This week we visit Wyoming! In 1949 Moris Avery and Mel Christler teamed up to start Christler and Avery Aviation in Greybull, WY. This company, later known as Hawkins and Powers Aviation, went on to become one of the largest aerial firefighting companies in the nation. On the space side, we learn about contributions to the Artemis Program along with the 90th Missile Wing and the 20th Air Force at FE Warren AFB .
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Morris Avery
Melvin Christler
Museum of Flight & Aerial Firefighting
L&H Industrial
F.E. Warren Air Force Base
Minuteman III
Sentinel
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Hosts
Charles GalbreathDirector and Senior Resident Fellow for Spacepower Studies, The Mitchell Institute Spacepower Advantage Center of Excellence
Doug BirkeyExecutive Director, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Heather PenneyDirector of Studies and Research, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace StudiesCredits
Producer
Shane Thin
Executive Producer
Doug Birkey