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Alvin White, XB-70 test pilot
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05-05-2006, 03:04 PM
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#1 | | "Shooter"
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__________________  http://www.vg-photo.com Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda. | 
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05-05-2006, 03:22 PM
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05-05-2006, 03:28 PM
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| Evans, thanks for the information.
What a shame two lose them both.
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05-05-2006, 03:38 PM
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05-05-2006, 04:18 PM
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#5 | | the old Sage
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these guys are going by the road too fast.
rest . . . .
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05-05-2006, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by evangilder | I was fortunate and honored to have worked with Bruce Peterson on the B-2. He was the safety engineer assigned to crew station design and attended all of my formal meetings. He had a patch over one eye and scarring from the lifting body accident that was the intro to the Six Million Dollar Man. He was also featured on a brief bio on the Military Channel, Memorial services will be held next Friday, May 12 down near El Toro. He was a fine man and a pleasure to work with. He will be missed. | |
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05-05-2006, 04:52 PM
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Country: | As more time goes by, more of these guys are gonna start dropping... What a shame it is....
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05-08-2006, 03:21 PM
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#8 | | the old Sage
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Country: | Crap ! just heard word that ace of the 355th fg Stan Silva passed away in central Cali . Great guy and an excellent pilot for the group. He was nice enough to sign my Angels, Bulldogs and Dragons 355th fg book some years ago . . . the time goes by too fast and the memories fade . . . | |
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05-08-2006, 04:00 PM
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__________________ http://www.vg-photo.com Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda. | |
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05-08-2006, 04:12 PM
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05-08-2006, 07:46 PM
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Country:  | Yes, that is fact of time, Les... Another great man of the Czechoslovak nation, General František Peřina, has passed away two days ago. He was a 17+ kills ace...
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