Matt Barrow ) wrote:
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: "leslie" wrote in message
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: Leroy Van Dyke, entertainer & auctioneer, is, or was, a pilot, although
: it's not mentioned on his web site:
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: http://www.leroyvandyke.com/
: Leroy Van Dyke - Entertainer and Recording Artist
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: The late Jim Reeves was a pilot, and was flying the plane that crashed,
: resulting in his death.
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: Also Danny Kaye (flew along on Air Force fight rides as well).
: Fess (Davy Crocket) Parker.
: Arthur Godfrey
: Gordon McRae ("Oklahoma") had several thousand hours.
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The late Boxcar Willie started on B-36s and was flying C-5s when he decided
to become a full-time entertainer, per:

http://www.boxcarwillie.com/biography/
Boxcar Willie's Biography.

Also Jimmy Stewart:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm
Brigadier General James M. Stewart, USAFR (RET)

http://www.jimmy.org/bio/military.html
Military Career of James Maitland Stewart


--Jerry Leslie
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