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ROADRUNNER FINAL FLIGHT

HIGH FLIGHT

by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings, sunward-silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds. And done a hundred things you have not dreamed of. Wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hov'ering there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delerious, burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace where never lark, or even eagle flew. And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God.

ROADRUNNER REMEMBRANCE
The names posted below commemorate Roadrunners who have made their final flight since our October 2001 reunion. Other deceased Roadrunners can be added to this commemorative upon request.

Click on name to view obituaries or bios where available

P.Crawford 1989	Donald Corzine 2002	Louis Schalk	Carl Strahl 2003	Jim Goodman 2003
Bob Adrian 2003	Charles Hutching 2003	Larry Brooks 2003	Tom Teaford 2003	Billy Pryor 2003
Pat Gugin 2003	Dick Miller 2003	Mele Vojvodich 2003	Darl McCullough 2004	Norm Nelson 2003
Kent Baylor 2003	Doug Nelson 2005	Lloyd Whitlake 2005	Hank Meierdierck 2006	Laura Simon 2006
Jane Collins 2006	Ray Schrecengost 2006	Jerry Ransdell 2006	Velma Weiss 2006	Jeanine Knutson 2006
Tom Losh 2006	Les Schlesinger 2006	Louis Wright 2006	Howard Coble 2007	Pete Franzen 2007
Dick Estey 2007	Kattenbert 2007	Tom Bolich 2007	Jack Ledford 2007	O.B. Harnage 2008
Dick Roussell 2008

Obituaries are posted at the individual links above.

Richard "Dick" Roussell
4-3-2008

Dick Roussell Last night the aviation community lost another of its icons with the loss of Richard "Dick" Roussell, age 77. Dick was proud of his Louisiana heritage where he was born July 23rd, 1930. He was equally proud of his alma mater, LSU where he attended US Army ROTC for the first two years and opted to enroll in US Air Force ROTC for junior and senior years. As a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, Dick flew 309 F-100 combat missions in Vietnam for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters. Dick was one of the elite selected by the Air Force to participate in the CIA A-12 Project OXCART at Area 51 where Dick flew the F-101 Voodoo to provide chase for the Mach 3+ A-12. After his tour of duty at Area 51 Dick was chief of the Operational Test and Evaluation Division of the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing at Nellis AFB. Dick held the rating of Command Pilot with over 4,000 hours of logged flying time. More about the exceptional life of Dick is posted on his web page: Roussell's Web Page. Dick was a personal friend of many of us and a regular in our Roadrunners Internationale association activities. Dick was one of the original founders of Roadrunners Internationale and was an invaluable asset to the association as it developed its website and proceeded with its mission of recording the legacy of Project Oxcart participants. Dick served the association in many ways and remained an active advisor up to his sudden passing. Dick remained a business man in Las Vegas throughout his life after retiring from the Air Force. We can take comfort that Dick is now happily enjoying a plate of Gold Band half-shell oysters and platter of seafood for which he held a passion. Our hearts and prayers go out to the family who have suffered a great loss.

Memorial services in remembrance of Dick will be scheduled at a later date.

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