Warbird Information Exchange

from the same publication general aviation news, it was announced that long time hughes employee / confidante jack real died sept. 6th at age 90 from heart failure. he began his career at lockheed & contributed on several designs including the lodestar & sr-71 blackbird. he met hughes in 1957, & was an advisor to hughes until the world's 1st billionaire died in 1976. real was also a major participant in getting the hughes flying boat to be moved to the evergreen aviation museum in mcminnville oregon.

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tom d. friedman - hey!!! those fokkers were messerschmitts!! * without ammunition, the usaf would be just another flying club!!! * better to have piece of mind than piece of tail!!

It's sad that many of the people that had do with important aviation history are passing away.

"As long as any of us is remembered in the heart of a friend, we are never really gone."
-Coleen Cason

Lest we forget..

Eric

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Keep 'em flying!