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04/19/2009: "Sunday: SJI Museum Reception"

(Marty Stewart).

A reception will be held on Sunday (4-19-09) at the Roy Franklin Terminal at Friday Harbor Airport to celebrate the occasion of an annual update of the San Juan Aviation Museum.

Roy Franklin was the first featured pilot at the museum. On Sunday the SJ Pilots Association and the Port will recognize the second museum featured pilot, Martin V. "Marty" Stewart.

Marty’s flying career spanned 60 years, including 36 years in the Air Force during three wars: "World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After retiring to San Juan Island in 1990, he continued to fly actively until just months before his death from cancer in 2005. As a Deacon in the Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church, he regularly flew various pastors to visit hospitalized parishioners, and his Cessna 182 soon became known as “POB Airlines” (Presbyterians On Board). We hope that Islanders and visitors alike will join us in this celebration of our aviation history.

The museum was started in 2008 at the request of local pilots, and is now jointly sponsored by the San Juan Pilots Association and the Port of Friday Harbor.

The Museum records the history of aviation in the San Juan Islands since the early years after World War II when Roy Franklin first established scheduled air service linking San Juan Island with the neighboring islands and the mainland.