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1 posted on 05/02/2006 2:14:46 PM PDT by Rakkasan1

I love helicopters...any man that moved the heli forward is a great man...RIP.

2 posted on 05/02/2006 2:18:55 PM PDT by Rick_Michael (Look at profile for current ways to deal with illegals immigration)

5 posted on 05/02/2006 2:45:20 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)

I met with Stan hiller Back in the 90's a couple of times, My father used to be one of his chief engineers. At the time he was restoring one of my fathers early helicopters (GAZDA) for his museum and I got a personal tour by Mr. Hiller, you could not but help but like him.

As my father said he was always asking you do something for him, but he was so charismatic you wanted to do what ever he asked.

My father even went to the hiller reunions up until he died 4years ago.

Very unique company, Stan closed the doors in the early '70's due to union disputes and they had reunions every year until Mr. Hiller's Alzhiemer's got he better of him.

Think about it, 30 years after the company closed it's doors former employees would get still together. He was one of the truly great

10 posted on 05/02/2006 5:11:13 PM PDT by underbyte

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