Passing of Bruce A. Miller, Boulder CO

On Saturday, August 30, 1997 1:00:00 AM UTC-6, Barry Colin wrote:
Dear Soaring Friends,

I am posting this message with great sadness.

On Sunday, August 24, 1997, Bruce Miller passed away quite unexpectedly in
his sleep.

Bruce owned and operated The Cloudbase, the local soaring FBO at Boulder
Municipal Airport. His was 57 years old at the time of his passing. Always
a
good friend to those of us who flew with him, he will be sorely missed by
the
local gang and by those who have moved on to greater heights with his
mentoring.

Bruce was one heck of a pilot. Blind flying the Explorer, the National
Center for Atmospheric Research's glider, at thirty-eight thousand feet
while covered with ice during lightning studies took exceptional piloting
skills. But getting a ham-fisted, middle-aged, know-it-all glider pilot to
make a safe and consistent approach to a good landing on Boulder's runway
08
was no mean feat either. Bruce was one heck of a pilot. I, for one, will
miss him greatly.

An informal memorial service for Bruce will be held Tuesday September 2,
1997
at 10am at the amphitheater atop Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder.

The family requests contributions in his memory be made to organizations of
your choosing.

Gunnar Blanke


Don Szabo

I knew Bruce as 'just' an instructor before slowly learning of his feats and prowess in the gliding community as I learned to soar at the Cloud Base around 1994. I had the pleasure to fly with him quite a few times as I was a slow learner and had problems with airsickness. Mostly I remember his intelligence and wit. We really did have fun up there. Don Szabo