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Wayne, try to look at this tragety in another view. You were able to spend many wonderful years with your friend and share the good times and bad together. Those memories are more precious than gold. Now think of how many people have lost dear ones so early in life and the only memories they have is the horrible memories of their loss. To overcome your natural grief, try to reflect on those many years the two of you spent together and tell us about them any time you want to. As for you friend taking his life. I cannot make a decision on that although if the FAA took his medical, he may have felt that life was now finished. On behalf of all the guys and gals in this group, we extend our deepest sympathy in your loss. George Frebert Dover Delaware N6549Q On Sat, 05 May 2001 14:26:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > "Coupers." > I lost an old friend last night! I'm gonna get kind of serious, so if > you don't want to read this, I'll understand. > > Yea, I really did loose an old friend last night, we have been close for > sixty years. Sixty years! We played hide and go seek together as > kids. We used to pester the neighborhood girls together. We went to > school together. We belonged to the same Clubs, together. We flew > together. Artie crashed first, he lost a propeller blade on a Stearman > Duster, pulling up at the end of a long run to get over some Eucalyptus > trees. The engine came off the airframe in midair but the safety chain > held and Artie managed to control the crash. He broke 17 bones, had a > concussion, and damned near bit his tongue off, but he lived through > it. > That was 15 years ago. > We didn't do that together. > 10 years ago today I crashed with my first Ercoupe N99893, the "Russian > Coupe." > We didn't do that together either. > But we did go to Oshkosh together two years ago, and we had a good time, > a really good time. Artie had never been to Oshkosh before, although he > had been a pilot all his life. 22,000 hours in a Stearman. He was like > a kid checking out the Ultralites. > He stopped by the hangar one day last week and we chatted kinda > mindlessly, he gave me with a new book to look at and he left > to let his dogs run. > Artie shot himself yesterday in a Supermarket parking lot. It was so > unlike him that its hard to believe it. > Artie was 69. No services. No nothing. > Did I say Goodby, and did I mean it? > Life is too damned short, you guys with airplanes.. Fly them!! Fly the > pants off of them. Live Life the best way you know how, cause in a > flick of a minute it can be gone, really gone. > And wouldn't it be the shits to come to the end of your life, and look > back and find out you really didn't LIVE it! > Have fun and love somebody!! > > Just reminiscing:: > > Wayne Woollard 6596Q > > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
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