Hey Joe! Shouling Barnes and her sons still run Barnes Aviation. Shouling and Bill never had children together. Her children are from a previous marriage and she is Chinese. Steve Ma, Shouling's son, was in the office last time I was there.
I think Bill had a son when he was married before...
JoAnn Painter stands next to her Meyers "Little Toot" always on display at Mojave Airport's Plane Crazy Saturday - 3rd Saturday of each month - 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Flyer for April 21, 2010 Plane Crazy Saturday at Mojave Airport (MHV) and photos from previous Plane Crazy Saturdays. We offer a Display Day for tax exempt displays every third Saturday of the month at Mojave Airport. Sometimes we have famous aviators present.
For everyone's information, the guy in the back seat of the P-51 Bill Barnes was flying, was my brother, Cliff Hellwig. Bill was joining up with a B-29 to fly to the Edwards Air Show, also Bob Guilford was to join up with the P-51, in his F4U-7 Corsair.
The P-51 went into the ground with full...