Roost Air Lounge => Aviation related topics => Topic started by: BrianGMFS on May 25, 2007, 02:03:57 AM
Title: The passing of an aviation legend....
Post by: BrianGMFS 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..............
Brian
Title: Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
Post by: Frank N. O. on May 25, 2007, 02:20:58 AM
Wow, that was quite some life he lived there |:)\
Frank
Title: Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
Post by: TheSoccerMom 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!
8)
Title: Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
Post by: BrianGMFS 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.
Brian
Title: Re: The passing of an aviation legend....
Post by: TheSoccerMom 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
