Final Glide

Robert J. Nichols, Bob to all his friends, died September 13 at the age of 76. He was a glider guy, an airplane man and he had flown since a [...]

Doug Lamont had ancestors and friends in Denmark. On reading that our friend, Doug Lamont, the former editor of Soaring, had passed away, we felt very sorry and let all [...]

The soaring community has lost a dear comrade to a battle with cancer. Hans Tormolen of Irving, Texas, has died at the age of 86. I hope that these words [...]

Stan Montagne who was well known in the west by his call sign "Sierra Mike" died in his sleep on the morning of February 15,1999. He was diagnosed with cancer [...]

August 2, 1924 – September 24, 1998 Frank passed away peacefully in his sleep. He was at Grain Valley the day before he died, there were no indications of any [...]

A major figure in development and growth of soaring in Region 4 has been lost with the recent death of Burton Solomon. In retirement, Burt and his wife Ruth moved [...]

Bill Prescott of Longmont, Colorado died Wednesday, December 30,1998, at Boulder Community Hospital. He was 81 . Mr. Prescott was vice president of marketing for Jeppesen and Co., an aviation [...]

The family of a 17-year-old William Blount High School (Maryville, TN) student does not yet know what caused the young man's death. Benjamin Andrew Quillen's parents discovered their son was [...]

Harner Selvidge passed away after a long illness in his retirement home town of Sedona, Arizona during the month of August 1998. He was a great gentleman and leader for [...]

Robert Louis Stauter, MD, JD, FACEP, son of Roy and Jean Stauter, was born September 10, 1952. Bob grew up in Fonda, Iowa and graduated from the Fonda Community High [...]