Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"The center's staff bid a final farewell to several members of the Dryden family whose contributions cover more than 60 years of innovative engineering and piloting accomplishments at Dryden. Among them were former NASA Dryden engineer William P. Albrecht, who died July 16 at the age of 83. Retired NASA Dryden engineer and acting director De E. Beeler passed away on Sept. 11 at the age of 92. Former NASA Dryden research pilot Stanley P. Butchart died Oct. 1 in Lancaster at the age of 85. NASA Dryden research pilot Edwin W. Lewis Jr. died Nov. 8 at the age of 71, in the crash of a Civil Air Patrol plane southwest of Las Vegas, only hours after he led the flight crew in flying NASA's DC-8 science laboratory back to Dryden. Their legacy will live on as NASA Dryden moves forward into the future of aerospace research in 2008."

Source: From a NASA Dryden statement, remembering colleagues who have "Gone West." 

FMI: www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden