AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 30
PILOT BRIEFING
32 SWEEPSTAKES 34 FLY-OUTS 36 MILESTONES 38 TEST PILOT 40 PRODUCTS 42 GIFT GUIDE
Flying with history
Tuskegee Airman mentors a young pilot
BY PHIL SCOT T
KIMBERLY ANYADIKE
and Levi Thornhill
(above). Thornhill
(at left, in center)
during World War II.
Planning the
cross-country flight
at Tomorrow’s
Aeronautical Museum
(below).
30 | AOPA PILOT November 2013
IF 15-YEAR-OLD KIMBERLY ANYADIKE had run into any trouble flying the Cessna 172 from Los Angeles to Newport News, Virginia,
and back—the youngest African-American pilot to make the trip—
she carried along the perfect instructor pilot in the seat behind her.
That would be veteran Air Force pilot Levi Thornhill, with about
3,000 hours in his logbook, plus innumerable hours prior to that as
an Air Force mechanic. Anyadike got her training at Tomorrow’s
Aeronautical Museum (TAM), an organization at South L.A.’s
Compton-Woodley Airport that teaches local, at-risk kids how to fly.
On the other hand, Thornhill, 91, learned all of his courtesy
of the U.S. military several decades ago. “I’d gone out [to TAM]
because I’m interested in flying, and whatever,” he says. “This
girl was training there as one of the young pilots, and so Petgrave
[Robin Petgrave, founder and chief pilot of Celebrity Helicopters,
who started and runs TAM] came up with the idea to make this
cross-country to promote her and the program.” Petgrave supplied a Cessna 172 and Thornhill went along in back, while another
instructor pilot flew in the right seat. “She had the job of flying
and navigating the airplane,” he says, “and we talked a lot before
and after each leg.”
Thornhill’s advice is worth paying full attention to. He joined
the Army Air Forces in 1942 and was shipped to Tuskegee,
Alabama, for basic training; to Nebraska for aircraft mechanics
school; and then to Italy as a P–47 crew chief for the 337th Fighter
Group—aka the Red Tails, aka the Tuskegee Airmen. After the war,
Thornhill stayed in the service, getting his private certificate in
light taildraggers courtesy of the GI Bill. The Air Force accepted
him for pilot training, and after graduating as a second lieutenant
at Nellis Air Force Base in 1950, he received deployment orders
for Munich—where he flew P–47s. He transitioned to jet fighters:
F–86s, F–84s—all told about seven or eight different types—ending his career in T-33s and retiring as a major.
Of flying with Anyadike cross-country, he says, “It was quite
a thrill. That young lady was unbelievable. I know she’ll go far in
anything she decides to do. It was just a real, real joy for me, being
around somebody like that.” Anyadike’s now in college studying
medicine, while former Tuskegee Airman Thornhill keeps working with the South L.A. kids, talking about flying, and whatever.
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013
AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - November 2013
Contents
President’s Position
Visual Approach
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Flying with History
AOPA Sweepstakes
Fly-Outs
Milestones
Test Pilot
Pilot Pets
Pilot Products
Gift Guide
News
Classic in the Making
Preserving a Lost Art
Room Enough For All
Legends of Aviation: Steve Hinton2
Technique
Proficiency
Wx Watch
Airframe
Ownership
Dogfight
Never Again
State and Local Action
Government Affairs
Member Services
Air Safety Institute
AOPA Insurance
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Contents
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - President’s Position
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Letters
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Waypoints
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Proficient Pilot
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 21
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 23
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Fly Well
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 28
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 29
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Flying with History
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - AOPA Sweepstakes
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Fly-Outs
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 35
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Milestones
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 37
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Test Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Pilot Pets
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Pilot Products
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 41
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Gift Guide
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 43
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - News
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 45
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 46
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 47
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 48
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - D1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - D2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 49
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Classic in the Making
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 51
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 52
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 53
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 54
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 57
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Preserving a Lost Art
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 63
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Room Enough For All
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 66
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 68
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Legends of Aviation: Steve Hinton2
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 73
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Technique
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Proficiency
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Wx Watch
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Airframe
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 88
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Ownership
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 90
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 91
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Dogfight
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 93
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 95
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 96
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - State and Local Action
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 99
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Government Affairs
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Member Services
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Air Safety Institute
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - AOPA Insurance
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 107
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - Fly by Wire
AOPA Pilot Magazine - November 2013 - 109
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