Condolences from my family to you and yours Dudley.
97 is a great innings. It sounds like he was still an independent man. (I
mean not in a home or anything like that.) In my book, that's a sign of a
well lived life. My Grandfather is 96 this year and still goes for a walk
each day. Even vacuums the house for Grandma every week! :-)
Your friend will be added to my prayers.
Crash Lander

--
I'm not always right,
But I'm never wrong!
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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With your kind permission I would like to take just a few lines here to
say goodbye to an old and dear friend.
This Monday, retired AF Brig Gen Robert L. Scott Jr. died. He was 97.
Scotty and I go way back together.
When I was a young boy dreaming about becoming a pilot, it was Bob's book
"God Is My Co-Pilot", an account of his exploits in China with Chennault
that was part of my inspiration.
Later on in life, as I became a bit known in aviation, we became friends,
and have remained so all through the fifty odd years I have been in
aviation.
When I founded the International Fighter Pilots Fellowship in 1971, Bob
Noel Bacon, and Anna Chennault for Gen Claire Lee Chennault, became out
first charter members.
Scotty's last job, at the Warner Robbins Aviation Museum in his beloved
Georgia, was the perfect setting for him to spend his last days. He loved
being there, and was always available to answer questions about aviation
and about his life and times.
I'll miss him. A wonderful guy.

"sic transit gloria mundi"

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Dudley Henriques
For the International Fighter Pilots Fellowship