av8r wrote:

Hi Everyone

The aviation community lost a real good man. Tom 'Sharkbait' Delashaw
was an extraordinary pilot. He thrilled airshow crowds around North
America in his single seat CF-104 Starfighter as one half of a
Starfighter Inc. (the other a two-seat CF-104D). Tom served in the Viet
Nam War, flying many F-4 missions His daring exploits earned him a DFC
and a number of other air medals. I am proud to have been able to call
him friend and will miss him dearly.

Ah, ****. I never met the man, but we had a mutual friend who used to
volunteer as ground crew for the team, and Tom sounded like someone I'd
have loved to meet and shoot the breeze with.

Guy