The Temecula Valley Historical Society invites the public to a fascinating program on The Aviation History of Hemet at 6 pm on Monday, July 28, at the newly air-conditioned Little Temecula History Museum next to Kohls in south Temecula.The speaker, Ken Graff, started hanging out with aviators at the Hemet-Ryan Airport in 1947 when he was a child. He heard yarns about the field's rich history during its years as a training base for World War II Army Cadets trainees, including the legendary Chuck Yeager, the first to fly faster than the speed of sound.The Hemet Valley Flying Service hired Graff as a "line boy" in 1960, and he met many of the Ryan flight instructors from the war years who hung around the airport drinking coffee and reliving Ryan stories.Following his interest in a
