Robert Gilhooly
Robert "Bob" M. Gilhooly, 76 years old, of Roanoke, VA passed away on 2/2/08. Bob had been a tow pilot at Blue Ridge Soaring Society, New Castle, VA for nearly [...]
Woody Brown
Woody Brown passed away recently, Woody was the first glider pilot to launch and land from the top of the cliffs at Torrey Pines and a legend in the surfing [...]
Al Santilli
THE LITTLE BIG MAN By W.G. Hill Those of us who knew Al Santilli well tended to think of him as the Albuquerque Soaring Club's Yoda. All wise and imbued [...]
Ken Kolstad
Ralph Kolstad has announced that his father, Ken Kolstad, passed away yesterday, June 18th, at the age of 96. Services will be at the Sons of Norway in Colorado Springs [...]
Robert N. Buck
Bob Buck, whose flying career spanned over 70 years, passed away April 14, 2007 at age 93. He began his life devotion to aviation in 1929 at age 15, teaching [...]
Bob Buck
Bob Buck passed away on Saturday April 14, 2007 at the age of 93. His flying career spanned 54 years from first obtaining his pilots license at the age of16, [...]
Peter Dandridge
Long time Sugarbush Soaring Association pilot Peter Dandridge passed away last October after a brief illness. Peter was one of the club's early pilots, and he came to us with [...]
Bob Fronius; sky was no limit for local aviation enthusiast
February 25, 2007 Bob Fronius spent a lot of his life up in the air looking for a soft landing. He made hundreds of jumps from airplanes, often using experimental [...]
Bob Fronius – Remembrance Planned
Thank you to everyone who has expressed condolences over the passing on 9 February of my Father, Bob Fronius. A remembrance is now planned for Saturday 17 March at 2:00 [...]
Shirley Sliwa – Former National Soaring Museum Director
Former National Soaring Museum Director Shirley Sliwa of Daytona Beach, FL passed away unexpectedly December 13, 2006. She had been associated with the Museum for 17 years. From 1980 to [...]