Robert White has passed...

[bgbassplyr]

The first man to fly Mach 4, Mach 5 & Mach 6
The first to fly above 200,000’
The first above 300,000’
The first to exceed 3,000 mph
The first to fly a winged vehicle into space
WWII fighter pilot and POW
Awarded the Air Force Cross in Viet Nam - the USAF’s second highest honor

RIP

 

[JPSmit]

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air. . . .

Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

— John Gillespie Magee, Jr

 

[DrEntropy]

An amazing individual.

We stand on the shoulders of giants... the hope is we haven't squandered their legacy.

 

[vagt6]

"The complete man."

RIP. :angel:

 

[anthony7777]

An amazing individual.

We stand on the shoulders of giants... the hope is we haven't squandered their legacy.

may he forever more have cloudless skys and the wind at his tail. :angel: