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Re: [OM] IMG: More Skippers

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More Skippers
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:00:13 +0100
Jim

Those articles posted by Chris are interesting, but all the more so because of 
your link to Lou Everett.  I suspect that you had to be pretty courageous to 
fly those early aircraft, especially the X-13.

Thanks

Chris

On 24 Jun 2012, at 19:13, Jim Nichols wrote:

> I am tragically familiar with the Ryan X-13.  Lou Everett, mentioned in the 
> article, was killed in one of these.  Lou was a college classmate of mine, 
> and gave me my first stick time in an airplane.  He was towing research 
> sailplanes to 7000 ft in early morning air, using a repowered Stearman.  He 
> allowed me to ride up with him, and, after release, to fly the Stearman down 
> and back over the field to drop the tow rope.
> 
> A member of the Mississippi Air Guard, Lou would buzz the campus in his P-47 
> ride.  Fond memories of a fellow student whose life was cut too short.

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