Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 7

See AVIATION Page All WHNOW? Ray arewell left is a volunteer at the Ten nessee Museum of Aviation The museum includes aviation history and technology exhibits including a closeup view of an engine below CSTHOMPSON I I 1 Inside Leo Rondeau brings his brand of country music to Bristol elecTriCity A9 i rwerWMWWWW THURSDAY AUGUST142014 BRISTOL HERALD COURIER TriCitiescom A7 Want wwwwvbookcocom jtennlsbrlstolnewscom 1 276 791 0704 1 BHCTennis EVI ERyiLLE Tenn Even before going into the third grade young Max Carpenter experienced a rare thrill in Sevierville This boy from Knoxville Ten nessee recently climbed inside a Douglas A 4 Skyhawk on display at the Tennessee Museum ot Aviation an educational attrac tion just down the road from the Sevier County Courthouse It kind of said Max all smiles as he explored the war bird housed in a giant hangaramong other historic aircraft rom aviation pioneers to warbirds on display the Tennes see Museum of Aviation provides an insight into the skies above the Volunteer State and far beyond PHOTOS BY JOE TENNISBRISTOL HERALD COURIER Max Carpenter above climbs into one of the aircraft on display at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville Expect to see everything from aviation pioneers to warbirds real reason behind any action good or bad And so that tradition carries on with the latest book by Thompson the director of coun seling at King College in Bristol Tennessee This time for the sixth install ment of the Na tasha McMorales Mystery Series the author has looked to the west side of Sullivan County Tennessee and asks in a new 239 page paperback subtitled Night the Wolves Escaped from Bays The book tells the story of a get rich quick scheme to recover $45 million worth of art stolen when thieves cut through the wall of a new safe room and take everything inside also the story of a crooked private investigator and a ex wife who paid cash for her new home makes mention of several local jandmarks across Bristol including the Blackbird Cafe Bris tol Motor Speedway Citizens Bank CityMug Perkins Pretty Girl Station and the Grind House It also drops in mentions of places in Tennessee cit iesincluding King sport Johnson City and Chattanooga Book signings: Chuck Thomp son is signing copies of his books in downtown Bristol during ood City amily Race Night on Thursday Aug 21 2 8 pm on State Street His other book signings include Oktoberfest in Kingsport (Sept 13) and the Bristol Rhythm Roots Reunion (Sept 19 21) To learn more visit csthompson bookscom Local names among honorees at Sevier County attraction BY JOE TENNIS BRISTOL HERALD COURIER GATLINBURG PIGEON ORGE AIRPORT TENNESSEE MUSEUM AVIATION This non profit museum stands aside the Gatlinburg Pigeon orge Airport with a display of aircraft used in con flicts from World War II to the Vietnam War "It's to preserve the said the museum manager Elena Johnson we had to be at an airport because we had warbirds that The museum boasts a host ot local ties It houses the state's official Aviation Hall of ame which honors those Tennes seans who have contributed to aviation and aerospace Among the honorees are Robert McNab Jr and James A Wolfe a pair of helicopter pilots from Piney lats len nessee and the founders of Edwards Associates Sevier County native Edward Chalmers I luffaker has also been honored This 1880 grad uate of Emory Henry College in Southwest Virginia helped Tennis reay matters the Tennis Anyone? BRISTOL Va In book after book author Chuck Thompson asks a theme carried from "Why and "Why to "Wiry to to Why ask why? Well why Certainly we all strive to find the who what where and when But the that Visitors to the Tennessee Museum of Aviation can get an up close view of aircraft left A helicopter right is on display at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville The museum also features local names In Its exhibits Empire Jan Patrick features editor featuresbristolnewscom (276)645 2515 Hey Chuck what gives with the why ask why theme? Book features Pound Prolific author Mack Samples takes on the true story of one ofWest most notorious gun battles in a book called Shots: The 1894 Shootout at Boggs West lyuarner i ress 2013 $995) Still this 112 page paperback begins in Wise County Virginia at the site of the infamous Pound Gap Massacre that left five people dead in 1892 by the actions of Dr Marshall Taylor known as the "This is a work of fiction but the story is based on historical Samples writes of the charac ters and events are very Like the Red oXj "Doc Taylor now locally called 'Red because he was so sly made his way back to his home in Wise and hid out in his But he did engineer an esciipe on a train in the tnd that really work The leming brothers that accom panied Taylor meanwhile continue to factor into more of the story of far beyond Wise County I rM 1 I I I I pwt 1 1 1 Ml A Ln 1 k4v 'U ftBgraKflBMLT Wk I I HL If i liirri frf I Si Jfflk I r1 7 Iwl Ma Er iL 1 Ek iv 1 hyl wS Ir WMB a jx? CSTHMH WHVNOW? '4 a i 1 A 1 31 at.