Learn to Fly a Drone Indoors with Post 291

Learn to Fly a Drone Indoors with Post 291

While Aerospace programs, both governmental and private, have existed since 1941, these programs have accomplished little in the recent years in providing veterans an opportunity to explore advances in Drone Technology in their lives. Here, an opportunity presents...
FIDA 2023 DroneSoccer World Championship

FIDA 2023 DroneSoccer World Championship

Camp of Champs team (USA) in Incheon, Korea for the 2023 FIDA DroneSoccer World Championship This article was written by Amado C. Salinas II, National Legislative Council Liaison and Area 5 Judge Advocate I was invited to attend and speak at the 2023 Federation of...
Two Veterans Awarded Nation’s Top Honor

Two Veterans Awarded Nation’s Top Honor

The astronauts Robert L. Behnken, left, and Douglas G. Hurley, donning their spacesuits during a dress rehearsal of SpaceX’s uncrewed In-Flight Abort Test in January (NASA photo). Robert Behnken earned his doctorate at the California Institute of Technology, and...
This California Legionnaire was a pilot, race car driver

This California Legionnaire was a pilot, race car driver

Eddie Rickenbacker, a beloved veteran of the American Legion,[1] first rose to prominence as a race-car driver having appeared in every Indianapolis 500 race before World War I, and as a driver for the factory teams of Peugeot and Maxwell.  Rickenbacker wasn’t...
The Aerospace Roundup

The Aerospace Roundup

The California American Legion Aeronautics and Aerospace Commission has been working hard to carry out its charge to promote civilian air activities and Aerospace research. Its chairman, Kevin Burns, has done well to keep The American Legion advised of all activity in...