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2010
December - Information about the book
release party for Final Flight to be held on December 4th from
5-10 PM. Updates on Final Flight book readings for 2011. My
next project: Hester - A Son, A Father’s Enduring Love, Two Airplane
Crashes, and the Sierra Nevada.
November - The 18th
is the 68th anniversary of the loss of AT-7 41-21079 with William
Gamber, John M. Mortenson, Ernest Glenn Munn, and Leo Mustonen on
board. Also 93rd anniversary since Armistice Day celebrations
{November 11} began with the end of the Great War - the eleventh
month, eleventh day, eleventh hour. Video of Mendel Glacier area from
late September, 2010 at altitude of 15,000 feet. Book readings in
Portland, OR and Bellingham and Lake Forest Park, WA.
October -
Final Flight book tour highlights, conversing with Andrew
"Jack" Walton, who accompanied the US Army team to the Mendel Glacier
crash site guided by William Bond, September, 1947. Peter Stekel
interviewed on Sacramento's Capitol Public Radio.
September - A remembrance of Barbara
Christian Adams, cousin of William Gamber, who passed away May 19,
2010.
August -
UPDATE UPDATED! X-ray photos of Peter's ankle. Peter breaks his ankle in three
places while crossing Crabtree Pass, north of Miter Basin in Sequoia
National Park, and has to be Medi-vac'ed. Dr. Robert L. Goulding
found! Excellent initial reviews of Final Flight
HERE.
July - It's a busy month for people
interested in airplanes! Begins with: 1.] Publication update
for Final Flight. 2.] Coming author events in October and
November. 3.] Another JPAC mission accomplished. 4.] Tony Krizan from the
Sierra Star in Oakhurst, CA searches Sequoia & Kings Canyon
National Parks for a missing P-40 from 1941. 5.] The "Swamp Ghost" of
Papua New Guinea. 6.] An interesting story
about Pamela Archer Murphy, wife of WW II's most decorated soldier,
Audie Murphy.
June - Advance praise for Final
Flight the book. Excellent words and praise about
Jon Turk and The Ravens Gift.
May - Contribution of participants from High Sierra Topix. Photos
of climbing Mt. Mendel from SummitPost.org
April - Peter Stekel's March KUOW
interview about
Final Flight on Seattle's NPR affiliate broadcast. William
Bechter, Bill Davis, and Leonard Spivey and how their experiences in
WW II were helpful with understanding what the crew of the missing
AT-7 was doing at Mather Field in 1942.
March - On March 19, 2010 Peter
Stekel interviewed by Dave Beck
from Seattle's NPR affiliate, KUOW.org. Listen to the 8 minute MP3
broadcast HERE at KUOW.org or
HERE at the Final Flight website.
The interview involves my description of finding the remains of Glenn Munn
on Mendel Glacier in August of 2007 and how it has affected me. "Home," a
song by British balladeer, Gerry McNeice recounts the story of Leo
Mustonen. An MP3 along with a YouTube video can be heard and viewed.
February - First: See the finished front cover for
Final Flight. Then, listen to a radio broadcast of Peter Stekel interviewed by Keri Brown at WVPB for a
West Virginia Public Radio show about Final Flight which
aired on February 22. Also, Peter Stekel and Final Flight on the National
Geographic channel. Finally, new documentary
about classic planes being produced - beautiful scenes of a Beech 18
in flight. From
Terwilliger
Productions it is called
Aviation
Epic.
January - Final Flight copyedits
are done. Examples of the uniforms worn by Leo Mustonen and Glenn
Munn. Peter Stekel television interview about the "Nevada Triangle"
and occurrence of airplane crashes in the Sierra Nevada. Photo
comparisons of Golden Gate National Cemetery, 1948 and 2010. |
