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| Author: | TheBigThug [ 12 Aug 2005, 02:13 ] |
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<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/US/08/12/blue.angel.obit/vert.voris.navy.jpg" border=0> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A man whose pioneering flying career with the U.S. Navy began in the age of biplanes and ended in the jet age has died. Retired Navy Capt. Roy "Butch" Voris, an original Blue Angel, died at his home in Monterey, California. He was 86. Voris's Navy career began in the early 1930s. He began flying biplanes and by the end of World War II, he had shot down at least eight Japanese fighter planes, earning himself the status of an "ace," as well as three Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Purple Heart and more than a dozen other medals. In 1946, Adm. Chester Nimitz hand-picked Voris to organize a flight demonstration team to showcase naval aviation. He led the newly named "Blue Angels" in their first public performance that year in Jacksonville, Florida. In 1952, he once again was asked to lead the Blue Angels after they returned from combat duty in the Korean War. He retired from the Navy as a captain and went to work with Grumman Aircraft Corporation, where he was instrumental in the early development of the F-14 Tomcat, which is still a key part of naval aviation. His last career was as a spokesman for NASA during the historic 1970 Apollo moon missions. Voris died on Wednesday. He is survived by two daughters, their husbands and three grandsons. He is also survived by two brothers. His wife, Thea, passed away in 2003 after more than 50 years of marriage. "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters." -Genghis Khan |
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| Author: | Dutchy [ 12 Aug 2005, 02:30 ] |
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What a intresting live has that man. <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> Salute Dutchy Termites do it in the dark! (47FS Barksdale afb) |
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| Author: | Tritonal-05 [ 12 Aug 2005, 03:08 ] |
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| Author: | 30mike-mike [ 12 Aug 2005, 05:31 ] |
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<img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...." - Carl Zwanzig |
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| Author: | Old Chief [ 12 Aug 2005, 07:46 ] |
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| Author: | Hawg166 [ 13 Aug 2005, 08:44 ] |
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<img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> Must have been awesome doing aerobatics in an F8F Bearcat. I dont think it is a stretch to say that at times we have all lived vicariously through great men like him on the battlefields of our backyards. There are too few of those great early pioneers of aviation left. Fair winds and following seas Sir. By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson |
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