Final Glide: Edward "Ted" Pearson

Ted passed away on 6th November 2005 in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he
lived with his wife Aldyth. Over the last 10 months he had been
battling lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos products in the
late 1940's and early 1950's.

Ted won the South African Standard Class Championships in a Standard
Cirrus "66" in the early 70s and held the World 500 km triangle speed
record for a
time- set at Bitterwasser in Namibia in 1976 in his Nimbus 2, Oscar
Oscar.
26th November 1976 - 500 km. triangle at a speed of 143.04 kph -
Bitterwasser, Spatzenfeld, Katzensteg, Bitterwasser).

Ted is survived by his second wife, Aldyth, (in Harare), his first
wife, Daphne, (in Nelspruit), his son Bradley, (in London) and his son,
Nigel, (in Nelspruit).

I was privileged to fly in several events with Ted , both in South
Africa and Rhodesia( now Zimbabwe) in the 1970's . Ted prided himself
in being able to beat the pack in the toughest weather such as when
summer thunderstorms arrived mid task. Now that I live in Indiana I
sometimes think of Ted as I fly over or near Grissom Air Force base, as
he once told me he did some pilot training during WW 2 at "Bunker Hill"
- which is now Grissom. RIP Ted .