Gary Austin: Gone three years today.

[Old SAR pilot]

Worked with Gary quite a bit on the "re-do" of the B-24, doing quite a bit of cockpit cleaning and masking before painting, and sanding the exterior/painting prep. Didn't matter where he was, or what he was doing, if I ran across something "not quite right", he was there in a heartbeat to check it out. Always marvelled at the reconfigurations he came up with to return it to its original state - the tail gun position was a work of art! Remember coming across some B-24 bomb shackles on eBay - when I emailed Gary about 'em, he had them purchased before I could even get a bid in!

[Lynn Allen]

Gary, you will never be forgotten my friend, never...

Lynn

[seaknight15]

Just think what he has done for the av industry. if everyone had his thrive to make all the old A/C to survive just think where we would be. God rest . You will never be lost from the ones that loved the work you did to make the old Iron the best there is Miss you.

[Scott Rose]

I want to put together a memorial page for Gary. If you have pictures of him, send them in and try and explain when, where and what the picture is about. If you have stories and/or anecdotes involving Gary send them in too. You can send it all to
editor warbirdsresourcegroup

Replace the with @ and tag a .org on the end and you'll have the address (blame the @#$%@#$% spammers)

[Warbird Kid]

Just want to add my bit:

This man was an inspiration to many. And a person of seemingly endless humbleness. Gary, you are missed terribly here. I will always remember the day. I'm glad to have at least known of your existence. And while I never had an impact on your life, you had an impact on mine.

[wendovertom]

Wish I had taken a photo when Gary stopped in at Wendover, Utah on his way to Reno. . .

He was a real inspiration

Tom P.

[APG85]

A memorial page is a great idea. Perhaps the B-24 restoration story could have a link within the page. Just a thought...