Legacy of the Happy Hooligans on display in new book

FARGO — The legacy of the Pleased Hooligans, North Dakota’s 178th Fighter Squadron, is now in writing. On Tuesday, April 11, on the Fargo Air Museum native authors David Lipp and Max Sabin spoke about their e-book, “Photos of Aviation, North Dakota Air Nationwide Guard.”

The e-book particulars the historical past of the internationally well-known Pleased Hooligans from World Warfare II to 2007.

“The legacy is what we are attempting to protect and having so many retired guys come out and discuss their experiences working with the jets that we have now on show and telling the tales about what made the Pleased Hooligans, the Hooligans,” mentioned Sabin.

Greater than 130 historic photographs fill the e-book to share the tales of the Hooligans.

“One of many tales that actually impacts me right here on the air museum is the story of certainly one of our fighter jets on show, the place I imagine it was December of 1986. A really younger first lieutenant flew a coronary heart transplant from Sanford Hospital all the way down to California to a younger recipient that finally acquired the guts and survived,” Sabin mentioned.

The Fargo Air Museum has copies on the market and it’s accessible on-line on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.