Stuart Milson in the cockpit of the Corsair, at FINA-CAF AIRSHO™ 2006.
©Copyright. Photo: With kind permission of Luigino Caliaro
Stuart joined the CAF in 1992. Having previously flown as Pilot In Command on the Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia & Bombardier CRJ-200 for Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Stuart joined
Federal Express, initially flying the Boeing 727, and now flies the McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
He owns a 1952 built Canadian Car & Foundry (CCF) Harvard MK IV, beautifully adorned
in Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) livery (see photo below), and is building a Pitts Model 12 biplane.
In addition Stuart has the responsibility for coordinating the Corsair's busy show and events schedule throughout the year, on behalf of the Corsair Sponsor Group.
Stuart's list of other vintage aircraft/warbird endorsements is extensive and include the following:
Cavanaugh Flight Museum (Addison, TX.) aircraft:
Lone Star Flight Museum (Galveston, TX.) aircraft:
Other Corsairs:
Stuart holds a low level acrobatic waiver in the Harvard, and is both Wingman and Leader
qualified for formation flying. He is also a member of the Phoenix Escadrille Display Team.
Stuart is endorsed to participate in the U.S. Navy Legacy Flight, flying the FG-1D Corsair
in formation with modern day U.S. Navy fighters such as the FA-18 Hornet.
Training of crews for these special flights is conducted at either
NAS Oceana, VA., or NAS Lemoore, CA.
He and wife Cara reside in Midlothian, TX., with their three sons Harris, Jack & Walker.
Lockheed-Vega built the B-17
under licence from Boeing. The B-17G was the final version to be mass-produced, and is recognizable by the distinctive chin turret.
This particular example is Bu # 44-85718, however is flown in the livery of Bu # 42-38050 'BN-U' to represent the B-17G 'Thunderbird' from the 303rd Bomber Group. The original
'Thunderbird' was declared surplus after the end of WWII, and scrapped at Kingman, AZ.
Stuart flying the Harvard in formation over Dallas, TX.
©Copyright. Photo: Harlan Short
April 28, 2007: Stuart flying the Lone Star Flight Museum’s Grumman F6F Hellcat, in formation with the F-18 Super Hornet
during the U.S. Navy Legacy Flight display at the LSFM’s Spirit of Flight airshow, Galveston, TX.
©Copyright. Photo: Courtesy of Stuart Milson
March 2009: (Left and below):
Stuart flying the Cavanaugh Flight Museum's Curtiss P-40N Warwick against a background of some magnificent scenery from Addison TX. to Tucson, AZ.
©Copyright. Photos: Steve Sheridan, Cavanaugh Flight Museum, via Stuart Milson
Stuart instructing from the rear seat of Fairchild PT-19 Cornell. This PT-19 was built in 1943, and saw service with the USAAF. The paint scheme on the aircraft is
the same as that it worn during WWII.
©Copyright. Photo: Bryan Pender
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum's 1948 Hawker T Mk.20 Sea Fury, in Royal Australian Navy markings.
©Copyright. Photo: Stuart Milson
The Lone Star Flight Museum's B-17G Thunderbird.
©Copyright. Photo: Alistair T. Gardiner