Dougherty County Public LibraryUnited States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574United States, Georgia, Sumter County, Plains, 32.03405, -84.39269Wheeler, Gordon Boyce, 1919-2007Kaplan, Philip (Philip I.)Smith, Rex Alan1996-09-18/1996-09-23A 17-page program of events for a Royal Air Force Arnoldian Reunion held September 18-23, 1996. The reunion was planned for British Royal Air Force (RAF) attendees, all veterans from World War II. The event began with a presentation by Gordon Wheeler, the former Commandant of Cadets at Darr Aero Tech. The program lists numerous events that were planned for the RAF veterans. It includes memorial services, tree plantings, recitals, Southern foodways (fish fries, quail hunting), local day trips to meet President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia; meetings with Albany city officials; the Chehaw Wild Animal Park, the former site of Darr Aero Tech at Albany Airport, Radium Springs (a favorite weekend leave spot for RAF cadets during the war), and a farewell at the Federated Garden Club of Albany. The Darr Aero Tech Flying School, founded by Hal Darr, was based on the "Arnold" or "Arnoldian" scheme, a three-phase World War II training plan with primary, basic, and advanced phases, established by U.S. General Henry Harley ("Hap") Arnold. This school and scheme trained thousands of British pilots in the Southeastern United States, when they could not train at home due to military threats around Great Britain. Courses were run by civilian United States Army Air Corp (AARC) and Royal Air Force (RAF) instructors on single and multi-engine planes; each training center was assigned RAF administrators to handle the discipline and pay for British trainees.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Darr Aero Tech School (Albany, Ga.)Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950--Military leadershipUnited States. Army. Air ServiceUnited States. Army. Air CorpsUnited States. Department of the Air ForceGreat Britain. Royal Air ForceAllied Forces--OrganizationWorld War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, BritishSoldiers--United States--Training ofUnited States--History, MilitaryUnited States--Armed Forces--OrganizationAir pilotsCombined operations (Military science)--HistoryUnited States--Foreign relationsGreat Britain--Foreign relationsMilitary educationScrapbooksFood habitsFish as foodSeafoodQuail shootingPresidents--United StatesPresidents' spouses--United StatesTurner Field (Albany, Ga.)Federated Garden Club of Albany (Albany, Ga.)Royal Air Force Arnoldian ReunionText