MVPA 2015 Bankhead Highway Historic Military Vehicle
Convoy
September 19, 2015 until October 17,2015
The Convoy Will Be In Fort Worth October 4-6, 2015
From 19 September 2015 until 17 October 2015 a “Bit of
History” will be re-created with
the MVPA 2015 Bankhead Highway Historic Military Vehicle
Convoy.
Approximately 65 Old (and new) Military Vehicles will traverse the 1920’s
course of the Bankhead Highway
from Washington, DC, to San Diego, CA. About a third of this mileage is in
the State of Texas from Texarkana
to El Paso. It will arrive in Fort Worth the afternoon of 4 October and
leave in the morning of 6 October.
The event is sponsored by the Military Vehicle Preservation Association
(www.MVPA.org).
The Event
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Historians and
Hams From 19 September 2015 until 17 October 2015 a
“Bit of History” will be re-created with the MVPA 2015 Bankhead
Highway Historic Military Vehicle Convoy. Approximately 65 Old
(and new) Military Vehicles will traverse the 1920’s course of the
Bankhead Highway from Washington, DC, to San Diego, CA. About a
third of this mileage is in the State of Texas from Texarkana to El
Paso. It will arrive in Fort Worth the afternoon of 4 October and
leave in the morning of 6 October. The event is sponsored by the
Military Vehicle Preservation Association (www.MVPA.org).
While in Texas, Dan L. Smith, a resident of
Southwest Fort Worth, and author of Texas Highway No. 1 – The
Bankhead Highway in Texas will be accompanying the Convoy as a
tour guide and historian. Dan will be giving a presentation on the
Bankhead Highway at a special meeting of the Cowtown Amateur Radio
Club on 17 September. The meeting will be held at Tarrant County
College South Campus in the Student Center Living Room (second
floor) at 7:00 PM. The public is invited and encouraged to attend
and hear an excellent speaker on the topic. Dan is retired from the
National Weather Service and has written several other books on
history as well. As a part of this event, Amateur Radio
Operators (Hams) can follow the Convoy at
www.convoyontheair.org.
This will be an Amateur Radio Special event and the Cowtown Amateur
Radio Club will be participating throughout the event from the club
station and from home stations under the special event callsign of
K2C. They will also establish a station presence at the overnight
parking place for the Convoy while in Fort Worth, Farrington Field.
Special QSL Cards will be available to confirm contacts and
certificates will be available for working multiple Special Event
Stations. Details of participation are available on the web site.
The event has also been announced in the September 2015 QST on page
95. Details of this participation will be presented at the 17
September meeting as well. Put Bankhead Highway on your calendar for 17 September at 7:00 PM and be ready for an interesting and informative evening followed by a month long participation in the event.
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