Aircraft Spruce, a superstore for all things aircraft, is\nnow reinforcing the mission of the D-Day Squadron part of the Tunison\nFoundation, through discounted pricing on some items pilots and crews of the\nSquadron can use to ensure the success of their mission to return C-47 and DC-3\naircraft to the skies over Normandy, France in time for the 75th anniversary of\nD-Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe realize this mission has been a long one in the making. We\nsee how far these teams have come in preparing for this event, and we decided\nthat it was something we really wanted to be a part of,\u201d said Aircraft Spruce.\n\u201cAs the leading aviation supply house in the world, Aircraft Spruce &\nSpecialty is dedicated to providing the highest quality products, accurate and\ncomplete same-day order shipment, and world-class customer service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The D-Day Squadron will be ferrying aircraft across the\nNorth Atlantic via the original “Blue Spruce” route that brought\nvital equipment and supplies \u201cacross the pond\u201d to deliver them where they were\nneeded most in support of the War effort. Once arriving in Duxford Airfield in\nthe UK, the D-Day Squadron will participate in multiple events on June 2nd-5th,\n2019. Then, joining with European counterpart, Daks over Normandy, a combine\nfleet of historic aircraft will cross the English Channel, flying over Normandy\non June 5th. From June 5th-9th at Caen-Carpiquet Airport in Normandy, France,\neven more historic events will be taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are very, very gratified that the support from leaders\nin the aviation community continues to build,\u201d said Moreno Aguiari, Director of\nMarketing and Public Relations for the D-Day Squadron. \u201cIt is exactly this type\nof support that gives us the confidence to fulfil our flying tribute to the\nmembers of the Greatest Generation that are still with us, and to move forward\nwith an event that will have a lasting impact throughout the world of\naviation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be sure to keep up with the latest news as additional\nleaders in aviation join the D-Day Squadron mission to honor the few remaining\nD-Day participants and salute the monumental effort that changed the world over\n70 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aircraft Spruce, a superstore for all things aircraft, is now reinforcing the mission of the D-Day Squadron part of the Tunison Foundation, through discounted pricing on some items pilots and crews of the Squadron can use to ensure the success of their mission to return C-47 and DC-3 aircraft to the skies over Normandy, France […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12327,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12326\/revisions\/12327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}