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THE ASHEVILLE
CHAPTER OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION IS NAMED IN HONOR OF
ASHEVILLE NATIVE AND PIONEER WWI AVIATOR KIFFIN YATES ROCKWELL.
Click on the
Screaming Eagle for an introduction to Kiffin's heroic and romantic life
as an American volunteer in the service of France's Air Corps until his
fatal flight over enemy lines in 1916. The "Screaming Indian," a
likeness of a Seminole Chief, became the logo of the Lafayette
Escadrille and has since been adopted by the Asheville EAA Chapter.
Click on the Nieuport to visit our friends at
the Western North Carolina Air Museum |