"To Fly West" Pilot Memorial [Archive]

Memorial Wall
Captain Robert Buck
Let us all bow our heads
Bill Piper Jr.
Paul MaCready, Jr.
Gone West
Dayle Dacus
Major Nolan Herndon Doolittle Raider
"Tex" Hill
Swede Ralston
Gone West: Colonel Jefferson DeBlanc, Sr.
Mike Bratek
Joe Luttrell 12.18.07
Derrick Perri
John S. Tkac
Darrin Ogletree
Gone West: WWII Test Pilot John W. Myers
Gone West: Tandem Rotor Pioneer Frank Piasecki
Vincent J. Doyle
Bob Arnold
Col. Guy R. "Moose" Campo, USMC (Ret)
Gone West: NASM Deputy Director Donald Lopez
Smiley "Doodle" Walter Brown, Sr.
Remember this girl in the early 90's?
Doolittle Raider Jacob DeShazer
C. Robert Mills, Recipient of Wright Bros. and Taylor Awards
Gone West: 'Flying Tiger' Dick Rossi
Diana Barnato Walker
Murray Brown
Capt Eric Terhune
Whitefield, Navigator WWII
"CJ" Keefer
James Ramage
George Nelson "Bat" Masterson, Brigadier General, Retired
Margaret Ray Ringenberg
Greg "Gonzo" Gonsioroski
MOH Recipient Ed "Too Tall" Freeman
RIP Earl MacPherson
Erica Simpson
Jim Bland
WWII Ace Charlie Fox
Pearl Harbor - 69 years
Maj. Marion McCown Jr.
Ted Aucoin
LP Hoffman
Ken Miles
My wife's Grandfather
Lefty Gardner goes West
Robert Mobley ("Mobie")
Steve Crowe - 1st man since Doolittle to fly a B-25 off a naval carrier in 1992
Carl Barry
Roy Boehm
Tom Weir
Aww Nuts!
Nancy-Bird Walton
Col. James Swett, USMC - Medal of Honor Recipient
Lowell Owens
Colgan 3407
Dick Hodge
A nice epitaph - Dutch Redfield
'Sparky' Imeson
Edward Freeman
Saturday, we lost one of our own.
Goodbye Hugh.
I miss you Brother
Col. Kenneth Reusser, USMC (ret.) - Most Decorated Marine Pilot
Michael Packard
Neil Rix
Henry Allingham, WW I RAF Veteran
Sid Baker RIP
Bobby Wilks USCG
Goodbye Mr. Marshall..
Francis Rogallo
RIP Patrick Swayze
Col. Robert "Turk" Towell
So long Joe
John Nelson, Jr.
Günther Rall
Ed Freeman
Bruce Heiner
Gary Austin
George Metcalf
Gear's Up
Lt Col Mark Jennings
Col. Eddie Edwards
Joe Shannon
Harlon Wayne Butler
Ralph S. Johnson
Tuskegee Ace Flies West
PPW Member "JerryL"
Dr. Richard M. Conway
Tom Wood - Indianapolis car dealer, pilot
Dan Klaes; Alaskan Pilot, Bettles Mayor
KERMIT A. TYLER WWII Pilot
Ralph Savory
Walter Fredrick Morrison, inventor of the....
Helen Guin
Antonio Viddy
Gen. Robert M. White 1924-2010
Elinor Smith, "The Flying Flapper", 1911-2010
Flt. Lt. Tom Fletcher - The RAF's most decorated air-sea rescue pilot
Lyle Shelton
Charlie McDaniel
Robert Serling RIP
Sue Parish
WWII/Korean War Ace Walker Mahurin
fsi ILG
Lt. John Finn PH MOH Dies at 100
American Airlines Capt Stephen Rullman (Ret.)
UAL F/O John Hendrickson, a life full-lived
Jack Harrison: last "Great Escape" survivor, wartime bomber pilot and Stalag Luft III PoW
First Officer Robert Plump, Omni Air International
Rick Slebos
Al Maxwell
Virgil Wolfe- Consumate Gulfstream Pilot
RIP.. Dustin Rabe
Steven Peterka
Jack Ellis, FlightSafety International Orlando Citation Learning Center
Greg Arnold
Navy Cross Recipient Capt. Vernon L. Micheel, hero of Battle of Midway, dies at 92 in Jacksonville
Theodore Paul Kokolis
Dr. Thomas C. Peebles - WWII Bomber pilot and major contributions to medcine
Dr. Dan Feriozi - A fixture in DCA for decades
not a pilot but a veteran
William "Bill" Lenoir STS-5 Crew
Rick Buttz
WWII Hero, Original Navajo Code Talker Dies
Kevin McCabe
Gordon Bennett - Balloon missing - storms in region - Flash News
Renaud Ecalle - World Champion Aerobatic pilot dies with family in GA aircraft accident
Dave Cronin - Hero of United 811
Steve Hessney
Jud Phillips, Nashville, TN
Leo Cullum - TWA
Tim Harbeck
Paul Krysiak "skyking1976"
Captain Ed Freeman "Medal of Honor"
Fred Hargesheimer, WWII P38 Pilot -- "Mastah Preddi"
Dr. David Nichols
Closer to home.
Mark Williams
Lt. Col. Robert J. Goebel
James Waugh Sr.
John Wiley III
Two Spirit losses in 10 days.....
Barbara Harmer - First Female BA Concorde Pilot
Jack Cox, longtime EAA Editor-in-Chief
Scott James, XJT Ground Instructor
Captain Barry McLellan (Continental Express and Bar Harbor)
Richard F. Schwabe
Richard Meade
Kent Rex Crenshaw, USAF (Ret.), Senior Experimental Flight Test Pilot for Gulfstream Aerospace
Jess Jackson
Charles "Andy" Andrews
John Peter "Pete" Vinton
Aaron G. "Tim" Olmsted, Jr (Ellington, CT) D: 5-13-2011
Matt Dillon/James Arness (Aurness) Dies at 88
Nathan Hazlett
Model airplane history-maker Maynard Hill dies at the age of 85
Fly West: Len Plog - WWII & Korea VET (1st Navy Areal Kill in the Korean Conflict)
Kit Murray
The 32 plus 1
Col. Ralph Albertazzi
JOE DEICHL
William "Bill" Findlay (DAL Class 77c, USAF)
Francis Halsmer
Lou Rehr
Bruce Bly
AAR Fatal Accident
Capt. John Delafosse
LtCol Luke Weathers
Andy Bjorn
Louis B. Anthony, Army Air Corps
Bob Smyth - reposted from NBAA
MIAviator: You will be missed.
RIP Lynn "Buck" Compton
RIP Don Ratliff American King Air Services..
John Lane
Gerry Ward JUS
Bill Dixon
Buster, Winnemuca NV
Bill Britt, Britt Airways, Terre Haute, IN
Aloha, Kaikaina
Arnie Schreder
Captain Dennis (Denny) Fitch UAL 232
Evelyn "Mama Bird" Johnson
Evelyn Johnson - RIP
William "Woody" Best
Ed King
Billie D. Harris
Passing of a WWll pilot
Robert Michael Helton
John Van
Captain Ervin "Buddy" Moreman (Pan Am)
Suresh Krause - US Army
Capt. Joseph Andrews
George Hickman - Tuskegee Airman
Laverdure
Perry Walton
Aerodynamics Pioneer Whitcomb Honored...
Al Ueltschi
George S. McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012)
Cmdr. Edwin Willis Shaar Jr. Oct 21st. 1942-Oct 20th 2011
Ofcr. Richard Halford
Ofcr. Shawn Smiley
Sonny Elliott
Larry Diffley, Co-owner of Bemidji Aviation Services, Inc.
Ed Rasimus-Fighter Pilot/Author
Major Thomas "Tom" Griffin...Doolittle Raider
Dodie Gann
Santiago "Sandy" Rosell
Lucas Campbell
Colin Michael Austin 1968-2013
17 years ago tonight...
Col. George "Bud" Day
Fred Lewis
Gordon Fullerton
Paul Poberezny
RJ Corman passes away
Wing Commander Ken Wallis MBE
Cal Worthington - another Member of America's Greatest Generation Goes West
Jamie Hoyt
Scott Carpenter has passed away
David Black
Lt. Col. Joseph V. Molinari 702d ALS 514th Airlift Squadron
Frank Perconte of Easy Company
Dale McBurney
Gary Meermans
William Duncan, Purdue University
William Overstreet Jr.
Tom Hendricks
Flight Lieutenant Ian MacLennan
COMMANDANT Edouard Chemel
Spc. Christopher Landis
Bill Pogue. Thunderbird, Skylab astronaut.
Pete Reynolds - Learjet Engineering Test Pilot
Russell Laboda
Bill Dana
Jimmy Christiansen - Great friend
Ed Swearingen -RIP
Hiram Mann, Tuskeegee Airman passes quietly
Dr. George O. Perraud Jr. - FXE/FLL AME
The Last of the Code Talkers Passes
Sad News - Eddie Queen (Signature KEWR)
John Larson (Oregon)
Nice gesture from Marathon Oil for Kraig Niswander
Mira Slovak dies at 84; Cold War defector flew to freedom and fame...
Rollin King - Founder of SWA Passes
The Passing of Louis Zamperini
Lettice
Tom VanKirk - Enola Gay
Last surviving Hindenburg crew member dies at 92...
Duffy Thompson
Geraldine Mock - 1st female to fly solo around the world
Kathy (Terrell) Norris -- CoEx/XJet...
Col. Jack Broughton
Susie Mrkacek - Premier Air Center (ALN)
Del Smith founder of Evergreen dies.
Black Sheep: Harry Cecil Johnson
Bernard Jordan, D-Day vet and Nursing home escapee.
Jeff Beck
2 Tuskegee Airmen die at 91 on the same day
Bill Boeing, Jr
Jan Collmer
McMurtry, Renowned Former NASA Pilot, Passes...
Lt. Col. Edward Saylor - Doolittle Tokyo Raider
Cmdr Alex Vraclu
Lt Moaz Kasaesbeh
Fitzhugh L. "Fitz" Fulton, Jr. Dead At 89...
Lt. Cdr. Joseph Langdell...oldest survivor of the USS Arizona
Captain Reed Olson, Former Chief Pilot at Clay Lacy
George McCrillis Metro State Professor, How did he inspire you?
Farewell, Spock. Live long and prosper
Out walking
Dave Piper, Chairman- Paradise City (Sun 'n Fun)
Lt. Col. Robert Hite - Doolittle Raider
RIP Cousin Bobby.
Gone West, where does it come from
Maurice Flanagan - Founder of Emirates
Major General Tom Hughes (Retired)
Jack King
James Horner, composer of Apollo 13, Titanic soundtrack and others
Soaring Pioneer George Applebay Dies At 89...
Jim Bede
Jim Higgs
LT Cory J Ridge, USN
American Pilot Who Saved Tel Aviv Flies West
Charles Fenton - Midwest Express
John Leslie Munro, the Last of the World War II ‘Dambuster’ Pilots, Dies at 96
David S Brown
Jim Foster
Gene Condreras
Major General Frank Petersen, USMC
Captain Sumner Nelson
Captain Bill Pagnella
Ted Melsheimer
Joe Moser
Lou Centore, Continental Express/Continental/United
Lt. Col. Curtis C. Truver
Post deleted
Andre Turcat, Captain On Concorde’s First Flight, Dies At 94...
Flight Lieutenant Eric Garland
Edgar Mitchell
Eric "Winkle" Brown
Joe Patroni Flies West
David McCoy
Bob Gibson
John West Wilmott
George Findlay
Love this "tribute" about my Dad...
Con-pilot
World’s Oldest Active Pilot Dies
Richard (Mark) Pearson
Tom Leonard - SJSU
E. Allan Englehardt (UndauntedFlyer)
Memphis Belle Gunner Melvin Rector Passes away at BoB Bunker
Last survivor from VT-8, Battle of Midway, passes away.
And then there was one...Staff Sgt. David J. Thatcher, Doolittle Raider flies West, one remains.
Jack Taylor
Legendary 747 designer Sutter dies age 95
Emmitt Williams, Col, CAP
Hannes Arch - Red Bull Air Racing Series Pilot
Arnold D. Palmer
Maybelle Fletcher has passed away
Rest easy Bob Hoover
Molly Rose
Colonel John Karamanian
Larry Enlow FAA Warbird Examiner
Ron Alexander, retired Delta pilot and owner/operator of Peach State Aerodrome
John Glenn
AF1 Commander Col. David Banholzer
Igor Volk
Tom Miller - QB and DO of GAMA Aviation
Eugene Cernan, CAPT, USN - Astronaut
Dr. Tom Stolz, AME/pilot - Otterbein, IN
Peter Collins
Col. Fred Cherry, P.O.W.
Capt. Ken Anderson
David Dohring/Mesa/Emirates
Capt. Paul VanOver - ATA/FAA
RIP- Dennis O’Halloran
Farewell John Clarke. The front has fallen off...
Eternal Tailwinds Mr. Javier Arango...
Leo Thorsness, Medal of Honor recipient in Vietnam, dies at 85
Memorial Day
Captain Don McClure, Eastern Air Lines
Edward "Ed" Stead
John Ruthsatz
Trooper 2
COL RICHARD "DICK" IVERSEN USAF (Ret)
Capt. Lance T. Aikins
Matthew David Schnur
Colin K. Kuster
Mitch Grundman, Purdue University
Bill King (ex Midwest Airlines MD80 CKA)
Robert Leon Holcomb 2FEB47 - 2NOV2017
Dick Gordon
Thomas J. Hudner
Leon Cooper, Who Carried On a Battle for Tarawa, Dies at 98
Heather Stewart, Kenya
Bruce McCandless, First Astronaut To Fly Untethered In Space
Astronaut John Young
Bill Lishman, Father Goose
Ulrich Wegener
Greg DeWolfe
Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96
Archie Trammell - Aviation Safety Advocate
Delta pilot drowns while trying to save others
Charles H. Campbell 1943-2018
Francois Minard
Barbara Bush
Paul Styger from Sussex NJ has gone west
Richard L. Collins, Journalist
Margot Kidder. Actress, hang glider pilot
Alan Bean 1932-2018
Charles E. Reiner CFI
Serge Dassault
Dan Buchanan
Lee Giles III
Robert “Brown” Cabell
Capt. Tim McDonnell, TWA, AA (ret.)
John McCain
Stan Brock
Anthonius Gunawan Agung, Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie airport ATC
Bruce Whitman, FlightSafety
RIP Paul Allen
Commander Robert "Soupy" Campbell
Darryl Greenamyer
Don Ho, 1st Lt, USAF, C-97 pilot
Jon Thocker
George H. W. "Skin" Bush. Lt (jg), TBM Avenger pilot
Wilfred DeFour, Tuskegee Airman during World War II, dies at 100
W.R. (Bill) Cutter
Ron "MudDawg" Barretto
Tribute Flight for Bill Cutter
Maj Gen Dick Bodycomb USAF (Ret)
Tom Cade, a Savior of the Peregrine Falcon
Captain Michael Bacos
Sgt R. V. Burgin
LT Col Dick Cole
Captain Rodney Carlone
David Rider has flown west...
Lane Older
MAJ Edmund "Dweezil" Shea
Mary Ellis, one of the last WWII ATA pilots
It's been almost 5 years, but here's to you Paul Eriksmoen - Blue Skies
Lt. Ernest B. Gaston ....lest we forget
RIP Dorothy Olsen
Col. Roy Knight Jr., finally home
RIP Al Haynes
Col. Charles C. “Charlie” Bock...
Big Bird (Carol Spinney)
Roger Buehler - FedEx
Fred Lohden
Nate Bowes
Doug Daruka - U.S. Army, FAA
David Joseph Leahy - USN (A7's) and the rest....
George Nicolau
B-Ball
Ernst Schubert PhD.
Rosalind P. Walter, the First ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ Is Dead at 95
Al Worden
FDX Pilot Gone West
Jet Blue pilot dies from Covid-19 complications
Clair "Toby" Dunlap. UAL, retired.
Chip Paige
Rudy Frasca
Barry Shulz
Geoffrey Pence
We'll Meet Again
Emily Warner, First Female US Scheduled Captain
No Compass, No Watch!
Raymond Heenie
Godspeed, Costas Sivyllis
Ron Bower
Jeremy Reiswig
Guy Gribble
Nelson Ezell
Chuck Yeager Has Passed Away
Jim Tilmon
Jimmy Farris
Bill McDowell
RIP - Derek deBastos
Ron Fowler
Phil Aune - The voice of Van Nuys Tower
Gene Schumacher
Engineering and Modifications Icon James Raisbeck Dies...
Brady Reid
Alan Minks
Brig. General Charles McGee
ERAU instructor Dick Samuels
PJ O'Rourke
Candy Bomber
John Lear
Alan C. Lefler
Tom Poberezny
Mike Deehan
Capt Ric Wheatley, USNR
H. Townley Pounders
World's only female Spitfire pilot dies in car crash
Sqn Ldr George ‘Johnny’ Johnson DFM MBE.- the last Dambuster
Colin Apps
Steve Ramsey - Corvette Jail Break
Tailwinds Jason
Sean Archuletta fix "SHWNN" in memoriam
Sled Driver
Don Bateman
Treat Williams
Flying Wild Jim Tweeto
“Margaritaville”
Richard McSpadden
Chauncey Webb
Apollo Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II...
NASA Remembers Trailblazing Astronaut, Scientist Mary Cleave...
azav8r
Bob Pardo
Kari Johnson...
AL CARUSO...
Alan L. Soper
Richard Glenn "Dick" Rutan
Scott Durkee
Bob Taylor
Col. Bud Anderson
Dave Huntzinger
Joe Engle - X-15 Pilot/astronaut
John Clark WWII B-17 pilot
Sean Tommervik, smt6
Alan Williams
Chris Hall
James Earl Jones
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON...
NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison dies at 86...
Brian Daems
Lt. Col Harry Stewart Jr. (Ret.)
James T Reason
We lost another good one
Christian Amara - A Legend
Gene Hackman…
Godspeed Iceman…
Seaplane world lost a great one last night