In its issue of Friday, July 14, 2006, the Ashland, KY, Daily Independent reported in an article entitled High praise for high flier that "Ashland native Jack. C. Meade has been honored for his contribution to aviation."
The article continues, "Meade, of Cincinnati, received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot ward, which honors him for 50 years of "dedicated service, technical expertise, professionalism and many outstanding contributions that further the cause of aviation safety.
"But Meade's involvement in flight goes back 63 years, to his first solo flight from the sod strip by the Ohio River at the corner by Sanitary Milk Co., near the Bluegrass Grill.
"'I started flying at 12 but I couldn't solo until I was 16,' Meade recalled. His teachers in Ashland were Carl Rutledge and Warner Kenyon.
"A 1945 graduate of Ashland High School, Meade recalled airmail service in Ashland. 'They used to have the all-American pickup,' he said. 'The plane would swoop down with a hook and hooked the mailbag. That was airmail.'"
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