/service company.
And a Former director of Biomedical Engineering departments for three local hospitals.
After retirement he joined the B-36 restoration team at the former Convair plant (U.S. Airforce Plant 4) as a historian responsible for compiling and publishing a history of the efforts to refurbish and display locally the last B-36 built at Fort Worth.
He has also Co-authored three B-36 history books with Dennis R. Jenkens.
During those times he became aware of a widely held belief of the Northrop “Flying Wings” being scuttled by the self-serving Secretary of the Air Force under president Harry S. Truman. His access to Convair and General Dynamics employee newspapers revealed an entirely different story that are the basis of his presentation for the Lone Star Aeroclub.