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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