On Thursday afternoon Mr Terence Rey of the AVIATION PIONEERS OF THE CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION presented Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven with a photo collage of pioneering pilot Capt. Jose "Pipe" Dormoy and the members of the Dutch Royal Family during their past visits to the Windward Islands.
AVIATION PIONEERS OF THE CARIBBEAN FOUNDATION presentation
Founded in February 2008 in honour of Capt. Jose "Pipe" Dormoy,knighted by Queen Beatrix in the Order of Oranje Nassau in 1988.
The goals of the foundation is to commemorate aviation pioneers of the Caribbean, especially in the Windward Islands; to collect, catalog and maintain aviation related photo’s, newspaper clippings, documents and memorabilia; and to support the establishment of a flight school in St. Eustatius to train young aviators.