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David Hannant 1930-2018

by Tom Cleaver on September 1, 2018 · in News · 16 ≡

David Hanant, Scale Modeling's greatest friend, passed yesterday, August 31, after a short illness. David was my good friend for the past 20 years, since we met at the IPMS-USA Convention in San Jose in 1998. He was a strong supporter of [...]

R.I.P. Bernie

by Jeff Bailey on May 17, 2018 · in Uncategorized · 76 ≡

This is probably the wrong way to do this, so please forgive me. My good friend Bernie Hackett - who I "met" here on iModeler, passed away this past Monday, May 14. Bernie was a long-time iModeler guy who was full of fun, good [...]

R.I.P. John Young

by Josh Patterson on January 6, 2018 · in News · 8 ≡

Gemini III, Gemini X, Apollo X, Apollo XVI, STS1 & STS9. He was on the first manned Gemini mission, walked on the moon and the commander on the first Space Shuttle mission. In his more mortal duties he flew planes like the Cougar, the [...]

Tom Hudner died today

by Tom Cleaver on November 14, 2017 · in News · 6 ≡

(link) In 1969, then-Captain Hudner was ordered by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, to go to bases where race riots had occurred, take testimony and institute reforms to "establish justice." He was able to do this [...]

RIP John Alcorn

by Tom Cleaver on August 30, 2017 · in News · 13 ≡

Noted scratchbuilt modeler John Alcorn died this past Sunday of complications of Alzheimers and congestive heart failure. I first met John 45 years ago, when he walked into a meeting of Golden Gate IPMS in Berkeley, California, at the [...]

RIP: Bob Hoover

by Tom Cleaver on October 25, 2016 · in Aviation · 17 ≡

Bob Hoover died last night, age 94. One of the best pilots ever, he flew "chase" for Chuck Yeager on 14 October 1947. Two years earlier, he'd escaped from POW camp and got out of Germany by stealing an Fw-190 and flying it to [...]

RIP Ed Maloney, 1928-2016

by Tom Cleaver on August 20, 2016 · in News · 4 ≡

My friend Ed Maloney died yesterday afternoon of complications from heart problems. Very few people can say that they changed things single-handedly, but Ed Maloney did. As everyone at every air museum around the world I have ever spoken [...]

RIP Robert F. Dorr 1939-2016

by Tom Cleaver on June 14, 2016 · in Uncategorized · 9 ≡

Damn! What a month this is! Robert F. Dorr: August 11, 1939 - June 13, 2016 There is no writer who ever lived who did not become a writer except through the assistance of those who came before. When I consider my own career, the names [...]

RIP Capt. Dan Bowling (1922-2016)

by Tom Cleaver on June 10, 2016 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

I was expecting this. On Friday, May 27, my friend Dan Bowling came down with pneumonia and was admitted to the ER. On June 3, he was transferred to a hospice. He passed away this morning (Thursday) at 10 am. As much as I miss him, [...]

RIP Spiros “Steve” Pisanos (1920-2016)

by Tom Cleaver on June 7, 2016 · in Aviation · 11 ≡

Boy, the hits just keep on coming. I just learned that my friend of 30 years, Colonel Spiros "Steve" Pisanos, died yesterday. It's a surprise but not really, since he was 96. I remember when I saw him last year, he looked so good [...]