Don Emigholz
Preferred Name: Don
Nickname/Call Sign: Don
Date of Birth: July 1, 1930
Highest Military Grade Held: Lieutenant Colonel, O5
Hometown: Kewanee, IL
Preferred Name: Don
Nickname/Call Sign: Don
Date of Birth: July 1, 1930
Highest Military Grade Held: Lieutenant Colonel, O5
Hometown: Kewanee, IL
Flying right wing on the Skyblazers, with Bill Creech leading was like a dream. He was so smooth, it was unbelievable and not once, during all the practices and shows, did he dump the stick.
I’ve had my share of pucker time flying the Atlantic and Pacific in single engine jets with no autopilot and got shot at and missed and shot at and hit, in Nam.
I’ve dead sticked a couple of Super Sabres, one at Bitburg and the other over Paris: It gets real quiet.
And if I had to do it all over again I would not change a thing. The joy of flying and fighting with the greatest bunch of pilots in this whole wide world is an experience reserved for some of the chosen few.
Dedicated Panel: F86 Sabre Pilots Association
T-33
F-80 A/B
F-84 E
F-86 F
F-100 C/D/F
O-1
A-1 H/E
F-4 C/D
1958 Carleton College
Flying right wing on the Skyblazers, with Bill Creech leading was like a dream. He was so smooth, it was unbelievable and not once, during all the practices and shows, did he dump the stick.
I’ve had my share of pucker time flying the Atlantic and Pacific in single engine jets with no autopilot and got shot at and missed and shot at and hit, in Nam.
I’ve dead sticked a couple of Super Sabres, one at Bitburg and the other over Paris: It gets real quiet.
And if I had to do it all over again I would not change a thing. The joy of flying and fighting with the greatest bunch of pilots in this whole wide world is an experience reserved for some of the chosen few.
Dedicated Panel: F86 Sabre Pilots Association
T-33
F-80 A/B
F-84 E
F-86 F
F-100 C/D/F
O-1
A-1 H/E
F-4 C/D
1958 Carleton College