Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Writer and storyteller Ednor Therriault illuminates a longstanding Helena history mystery in "The Pilot Who Split the Spires." In 1945, Helena residents looked up to see a fighter plane fly directly between the spires of the cathedral of St. Helena. For more than sixty years, the story circulated but the identity of the pilot remained a mystery. In his presentation, Therriault reveals how Air Force Col. Raynor Roberts finally revealed the story of his daring stunt.
Writer and storyteller Ednor Therriault illuminates a longstanding Helena history mystery in "The Pilot Who Split the Spires." In 1945, Helena residents looked up to see a fighter plane fly directly between the spires of the cathedral of St. Helena. For more than sixty years, the story circulated but the identity of the pilot remained a mystery. In his presentation, Therriault reveals how Air Force Col. Raynor Roberts finally revealed the story of his daring stunt.
