Norman Ellison
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]