Edward H. Butts, Jr. – Soaring’s Big Ed Butts is gone
Edward H. Butts, Jr. passed away on March 28, 2004. He had a distinguished career in military aviation spanning 24 years, and in soaring for most of his adult life. [...]
Edward H. Butts, Jr. passed away on March 28, 2004. He had a distinguished career in military aviation spanning 24 years, and in soaring for most of his adult life. [...]
On June 9th Nevada Soaring Association (NSA) held a memorial for one of our cherished glider pilots, Alex Burnette, call sign Watermelon who had recently passed away. We flew his [...]
Dezso George-Falvy, age 74, died at his home on Mercer Island on Saturday, July 29, 2001 after a long illness. A loving father, a devoted husband and a brilliant aeronautical [...]
Norman H. Ellison was born on September 11, 1931 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Robert and Lilian Ellison. He was raised in England where he attended school. He [...]
I would like to thank you very much for writing a very nice article about William Harris several years ago. I knew, at that time, that Bill was sick and [...]
Irv has long been recognized throughout the world as a pioneer in glider design. He was responsible for a long line of next generation gliders, enabling soaring enthusiast, like myself, [...]
LeRoy D. Peterson, a resident of Webberville, Michigan died of heart failure late Friday, June 8, 2001 at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. Mr. Peterson, 74, was the founder and [...]
Soaring, like most other sports, can have its happy moments and its sad times. When you retire a sailplane you have second thoughts, "Should I?" When a member retires and [...]
Mike Luckey left us Monday night, August 14, in his sleep. Mike was an avid builder-pilot. He built and flew a Petenpaul, a Woodstock, a Wagaero 2+2 and an ASC [...]
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 [...]