Bax Seat :was A serious proposal

Matt Whiting wrote:

Likewise. Is Len still around? I haven't heard his name mentioned for
a while.

He died last March.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

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Likewise. Is Len still around? I haven't heard his name mentioned for a
while.


Len Morgan died on March 11 2005.

Maybe I'm hallucinating then. I just thought I remembered a "hanging up my hat" column.

You are likely thinking of a recently published column by Mr. Baxter
that had been stashed away in the Flying files for several years. Issue
was Oct. 2005. The editors of Flying had held on to it waiting for an
appropriate time for it to be published.

Link:
http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp...age_numb er=1
or if that "real" one wraps, try this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E22564B3C

Randy

Maybe I'm hallucinating then. I just thought I remembered a "hanging up my hat" column.

You are likely thinking of a recently published column by Mr. Baxter
that had been stashed away in the Flying files for several years. Issue
was Oct. 2005. The editors of Flying had held on to it waiting for an
appropriate time for it to be published.

Link:
http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp...age_numb er=1
or if that "real" one wraps, try this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E22564B3C

Randy

In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

I believe the last "Bax Seat" written by Gordon Baxter appeared in the
December 1998 issue of "Flying".

An original "Bax Seat" appeared in the January 1998 issue of "Flying",
there's no mention of retirement. The February issue had a "Bax Seat" that
originally appeared in "Flying" in August 1983. The following month was an
original, again no mention of retirement. April and May were reruns, the
June 1998 column was an original, without any hint of retirement. In July
1998 the column was no longer "Bax Seat", it was "Best of Baxter". There
was a note at the end of the column explaining that Bax's "condition" had
been acting up lately, and that while they awaited his next new column
"Best
of Baxter" would run in its place. "Best of Baxter" appeared every month
until December 1998 saw a new "Bax Seat" column., but still no word on
retirement. "Best of Baxter" appeared from January through July 1999. A
new "Bax Seat" appeared in the August 1999 issue, but it wasn't written by
Gordon Baxter, it was written by Mike Trahan. The column was about a
recent
visit with Bax and a ride in Trahan's Skylane. "Best of Baxter" appeared
monthly from September 1999 through January 2000. Mac McClellan's January
2000 column explained that the "Best of Baxter" appearing in that issue
would be the last one and that there would be no more new "Bax Seat"
either.
His medical condition simply did not allow him to write.

Maybe I'm hallucinating then. I just thought I remembered a "hanging up
my hat" column.

Are you thinking of the column he wrote circa February-March 1989 when
he told of his decision to stop flying?

john smith wrote:
In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:


Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


I believe the last "Bax Seat" written by Gordon Baxter appeared in the
December 1998 issue of "Flying".

An original "Bax Seat" appeared in the January 1998 issue of "Flying",
there's no mention of retirement. The February issue had a "Bax Seat" that
originally appeared in "Flying" in August 1983. The following month was an
original, again no mention of retirement. April and May were reruns, the
June 1998 column was an original, without any hint of retirement. In July
1998 the column was no longer "Bax Seat", it was "Best of Baxter". There
was a note at the end of the column explaining that Bax's "condition" had
been acting up lately, and that while they awaited his next new column
"Best
of Baxter" would run in its place. "Best of Baxter" appeared every month
until December 1998 saw a new "Bax Seat" column., but still no word on
retirement. "Best of Baxter" appeared from January through July 1999. A
new "Bax Seat" appeared in the August 1999 issue, but it wasn't written by
Gordon Baxter, it was written by Mike Trahan. The column was about a
recent
visit with Bax and a ride in Trahan's Skylane. "Best of Baxter" appeared
monthly from September 1999 through January 2000. Mac McClellan's January
2000 column explained that the "Best of Baxter" appearing in that issue
would be the last one and that there would be no more new "Bax Seat"
either.
His medical condition simply did not allow him to write.

Maybe I'm hallucinating then. I just thought I remembered a "hanging up
my hat" column.


Are you thinking of the column he wrote circa February-March 1989 when
he told of his decision to stop flying?

No, I remember that one. I may well have gotten Len and Bax confused.

Matt

I sent an e-mail to the Flying editorial staff last night. No word back yet.
I think we are looking at '95-'96.

Mike

Matt Whiting wrote:
Maybe I'm hallucinating then. I just thought I remembered a "hanging up
my hat" column.

Matt