Bill Anders
Founder & President
The chief pilot, founder, and President of the Heritage
Flight Museum, Maj. General William Anders USAF
(Ret), is one of the very few pilots that have been approved by both
the USAF and USN to fly in air show formation passes with military Demonstration
Team aircraft. With over 8000 hrs of
flying time, he flies the
Heritage Flight Museum's P-51D Mustang "Val-Halla" with F-16, F-15,
and A-10 fighter aircraft in the USAF Heritage Flight Aerial Demonstration
program. He also flies the F8F-2
Bearcat "Wampus Cat" with F-18 fighter/attack aircraft in the
USN Tailhook Legacy Aerial Demonstration program.
Since the inception of the museum, General Anders has participated in
numerous USAF Heritage Flight and USN Tailhook Legacy demonstrations in these
aircraft at air shows across the country.
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Bill as assistant night vision device test pilot and CEO for General Dynamics. |
Bill in his official NASA portrait during the Apollo program |
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Taking Reno'98 Grand Marshal Admiral Mike Bowman on a "dawn patrol" sortie in the Mustang |