26 July 1998 – Burt Rutan’s “Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus is a tandem-wing high-altitude long endurance aircraft designed by Burt Rutan to investigate the use of aircraft as high altitude telecommunications relays. The Proteus is a multi-mission vehicle able to carry various payloads on a ventral pylon. The Proteus has an extremely efficient design,
Robert “Bob” Leggat, Colonel, USAF (Ret.), passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his wife and family members on Friday, January 20th, 2017. Robert Leggat was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 29th, 1938, the son of Robert O. and Frieda Martha Strasser Leggat. He grew up in Willard, Utah, graduated from […]
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SSS Member Ray G. Thompson, 84 headed west February 18, 2017, surrounded by his three loving children. He was born in Rayville, LA, to Rowe and Gladys Thompson and played football at Tulane University and upon his graduation began his service to our nation in the United States Air Force. He was a decorated F-100
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Lt. Col. (ret.) Donald Langston Headed West Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Donald Langston was born 1935 in Arkansas and grew up in Springfield, MO. He joined the USAF and graduated from pilot training with the aviation cadets in June 1955 at the top of his class. During his 22-year career in the Air Force, he flew
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