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September 21, 2007 - Memorial Section 1 Comment →

This post is kind of a sensitive topic model post, which is hard to write and probably not so pleasant to read, because what I will say here is not easy to say, but anyone probably knows it has to be said. I thought of writing it for a while, and I decided to give […]

September 11th - 6 years later

September 11, 2007 - Memorial Section No Comments →

6 years ago, the world and the life of millions of people changed abruptly, violently, and deeply. As many of us, I can remind very clearly what I was doing, how I felt, and what my reactions to these terrible events were.
As an aviation community member and blogger, I can’t escape this sad topic today. […]

Bill Piper Jr. dies at 96

September 01, 2007 - Memorial Section 1 Comment →

Bill Piper Jr., the last member of the Piper family to head up the firm, died on the 24th of August, at age 96. In these hard days, I want to address all my sympathy and support to the Piper family, and all of his relatives and friends.
Bill Piper Jr. was the son of Piper’s […]

A tribute to Commander Caroline Aigle

August 26, 2007 - Memorial Section No Comments →

I’ve never been a fan of military aviation, but today I want to express all my sympathy and compassion to the family, friends, and colleagues of French Pilot, Commander Caroline Aigle, who died on Tuesday, the 21st of August 2007, from a rapidly evolving form of cancer, at age 32.
Commander Caroline Aigle was one of […]

A tribute to Captain Hans Georg Schmid

July 23, 2007 - Memorial Section 1 Comment →

The swiss pilot Hans Georg Schmid got killed today, in the crash of its experimental aircraft after take-off from Basel (LFSB), on a flight to Oshkosh (KOSH). This was an attempt to re-create part of the original Atlantic Ocean crossing by Charles Lindbergh in 1927.
Hans Georg Schmid used to work as an airline captain for […]