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General Category => Off Topics and General Interest => Topic started by: Sam Buchanan on August 11, 2014, 06:15:28 AM

Title: Passing of Wayne Ison
Post by: Sam Buchanan on August 11, 2014, 06:15:28 AM

Learned via Aero News this morning of the passing of Wayne Ison, father of the MiniMax. He was by all accounts an honorable and highly respected man.

http://www.aero-news.net/emailarticle.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c16d7e37-b017-40df-95c6-dfa95a7e03b8 (http://www.aero-news.net/emailarticle.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c16d7e37-b017-40df-95c6-dfa95a7e03b8)

Why is this of interest to Eagle builders? As Leonard has often stated, the Eagle wing is an adaptation of the MiniMax wing, a lineage easily recognized by those of us who have built both a MiniMax and Eagle. So the Eagle connection to Ison is strong, and we recognize his influence on our planes.

Wayne's influence on light aircraft will be felt for a long time, we were fortunate to have him in our corner of aviation.

Title: Re: Passing of Wayne Ison
Post by: bill utt on August 13, 2014, 04:55:35 AM

Thanks Sam, and oh so true!