Stan Hall passed away this morning - SSA Hall of Fame member

Well rats, such a tremendous loss

I once called Stan mainly just to tell him that another one the
Cherokee's were back in the air. This was right after I bought 373Y.
Now I'm very glad that I did so.

I don't know if Stan has been in ailing health lately or not, but I am
wondering if he was well enough to make it out to the ESA Workshop in
Tehachapi last weekend? I hope so, as Dean Gradwell was supposed to be
there with his absolutely pristine Cherokee II which won the best
restoration award at IVSM 2009 in Elmira. I think Stan would've been
very proud to see that beautiful bird.

Not too many of us left out there flying Cherokee's, guess we'll just
have to keep it up.

Godspeed, and Tailwinds,


-Tony Condon
Cherokee II N373Y

On Sep 8, 8:15*am, Tony Condon
wrote:
Well rats, such a tremendous loss

I once called Stan mainly just to tell him that another one the
Cherokee's were back in the air. *This was right after I bought 373Y.
Now I'm very glad that I did so.

I don't know if Stan has been in ailing health lately or not, but I am
wondering if he was well enough to make it out to the ESA Workshop in
Tehachapi last weekend? *I hope so, as Dean Gradwell was supposed to be
there with his absolutely pristine Cherokee II which won the best
restoration award at IVSM 2009 in Elmira. *I think Stan would've been
very proud to see that beautiful bird.

Not too many of us left out there flying Cherokee's, guess we'll just
have to keep it up. *

Godspeed, and Tailwinds,

-Tony Condon
Cherokee II N373Y

Tony,
Yes, Dean did bring his Cherokee to Tehachapi. Man what a nice job!
And what a nice guy.
Brought back a lot of memories of my old dentist and glider builder,
the late Don Mythen. I think he built 3 of them.
Seeing Dean's Cherokee got me sort of interested in the design. I
haven't looked at one since I was a kid so I became intrigued with the
design.
Do you have a set of plans?
Do you know anyone who is interested in me bororowing a set of plans
so that I could scan them?
I'd be happy to create a pdf of the plans if I had a good set to work
with.

Dan Rihn

I helped rescue Tony Condons Cherokee from oblivion (along with Dave
Shuur at Lawrenceville who did most of the work) and got it into
Tony's hands. I too called Stan on the phone a couple of times and he
was amazingly sharp and very helpful. We were having some weight and
balance issues and Stan went back to his original plans to dig up the
datum and limits for us. I asked how he was getting along healthwise
(a few years ago) and he said that he was installing a garage door at
the moment so he must not be doing too bad for a 90 some year old
guy! I really regret I never got to shake his hand. He was a legend
and a hell of a nice guy. Perhaps Dean and Dick and marking thermals
for him in the great beyond.
Matt Michael

On Sep 8, 3:21*pm, wrote:
I helped rescue Tony Condons Cherokee from oblivion (along with Dave
Shuur at Lawrenceville who did most of the work) and got it into
Tony's hands. *I too called Stan on the phone a couple of times and he
was amazingly sharp and very helpful. *We were having some weight and
balance issues and Stan went back to his original plans to dig up the
datum and limits for us. *I asked how he was getting along healthwise
(a few years ago) and he said that he was installing a garage door at
the moment so he must not be doing too bad for a 90 some year old
guy! *I really regret I never got to shake his hand. *He was a legend
and a hell of a nice guy. *Perhaps Dean and Dick and marking thermals
for him in the great beyond.
Matt Michael

Way back when I first started gliding I exchanged emails with Stan on
a number of topic's

I didnt know he was one of the US pioneer's of soaring then but
always enjoyed emailing with him.
What was funny was he would always sign off as "THE Stan Hall"

Final glide Stan.

Al

Al wrote:
On Sep 8, 3:21 pm, wrote:
I helped rescue Tony Condons Cherokee from oblivion (along with Dave
Shuur at Lawrenceville who did most of the work) and got it into
Tony's hands. I too called Stan on the phone a couple of times and he
was amazingly sharp and very helpful. We were having some weight and
balance issues and Stan went back to his original plans to dig up the
datum and limits for us. I asked how he was getting along healthwise
(a few years ago) and he said that he was installing a garage door at
the moment so he must not be doing too bad for a 90 some year old
guy! I really regret I never got to shake his hand. He was a legend
and a hell of a nice guy. Perhaps Dean and Dick and marking thermals
for him in the great beyond.
Matt Michael

Way back when I first started gliding I exchanged emails with Stan on
a number of topic's

I didnt know he was one of the US pioneer's of soaring then but
always enjoyed emailing with him.
What was funny was he would always sign off as "THE Stan Hall"

Final glide Stan.

Al
Stan Hall became one of my first soaring heros/icons/'admirants' when I
started getting "Soaring" mag late 1972, thanks to his (very many, over
the years) columns/submissions/etc. Pretty soon I began keeping copies
of all his "Homebuilder's Hall" columns, and have had more than a few
occasions over the decades to refer to 'em. I *think* I bought a copy of
his book/collections referred to in this thread's original post, just
because I could and as a sign of respect for the man, but I know I can
lay my hands on the self-generated collection more quickly...a measure
of how honored a spot in my collection it still has.

I never met the man, but sure would have liked to.

Godspeed, Stan.

Bob W.

Stan Hall has been a good friend for over 35 years, he helped with
encouragement and advice on my first home-built sailplane. later, he
crunched the numbers on my Bowlus Super Albatross (spar & wing
fitting) calculations. Stan sent me 3 pages of math that I didn't
understand with a final note; Your wing is strong enough, just strong
enpugh!
Stan has been there to help others his whole life. Thanks old friend,
center up a good thermal, we are all headed your way.
JJ