Served As Chair Of The Vintage Aircraft Association Headquarters At Oshkosh For Many Years
Jeannie C. Hill (Lehman) passed away on September 1, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Richard (Dick) Hill.
Jeannie was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Along with her late husband Dick Hill, she restored three award-winning vintage aircraft. Jeannie was a well-known writer and lecturer on aviation and co-authored several books and articles on vintage aircraft. Jeannie has worn many chairmen hats during her 40-plus years of volunteering for EAA. Years ago she started the Pioneer Airport video interview during the Oshkosh convention which has been adapted by EAA’s Timeless Voices program.
For the past many years during the Oshkosh convention, she served as chairman of the Vintage Aircraft Association Headquarters information, Press/Media and the Shawano Fly-Out. Jeannie helped establish EAA chapter 1414 at Poplar Grove, Illinois, her home airport. During the Sun-N-Fun convention, Jeannie was the Air Show Performers chairman for over 35 years. In 1977, Jeannie and her late husband Dick helped clear the site for the first Sun-n-Fun convention on the South side of the Lakeland airport. That was the year they flew their Bamboo Bomber into Lakeland, Florida.
Jeannie was elected to the Vintage Aircraft Association board of directors in 1990. She also served as an advisor to Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum.
In this photo Jeanne is enjoying dinner with friends at the 2013 AirVenture Vintage Aircraft Association Picnic at the EAA Nature Center, an event which she organized and chaired for many years.
A celebration of Jeannie’s life will take place within the next few months.
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