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Welcome to Stinsons Flight #2
We are proud to be a part of America's premier fraternal organization of military pilots, the Order of Daedalians. Our membership includes active,
retired or honorably discharged warrant, flight officer, or commissioned Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine, Navy, Guard, and Reserve, and WASP personnel.
The Flight is named for the four Flying Stinsons who had an important aviation role in San Antonio before and during World War I. Katherine,
Eddie, Marjorie and Jack are all enshrined in the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. The Stinsons Flight was chartered in 1964 by Colonel Carl Crane,
USAF (Retired), and a group of Founder Members. Col Crane was the first in a long line of Flight Captains of the Stinsons Flight,
and it has grown to become the largest in the Order of Daedalians with 500+ members.
Daedalians Local Programs
The Stinsons Flight provides college scholarships
to potential military aviators. The Flight also recognizes top talent in local military aviation with the annual Crane and Eubank Awards. Jointly with the Daedalian
Foundation, the Flight also conducts a Cadet Flight Indoctrination Program (CFIP) which endeavors to solo high school students who demonstrate an interest in military
aviation careers.
The Stinsons Flight maintains a memorial at Stinson Airport and conducts ceremonies there each December to honor the Stinsons, the Founding Members
of the Order of Daedalians, and the first flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903. The Flight also commemorates the 1910 flights of First Lieutenant Benjamin Foulois
at Fort Sam Houston's Macarthur Field in an annual ceremony on or about 2 March each year.
Stinson Flight Receives Awards
Let me congratulate all of Stinsons Flight, as we have received two awards for 2010.
We received the Spencer Scholarship Award for Recruiting Performance, which comes with a $750 dollar
scholarship to be awarded to a college student of our choice. Then, we received the overall best Flight,
with an additional check from National for $200.
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