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Offline BrianGMFS

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The passing of an aviation legend....
« on: May 25, 2007, 02:03:57 AM »
Robert N Buck, the author of Weather Flying and the Art of Flying Passed away the 14th of this month.

A brief history of him is on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nietzel_Buck

And to think this great aviator lived just 15 miles from me..............


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Offline Frank N. O.

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Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2007, 02:20:58 AM »
Wow, that was quite some life he lived there  |:)\

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Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2007, 07:21:04 PM »
Wow, that is a remarkable life.  93 years old!  Good for him.    |:)\

I never knew that he lived in Berlin, Vermont.  My parents were from Barre and Websterville.  A pretty area!

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Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2007, 01:49:33 AM »
Sheesh Mom.... You are getting closer to me every day...... I live in Berlin Myself, I used to work for Barre Town Ambulance so I know Websterville quite well.

Captain Buck actually lived in N Fayston in the Mad River Valley, apparently he fell at his home and was transported to the hospital in Berlin, where he passed away.

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Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2007, 02:26:46 AM »
Wow, small world!!  It was a big thrill when we were kids, to go my Grammy's house in Websterville.  (We didn't get out much..)   :D

My grandfather and my dad worked in the granite quarries there...  my dad said the coldest winter mornings were just brutal, when they went down into the humid depths.  Brrr-rrr!!!  I have cousins around there who work in the sheds still.

And -- my sister works right on the Fayston / Waitsfield town line -- it IS a SMALL world for sure!   :D

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