With the majority of the proceeds of the George Bogardus estate, the chapter in 1999 established the George and Lillian Bogardus Memorial Trust Fund to carry out charitable, scientific or educational purposes and to support the purposes of several aviation-related 501c(3) organizations in the region, including Chapter 105.

There is interesting history about George Bogardus’ aviation activities including his Little Gee Bee airplane, the very same one that he flew back to Washington DC in the late ’40s or early ’50s to promote experimental aviation.

Here are some interesting reference documents. Click each one to read. Some are large files that may take some time to download.

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1946 Letter from Bogardus explaining the CAA’s initial trial period to register homebuilt aircraft under the Experimental category.

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Here is a link to an article about George Bogardus in the EAA Experimenter magazine. It is a large file and may take a while to download.

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Here is an interesting remembrance of Bogardus by Dick VanGrunsven.

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