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Tue May 03, 2011 5:05 pm
I saw a little memorial advertisement in Trade-a-Plane for Art and Dottie Medore of Banaire who both died in March. I know a lot of us have done business with Banaire in the past so I thought I would pass it along because I hadn't heard about it...
Tue May 03, 2011 11:27 pm
From April 2011"NATA SKylines"
Lt. Col. Arthur S. Medore, USAFR, founder and owner of Banaire Enterprises, passed away on March 3. A WWII veteran, he was born in Mt. Hope, New Jersey and for the last 40 years lived in Hemet, California. Art was the author of Primary Aerobatic Flight Training with Military Techniques, an aerobatic instruction book. He flew and owned military aircraft, P-40, P-51, Vultee BT-13 and AT-6. Art's wife of 61 years and vice president of Banaire Enterprises, Dorothy W. Medore, passed away on March15. They are survived by their sons Arthur (Loretta), Douglas, and David (Maria), daughter Marilyn Sabens (David) and four grandsons.