Col. Weir Cook flying High Again And Not Solo This Time! - Page 2

Angiolillo · 21 July 2008, 10:27 PM

Congratulations for your victory!

I did a little card game (called "Wings of War") with a card dedicated to one of his planes (a peacetime SPAD XIII of Easter 1919):

(here to enlarge: Wings of War - Watch Your Back! Image | BoardGameGeek)

If there will be some activity place, not just educational exibit, please let me know and I'll provide you a game for that.

All the best!

Andrea

jc · 24 July 2008, 06:18 PM

Thanks Angiolillo,

Their is such a place around the corner of our education area that would appreciate a very nice gift like this. It is our U.S.O.(United service organization) room for our servicemen. This is where our guys wait for their flight to leave or waiting for pick up. I know they'd appreciate something like this. I know they too are getting space at the new Col. H

Weir Cook terminal & can use things to take their minds away from other thoughts. Drop me an email if you'd like to do this.

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Originally Posted by Angiolillo

Congratulations for your victory!

I did a little card game (called "Wings of War") with a card dedicated to one of his planes (a peacetime SPAD XIII of Easter 1919):

(here to enlarge: Wings of War - Watch Your Back! Image | BoardGameGeek)

If there will be some activity place, not just educational exibit, please let me know and I'll provide you a game for that.

All the best!

Andrea

jc · 6 August 2008, 05:32 AM

NEW AIRPORT TO OPEN WITH TRIBUTE TO VETERANS
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE INDYAIRPORT

Public invited to Community Days in mid-October

David Dawson and Susan Sullivan, 317.487.5025
Posted 8/4/2008

The new Indianapolis International Airport will be introduced to the public with Community Days, an open-house weekend in mid-October, the Indianapolis Airport Authority announced today. The new terminal, named for World War One flying ace Col.

H. Weir Cook, officially will open for business on Tuesday, November 11 with a tribute to veterans.

Authority President Randall L. Tobias said the Community Days, scheduled for Saturday, October 11 and Sunday, October 12, are part of a public information campaign to prepare the Indianapolis area for the new airport, which will be located on Interstate 70 at Exit 68, just west of Interstate 465.

“We are opening a new airport at a new address that will be a new experience for Indianapolis,” Tobias said. “We want to be sure that all our customers know where to find us and know how to use our new facilities when they arrive.”

Tobias also said the project reached a key milestone with the news, announced at the Friday, August 1 authority board meeting, that the baggage processing system at the new Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal had passed its security tests and had been certified by the federal government’s Transportation Security Administration. “The project achieved that certification earlier than scheduled, which is an indicator of its status as on-time and under budget,” Tobias said.

The Community Days will give members of the public a chance to see the buildings and familiarize themselves with the parking, ticketing, baggage claim and concourses and with Civic Plaza, the pre-security center of shopping and dining in the new terminal.

Because the facility will not yet be operating, visitors also will be able to go behind the scenes to see the baggage processing operations and other areas and equipment that will be off-limits due to security regulations once the airport opens. Additionally, airport emergency vehicles, including fire-rescue and snow-clearing equipment, will be on display.

The Authority also is planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 11, which is Veterans Day, to signal the beginning of public passenger service at the new terminal. Because of the pattern of airline traffic at Indianapolis International Airport, the evening is the best time to start directing arriving aircraft to the new terminal.Departing flights will begin leaving from the new terminal the following morning, airport officials said.

Once the Authority board named the new terminal in recognition of Col. H. Weir Cook, its members decided that Veterans Day would be a more meaningful occasion to dedicate the building, Tobias said. “We believe that the proximity of Veterans Day—and the fact that it comes before the holiday travel season starts—gives us an irresistible opportunity to dedicate our new terminal to Col. H. Weir Cook and conduct a tribute to all our veterans,” he said.

Earlier this year, the project management announced that the new airport would be ready to operate on October 28. According to Airport Authority Executive Director John J. Kish, the airport will meet that operational schedule. “At the end of this month, the construction of the terminal building will reach ‘substantial completion’, which means that the facility is ready for use. We will then take the remaining two months to touch-up, clean and test the building and its equipment,” Kish said.

The new airport will have additional gates, much greater garage and surface parking, an expanded and exciting variety of shopping and dining choices and a significant capacity to meet the growth demands of the Indianapolis metropolitan area. When the new airport terminal opens, the current terminal will close.

The $1.1 billion project was financed by bonds that will be repaid through airport operation revenues. No state or local tax proceeds were used for its construction or operation.
The detailed schedule and registration procedure for the Community Days will be announced soon, Tobias said. Registration will not limit participation on those days, but simply give the Authority an estimate of attendance.

During the Community Days, the new airport facilities will be open while regular airport operations will be conducted at the current High School Road terminal. More information is available at Indianapolis International Airport (Indianapolis Airport). The airport’s portrait of Col. Cook is on display at the office of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and may also be seen at Governor of the State of Indiana: Harvey Weir Cook.

******The BEST from all this & that we wanted to happen: People are asking questions & wanting to learn more of Col. H Weir Cook!
The promise to Weir Cook Jr. to bring back his fathers name & educate: ACCOMPLISHING !

jc · 6 August 2008, 07:02 AM

This is my first attempt of down loading (hope it's right). This goes out to the two guys who gave me my first look at Cooks aeroplane "white lightning" many years ago. This picture I aquired from a historian who owned it for years. Thanks guys!

jc · 11 August 2008, 06:20 AM

I purchased a scrapbook of the late Col.

Weir Cook & found this comic in the pages. Thought it was funny due to The Weir Cook Project was started in2000-2008. The "Ghost" never left after 1976!

jc · 1 September 2008, 06:52 PM

Tonight I put up for auction on ebay, one of my signs (aviation/rocket ) that I have in my collection to go towards buying memorabilia to be displayed at the H

Weir Cook Terminal at the Indianapolis Int. Airport. I found some of Cooks items being auctioned off by a man who they were given to many years ago. I think these items would be great for display at the airport to show the public alittle about Cook. I have purchase a few already but the cost of such military items is huge so I thought I would try & raise it by selling something out of my collection.
So if you know of any sign collectors, collects rockets, aviation in general this sign is old, out of Michigan & very collectible. Let them know it's on ebay. THANKS! I have 9 days to raise the funds we'll see if I accomplish it?

AAC Cadet Leader · 1 September 2008, 08:56 PM

keep posting your progress, jc. good to see it. hope you're able to sell your sign to raise the funds for the

h. weir cook memorobilia you want to buy.

jc · 2 September 2008, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by AAC Cadet Leader

keep posting your progress, jc. good to see it. hope you're able to sell your sign to raise the funds for the

h. weir cook memorobilia you want to buy.

Thanks, I got a call over the weekend stating that I would get another call this week, to help in the lay out of the space. Now I have to make a few purchases to make the space look great for the public. I think my sign will sell. You know when you hate to see something go, it does-LOL.
Oh, I got to see a cessna sign in person this weekend. It was the same sign you had in your picture only just one side. It was very nice!!!

jc · 13 September 2008, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jc

Thanks, I got a call over the weekend stating that I would get another call this week, to help in the lay out of the space. Now I have to make a few purchases to make the space look great for the public. I think my sign will sell. You know when you hate to see something go, it does-LOL.
Oh, I got to see a cessna sign in person this weekend. It was the same sign you had in your picture only just one side. It was very nice!!!

AAC, I won Cooks pilot license signed by Orville Wright-Looking forward to getting it now. I think this will be a great addition in the display out at the airport. Looks like this local historian has no more of Cooks items for now so I can breath again-LOL.

AAC Cadet Leader · 14 September 2008, 06:55 AM

jc,
what # license did he hold? congrats on the find. i assume you've verified the authenticity.