Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 31, 1946
Caption:
A VETERAN BRUSHES UP: Jess Mosher, 227 Crest Ave. flew P-51's for the Army air force during the war. Now he's taking an instrument course at the Ann Arbor airport under the GI flight-training program. As his regular job, Mosher works in the control tower of Willow Run airport. Giving him instruction on the Link trainer in the above picture is Everett Esch of the Ann Arbor Aero Service, an organization that is teaching many Ann Arbor veterans to fly.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 1, 1946
Caption:
FIRST VET TO SIGN GI-BILL TRAINING: Walter Wilkinson (right) 2008 Jackson Pl., is the first local ex-GI to take advantage of the flight training provided under the GI Bill of Rights. Shown giving Wilkinson pointers on propellor pitch is Instructor Everett D. Esch, manager of Ann Arbor Aero Service who will manage the local school which begins training June 1.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 30, 1947
Caption:
ON DAWN PATROL FLIGHT: The flying fans who made a Dawn Patrol flight to Jonesville Sunday line up before a camera at the Jonesville airport to have their picture taken. From left to right: Al Ehnis, Ben Phillips, Andy Krogstad, Russ Cook, Bob Taylor, Sherman Hendershot, Douglas Dennison, Henry Karner. Standing, LeRoy Ehnis, Gordon Terpenning, Wally Smith, George Gunther, Bob Braun, Max Peterson, J. E. Thomas, Everett Esch, Ed Lauhon, Richard Lichty, Duane Schultz, and Bill Carr. All are from Ann Arbor but Phillips and Schultz, who came from Milan, Esch and Thomas, Saline, and Krogstad, Brighton. Karner, Lauhon and Esch are partners in the Ann Arbor Aero Service, in whose planes the flight was made. Not pictured were Leland E. Coulter of Ann Arbor, James R. Brown, jr., of Norwayne, Bill Verran of Milan and Robert Starling of Dundee, all of whom also made the trip.