On Nov 18, 2:11*pm, Franklin see_REPLY-TO_header wrote:
On Tue 18 Nov08 10:28, Dudley Henriques wrote





On Nov 18, 12:51 pm, Franklin see_REPLY-TO_header wrote:
On Tue 18 Nov08 06:59, Dudley Henriques wrote:

That's for a John Boyd! What a maverick. I couldn't hope to match
his stunts to highlight E-M.

I met John and knew him for a short time before he died. He was
indeed a no nonsense guy and probably one of the finest *pure sticks
I've ever known if not THE best. His coffers were filled with the
names of the best fighter pilots in the world who he converted on
from allowing them a starting position at his six while flying the
Hun. His on going bet was 40 seconds, and to my knowledge he was
never beaten nor has his record ever been topped for conversion air
to air 1V1. I did a bit of research flying as a civilian in T38's
that involved EM while working on inertial coupling departure and
John gave us a beautiful photograph of my airplane in flight signed
by him. It hangs on our den wall. Great guy, and along with E.T.
Christie and Rutowski from Douglas, probably some of the finest
aviation minds of our time.

Dudley Henriques

Highly regarded by his peers, it's a shame the top brass dragged their
feet in praising John Boyd.

I guess the top brass value compliance before competence. I guess they
might have to behave like that to maintian order. Hard to forgive them
for it though.

John did indeed have a "way" about him with superior officers. They
hated his guts but couldn't deny his work. That's a hard platform to
maintain. He's fortunately gotten his just due now with the AF.
DH