I am Tony and I could of not said it better. I am sure Allan will not mind posting this message.
--- On Sun, 11/7/10, Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: From: Allan Fish <[email protected]> Subject: I'm not Tony, To: "Wayne Blake-Hedges" <[email protected]> Cc: "Tony Spezio" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010, 2:00 PM > What was Tom like? Wayne, I'm not Tony, but Tony wouldn't put it like I will. Tom Nixon was very much like Tony in a lot of ways. He was a true gentleman, kind and gracious to everyone, a pilot (what is it about these air-o-plane folks?), and one heckuva teacher. He loved to teach and always took the time to answer questions. He related to everyone, not just to the 'famous' name people. To him, everyone was the same. If you wanted to learn something, he was delighted to be able to show you. Doesn't that remind you of someone? I was fortunate enough to be in Tom's home in February before he passed away in May. The ONLY two things that he expressed regrets about while I was there were that he really missed his wife, and it irritated him that they had not renewed his pilot's license the year before because he had suffered a heart attack four years earlier. Tom was only 86 at the time and flew his own plane till he was 85. As short as the few times were that I had with him, Tom was one of several really memorable people in my life. (I'd tell you that Tony is also one of those truly memorable people too, but he's already having enough hat-size problems after getting that wonderful bamboo award from the Catskill folks. <VBG>) Looking forward to seeing you again in March. Al -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
