<VV> Ed Corson (no corvair)

[airvair]

I think that's the best way of remembering these guys, with happy
stories. Thanks Tim, for brightening an otherwise sad news day.

-Mark

Rt66Vairs at aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 6/26/2007 12:25:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> kaczmarek at charter.net writes:
> 
> Folks
> If you never got to meet Ed Corson, you missed a treat.  Certainly a
> Gentleman, in the same class as Herb.  Perhaps the Supreme  Corvair Mechanic has a big
> resto job on hand, and needs some experts to  complete the job.  I'd like to
> think so anyway. In the 20 years I've  belonged to this club, this is the
> first time we've lost 2 prominent members  on the same day.  Ed and Herb were
> friends of each other as well.
> 
> Ed was a proud Retired Veteran of the USAF. When I heard of his  passing
> today, I remembered a song I heard the USAF Chorus sing once in the  60's.
> 
> "HE took the Blue from the Sky
> And a Pretty Girl's eye,
> And a Touch of Old Glory Too.
> And gave it to the men
> Who Proudly  wear
> The US Air Force Blue"
> 
> "May he Soar with Wings as  Eagles"
> 
> Hank
> 
> Funny story.
> 
> When I first met Ed and we were talking about Corvair engines and his
> methods he used in
> their re-building. He told me he had learned many of the tricks he used
> while in the Military.
> 
> I asked him when he served, where and all the usual things vets ask each
> other.
> 
> He was very humble but told me he had served in both the Navy and Air  Force,
> most of it in the
> Air Force and had retired as a Lt. Co. or full Col.
> 
> I joked that I had spent 21 months in the Army during Vietnam... And added
> "You remember the Army
> don't you... They used to win all the wars until the Air Force hired a  press
> agent." He dropped his wrench
> and just bent over laughing.
> 
> I added...
> 
> "You better laugh. Bob Hope paid good money for that joke."
> 
> He lost it completely.
> 
> He was blessed with a great sense of humor and we had more fun singing old
> Oscar Brand Air
> Force ditties at our de-compression sessions after each Fan Belt  Toss.
> 
> Heaven, if it's possible, is a better place today.
> 
> Tim  Abney
> 
> Inland Empire Corvair Club
>