...weekend.The event was established in 1992 when friends and aviators wanted to hold a fly-in to honor Buster and Forrest Boshears, local heroes who contributed not only to this area but to general aviation throughout the Southeast. The show...
...Terminal this morning after two years of construction.Boshears' father, Willis "Buster" Boshears, and uncle Forrest Boshears were early champions for Augusta aviation starting in the 1930s. After World War II, the airport benefited from...
...will be inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame in April. The inductees are Willis "Buster" Boshears, Forrest Boshears, Maj. Gen. Cuthbert A. Pattillo, Lt. Gen. Charles C. Pattillo, Lt. Col. Winton Hill Barron Jr. and Maj...
...Mr. Boshears comes from a family of aviators. His father, Willis M. "Buster" Boshears Sr., and uncle, Forrest Boshears, were instrumental in the growth of aviation in the Central Savannah River Area. Mr. Boshears' last day will...
...Mr. Boshears comes from a family of aviators. His father, Willis M. "Buster" Boshears Sr., and uncle, Forrest Boshears, were instrumental in the growth of aviation in the Central Savannah River Area. Mr. Boshears' last day will...
...Georgia's biggest air show, according to organizers. The show was organized to honor Augusta aviators Buster and Forrest Boshears. Last year it drew 15,000 spectators, despite bad weather that grounded the aerial show for the first time in...
...custom houses. Every year is different, and every year has unique challenges." Named for brothers Buster and Forrest Boshears, local aviation pioneers who spent their lives training pilots, the Boshears Memorial Fly-In has always been...
...when their single-engine Piper Arrow crashed shortly after takeoff from Burke County Airport. On July 25, 1991, Forrest Boshears, retired Augusta flight instructor and co-founder of Augusta Aviation, died when the single-engine Beechcraft...
...on Saturday night. Willis "Buster" Boshears and Forrest Boshears were among six people remembered at the Century of...airport. Willis Boshears Sr. died at 71 in 1981. Forrest Boshears died in 1991 at age 76. Other inductees Saturday...
...brothers were nominated for the award -- given only to Georgia residents -- in 1995, four years after inductee Forrest Boshears died at age 76. "I knew that they were being considered. I think that it is a big honor," Mr. Boshears said...
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