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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Born May 28,1914 at Providence, RI. Graduated Brown Univ.ScB,
Engineering 1936. Harvard 1941. U.S. Army 1942-1965. Military awards: Bronze Star & Joint Svcs.Commendation. Soaring Hall of
Fame & SSA's Warren Eaton Award. FAA's SW Region CFI of the Year
1998 Award. Soloed in WACO Primary Glider 1930. 1932 "B" soaring
license signed by Orville Wright. 5,750 motoriess flight hours include 1,300 hours as instructor and FAA flight examiner designee.
By 1971 as a result of his many high altitude wave soaring flights he developed a systematic, practical method of transitioning from
soaring in thermal currents to gaining altitude In waves during the same flight,attaining heights of over 30,000 feet. The method published in—SSA's—January, 1972—"Soaring".—For—over—25—years its reliability has allowed countless high altitude flights.
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