Los Angeles Chapter meeting on November 17, 2023
“No history of American aviation could be written without mentioning James Harold “Jimmy” Doolittle. Born before the Wright brothers made their first flights in a heavier-than-air flying machine, his life paralleled the history of fixed-wing flight and our ventures into space. He was an aerobatic and racing pilot, military aviator, aeronautical engineer, leader of the famed 1942 attack on Japan, commander of the 8th Air Force during the Normandy invasion, leader of the struggle for a separate U.S. Air Force, member of scientific governmental committees, and advisor to presidents.
Jimmy Doolittle was known in aviation circles as the “master of the calculated risk” because he always carefully considered the risks involved in flying and transferred this attribute to his undertakings on the ground. He felt that luck had been with him all his life and that’s why when asked if he would like to live any part of his lifer over again, he replied, “No, because I could never be so lucky again.” And he said the luckiest moment in his life was when Josephine “Joe” Daniels, his high school sweetheart, said she would marry him.
Please join us in Los Angeles on Friday, November 17, 2023, 7:00AM – 9:00AM Pacific Time, when Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, granddaughter of Jimmy Doolittle and President of the Air Force Historical Foundation, presents this interesting look at one of America’s icons of aviation as part of the A&D Forum recognizing Veterans with our November program.
The meeting is free for A&D Forum Individual Members and Corporate Members, and $30 ($40 after November 10) for Non-members. For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to https://adflanov23.eventbrite.com/.
Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.
The Los Angeles Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is hosted by Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell and sponsored by Moss Adams and Fifth Third Bank.
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