X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 21:54:11 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <2thman@cablespeed.com> Received: from admin.cablespeed.com ([216.15.205.79] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1094048 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 05 May 2006 21:13:57 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=216.15.205.79; envelope-from=2thman@cablespeed.com Received: from [24.143.68.43] (account 2thman@cablespeed.com HELO Home) by admin.cablespeed.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 220942431 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 05 May 2006 20:13:13 -0500 From: "John Barrett" <2thman@cablespeed.com> X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] Greats Leaving Us X-Original-Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 18:13:05 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <04a201c670aa$3bbf93c0$0301a8c0@Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_04A3_01C6706F.8F60BBC0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-Index: AcZwdsA4tCtKRY9+R7WU7z22wYELhgAM2WJw In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_04A3_01C6706F.8F60BBC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can't believe there's no F9 in there. That was a fun airplane. Huh! John Barrett _____ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Paul Nafziger Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 12:05 PM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] Greats Leaving Us Scott Crossfield, Al White, and Bruce Peterson have all passed on within the last few days. Contemporaries of the glory years of flight testing; Scott flew the first X-15 flights; Al the F-100, F-107, and XB-70 tests; and Bruce was the original $6 million dollar man, known for his NASA lifting body flight testing. While not personal friends, they were professional acquaintances who will be missed by the profession. Like those on this list, they all loved flying high performance airplanes. I've flown F-4, F-8, F-14, F-15, F-16, F-100, A-3, A-4, A-37, T-42, T-37, T-38, C-7A, C-54, C-130, C-131, C-141, C-5A, DC-3, DC-4, DC-10, B-707, B-720, B-737, AH-1G, OH-58, UH-1, CH-46, Otter, Beaver, Stearman, Goodyear Blimp, Hot Air Balloons, Gliders, Glider Tow Planes, General Aviation Aircraft, some foreign fighters and stuff, total of about 75 types. Those guys flew hundreds each. Those days are over. They contributed much to aviation and, Bruce especially, to flight safety. They will be missed and remembered. Naf LNC2 N7PN ------=_NextPart_000_04A3_01C6706F.8F60BBC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Can't believe there's no F9 in there.  = That was a fun=20 airplane.
 
Huh!
 
John Barrett

From: Lancair Mailing List=20 [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Paul = Nafziger
Sent:=20 Friday, May 05, 2006 12:05 PM
To: Lancair Mailing=20 List
Subject: [LML] Greats Leaving Us

Scott = Crossfield, Al=20 White, and Bruce Peterson have all passed on within the last few = days. =20 Contemporaries of the glory years of flight testing; Scott flew the = first X-15=20 flights; Al the F-100, F-107, and XB-70 tests; and Bruce was the = original $6=20 million dollar man, known for his NASA lifting body flight = testing.  While=20 not personal friends, they were professional acquaintances who will be = missed by=20 the profession.  Like those on this list, they all loved flying = high=20 performance airplanes.
 
I've = flown=20 F-4, F-8,=20 F-14, F-15, F-16, F-100, A-3, A-4, A-37, T-42, T-37, T-38, C-7A, C-54, = C-130,=20 C-131, C-141, C-5A, DC-3, DC-4, DC-10, B-707, B-720, B-737, AH-1G, = OH-58, UH-1,=20 CH-46, Otter, Beaver, Stearman, Goodyear Blimp, Hot Air Balloons, = Gliders,=20 Glider Tow Planes, General Aviation Aircraft, some foreign fighters and = stuff,=20 total of about 75 types.  Those guys flew hundreds each.  = Those days=20 are over.
 
They = contributed=20 much to aviation and, Bruce especially, to flight safety.  They = will be=20 missed and remembered.
 
Naf
LNC2=20 N7PN
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