Colonel Bob Morgan, pilot of the famed "Memphis Belle" -- the most famous
B-17 Flying Fortress of World War II -- is currently in the hospital
following a bad accident. At his age injuries of any kind can be life
threatening, but in this particular case Bob actually broke his neck in a
bad fall at the Asheville Airport on April 22nd.

He was in ICU for nine days when he stopped breathing, so they had to put in
a tracheotomy tube. He's now been in the hospital for 19 days, and had
surgery this past Saturday to fuse the C1/2 vertebra, where the break in his
neck occurred.

According to his wife, Linda, Bob is now in fair condition, but may not
survive.


That is too sad. When I was flying warbirds in Florida, I had the chance to
spend the better part of the day with Bob as he signed his book at a warbird
musuem. He and Linda are great people.


-John
*You are nothing until you have flown a Douglas, Lockheed, Grumman or North
American*