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AEROBATIC LEGEND DUANE COLE PASSES AWAY
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February 5th 04, 01:24 AM
andy asberry
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On 04 Feb 2004 19:00:45 GMT,
(Fitzair4) wrote:
A very good aerobatic instructor.
Duane Cole was not a show off-stunt airshow pilot, with engine noise,
but a very good performer, teaching pilots how to keep control
of the plane when doing aerobatics.
I watched him many times since the 1968 EAA Rockford days.
Thank you, Duane Cole for your many years of rememberance.
Having 30,000 flight hours, is a lot of experience.
Larry Fitzgerald
http://eaa.org/communications/eaanews/040203_cole.html
A great instructor and pilot. Also a first rate human being.
I had the great fortune of owning a farm under part of Duane's
practice area. I had an 1300' dirt strip marked with painted tires. I
bet a thousand hours is a conservative estimate of the hours I've
watched him. I actually kept a chair under a pecan tree in case he was
flying.
I introduced myself at his Oshkosh booth one year. When I told him I
enjoyed watching, instead of a "Yeah, I'm great" remark, he was
concerned if he had spooked the livestock. After inviting him to use
the strip, I told him I still had a question after reading one of his
books.
I was a nobody but he had me sit down while he explained it. As we
talked, another old timer came up. Turns out he and I only lived about
15 miles apart. He invited me to come fly when we got home. I thought
he was just being cordial and never called him. He called me.
I got to fly seven different airplanes one day. From a J-3 to a
Seneca. THAT is a grand slam for a low-time Cessna driver.
CAVU
andy asberry