- Date
- 1989-08
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- aviationcommunitytourismrecreationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The September issue describes the Quiet Birdmen, a pilots’ society, gathering on Beaver Island for its fourth annual outing. Fifteen members and guests from the Grand Rapids Hangar arrived in five aircraft and spent the weekend fishing, cooking out, and dining at the Beaver Island Lodge. The account also names three island summer residents as Quiet Birdmen members.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper profile of a social aviation gathering. The article’s membership count, organizational history, and named roster are preserved as reported rather than checked against the society’s records.
Sources
- Reports a fifteen-member-and-guest Grand Rapids Hangar outing, five aircraft, fishing, a cookout, dinner at the Beaver Island Lodge, and a visiting Canadian pilot who joined the group. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1989-09_Beaver-Beacon
- Paired held twenty-four-page September issue PDF.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Quiet Birdmen gather for their fourth Beaver Island outing, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-quiet-birdmen-gathering-1989/, accessed [date], citing “The Q B’s Gather on Beaver Island,” Beaver Beacon, September 29, 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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