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| Subject: | RE: Rocket-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 05/22/09 |
Hi Tom and fellow rocketeers=2C I too send my condolences to Jack's family
. Great guy..
Jack Hodge=2C HRII 584JH at RAL...retired AF B-58 "Hustler" IP
> Date: Fri=2C 22 May 2009 23:58:42 -0700
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> 1. 05:23 AM - Re: Jack's Final Flight (nico css)
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> Time: 05:23:14 AM PST US
> From: "nico css" <nico@cybersuperstore.com>
> Subject: RE: Rocket-List: Jack's Final Flight
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> Hi Tom=2C
> Our condolences to Jack's family. I remember KABONG. He will be missed.
> THanks
> Nico
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> From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tom Gummo
> Sent: Thursday=2C May 21=2C 2009 4:31 PM
> Subject: Rocket-List: Jack's Final Flight
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> My friend Jack Starn=2C many of you knew him as KABONG=2C has passed away
. He
> has been sick for a long time and his heart just gave up. He hasn't adde
d
> his witty comments to the lists for the last several years but the old
> timers will remember his emails.
>
> For the new guys/gals on the list=2C Jack moved next door to me right aft
er I
> got the tail kit for the RV-4. It quickly turned into a Harmon Rocket II
=2C
> and Jack held the bucking bar for all 16=2C000 rivets (plus or minus a fe
w).
> During the five years of building Jack got cancer and had to have his voc
al
> cords removed and talked with a buzzer held against his neck.
>
> We had a few good years but he got sick again. They couldn't find out wh
y
> he lost 85 pounds and just got weaker and weaker.
>
> Anyway=2C the email I sent to my EAA chapter is below.
>
> For you all who might remember Jack-KABONG=2C please sent a short note=2C
you
> know just a line or two with a personal comment=2C and I will copy them t
o a
> letter I will give the family.
>
> The memorial sevice will be May 30th at 10:00 AM. Some RV guys/gals are
> attempting to set up a missing man fly-by to start the service. After th
e
> service=2C we will take him for his last plane ride.
>
> Tom "GummiBear" Gummo
> Harmon Rocket II N-561FS 350 hours
> Major USAF Retired=2C F-4G Instuctor Pilot
> http://mysite.verizon.net/t.gummo/index.html
>
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> Everybody=2C
>
> Jack took his final flight this morning=2C May 19=2C 2009
>
> Last night=2C my wife cooked and we took the food up to the Starn's and h
ad a
> nice evening with them. Jack was up walking around and we had a long tal
k
> about the Chino Air Show. He looked a lot better than his current normal
.
>
> This morning I got a call and was told I had to come right away. When I
> arrived=2C he was with three football coaches from the school where he wa
s
> "The Voice of the Ravens." He was unable to talk or raise his head and h
is
> breathing was labored. The hospice nurse said that he could hear us. Th
e
> coaches prayed with him=2C sang a couple of songs and ended with a Raven
> cheer.
>
> I walked outside to call my folks who knew Jack and to cancel my trip to
> visit them this weekend. When his nephew came out and said it was all ov
er.
> He was surround by family and friends.
>
> A couple hours later=2C the folks came to pick him up and we gathered on
the
> front lawn to say Good-bye as they loaded him into the truck.
> The Air Force decided to say "Thank you for your service" and a plane fro
m
> Edwards AFB broke the sound barrier overhead. So Jack was loaded with a
> sonic boom.
>
> As I get the details for his memorial service=2C I will send them to you.
>
> Please keep your thoughts and prayers for his family=2C
>
> Tom=2C
> Proud to say he was my friend.
>
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