Mon, Feb 15, 2016
Honors Longtime President Mike Gretz Who Passed Away Recently
The Air Power Museum has paid homage to its longtime president Mike Gretz, who recently passed away after a short illness. The Antique Airfield reports on its website that the AAA/APM has renamed the APM "Library of Flight" as the "Mike Gretz Library of Flight".
According to a posting on the website, Gretz was was instrumental in the planning, fundraising and construction of the APM Restoration Center.
His vision and knowledge of aviation history helped in the decision and planning of the themes and featured aircraft at every AAA/APM Fly-in since 2002.
He took charge of making certain the APM side of the AAA/APM Fly-in operated, was staffed (by volunteers) and ran smoothly. Those efforts included designing the Fly-in T-shirts, taking care of the Fly-in vendors, helping plan and coordinate the nightly movies at the Runway Cinema, scheduled and coordinated various Type club and AAA Chapter meetings in APM facilities, and along with his wife Doris, stocked and operated the APM Gift Shop among many, many other efforts.
Mike along with APM Secretary Steve Black originally proposed and helped coordinate the highly successful 2015 APM Capital Campaign Fund via GoFundMe.
Gretz was dedicated to the library. AAA says he was "untiring in his efforts to improve the Library, helping make it known nationally as one of the premiere facilities/repositories for aviation history and research."
A rededication ceremony is planned during the 2016 AAA/APM Invitational Fly-in, and the organization says it intends to "continue Mike's work and efforts as a legacy to his name and memory."
(Image provided by the Antique Airfield. AAA/APM Founder Robert Taylor and APM President Mike Gretz deep in discussion in the "APM Library of Flight")
More News
Touchdown Zone Lighting Two rows of transverse light bars located symmetrically about the runway centerline normally at 100 foot intervals. The basic system extends 3,000 feet alon>[...]
“Discovery and innovation are central to our mission at Virgin Galactic. We’re excited to build on our successful record of facilitating scientific experiments in subor>[...]
"We are reaching out to you today on behalf of the Popular Rotorcraft Association because we need your help. We are dangerously close to losing a critical resource that if lost, wi>[...]
UAS Traffic Management (UTM) The unmanned aircraft traffic management ecosystem that will allow multiple low altitude BVLOS operations and which is separate from, but complementary>[...]
Aero Linx: Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) SAFE is a member-oriented organization of aviation educators fostering professionalism and excellence in aviation through>[...]