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NATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION 1025 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, WASHINGTON 6, D. C. UNITED STATES WING INTER-AMERICAN ESCADRILLE [[logo]][[/logo]] UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE To the Honor Guests of the NAA International Air Pioneers Dinner, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C., October 14, 1953. On behalf of the officers, directors and all members of the National Aeronautic Association, I wish to extend to you a sincere welcome to Washington, D.C. as the guest of our Association. The NAA as you know is the United States representative of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and you may believe we are especially pleased that you have accepted our invitation to be with us on this forty-eighth anniversary of the founding of FAI and the fiftieth anniversary year of man's first controlled powered flight. Attached are several papers which will give to you additional information about NAA. I hope you have enjoyed your visit with us - that we will meet again - and that our friendship shall forever serve to make the future of aviation provide an even greater peaceful purpose - that our world can live in harmony. Respectfully yours, H.K. Coffey Harry K. Coffey President [[left margin]] HARRY K. COFFEY President DONALD D. WEBSTER General Manager [[IMAGE]][[/IMAGE]] RUDY C. MUELLER First Vice President MRS. MARY M. BROWN Secretary EDWARD C. SWEENEY Treasurer CHARLES S. LOGSDON Assistant Secretary-Treasurer WILLIAM P. MacCRACKEN General Counsel [[IMAGE]][[/IMAGE]] W. HAYDEN BROOKS Vice President ADMIRAL EMORY S. LAND Vice President LOUIS E. LEVERONE Vice President LESLIE A. BRYAN Vice President Aviation Education FRANK B. BUSHEY Vice President Aeromodeling JON D. CARSEY Vice President Soaring JOSEPH T. GUETING, JR. Vice President Aircraft Industry MRS. FRANCES W. NOLDE Vice President Air Touring JENNINGS RANDOLPH Vice President Air Transport EARL F. SLICK Vice President Air Freight COL. ROSCOE TURNER Vice President Aviation Trades A. PAUL VANCE Vice President Chapter Promotion [[IMAGE]][[/IMAGE]] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE John F. Victory, Chairman Miss Jacqueline Cochran Harry K. Coffey Frederick C. Crawford Roger Fleming William Lear Ben Regan [[IMAGE]][[/IMAGE]] BOARD OF DIRECTORS Willis C. Brown Miss Jacqueline Cochran Harry K. Coffey Frederick C. Crawford Mrs. Arlene Davis B. M. (Mike) Doolin Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, USAF, Ret. Roger Fleming Francis T. Fox Ellis A. Hall Jack Hughes Roger W. Kahn William Kite William P. Lear Rudy C. Mueller John K. Northrop Mrs. Ruth Law Oliver C. J. Reese Ben Regan Keith H. Storey Al Vaughan John F. Victory Denver M. Wright [[/left margin]]