Re: [Aus-soaring] Dick Johnson
This from the SSA website: Richard H. Johnson Richard H. Johnson of Dallas, Texas died in a glider crash near Midlothian, Texas today at approximately 12:30 central time. The soaring community has lost a true pioneer and a great friend. Our condolences go out to Alice, his wife, and the rest of Dick's family. Denise Layton - Dick has been my soaring hero since I read about his world distance record flight of 535 miles in the RJ5 in 1951. Even more impressive when I read about the modifications which turned the original 30:1 glider into a better than 40:1 glider. I was fortunate to meet and talk with him on a couple of occasions. Mike Borgelt Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 Int'l + 61 429 355784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Dick Johnson
There is more here: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7051421version=2locale=EN-USlayoutCode=TSTYpageId=3.2.1 What happened? ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Dick Johnson
Thank you for that very sad news Mike, he certainly was a leading light in the gliding movement. Regards to Carrol. At 12:17 PM 24/07/2008, you wrote: This from the SSA website: Richard H. Johnson Richard H. Johnson of Dallas, Texas died in a glider crash near Midlothian, Texas today at approximately 12:30 central time. The soaring community has lost a true pioneer and a great friend. Our condolences go out to Alice, his wife, and the rest of Dick's family. Denise Layton - Dick has been my soaring hero since I read about his world distance record flight of 535 miles in the RJ5 in 1951. Even more impressive when I read about the modifications which turned the original 30:1 glider into a better than 40:1 glider. I was fortunate to meet and talk with him on a couple of occasions. Mike Borgelt Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 Int'l + 61 429 355784 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.borgeltinstruments.com ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Regards Rob Moore 08 82588026 home 0412 055 888 mobile ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
