Ed "Ras" Rasimus has passed... He will be missed.
High FlightOh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earthAnd danced the skies on laughter-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'ring there I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long delirious, 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 untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand and touched the face of God. | |
| Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee No 412 squadron, RCAF Killed 11 December 1941 | |
Fly it like you stole it Ras... Godspeed!
And we are diminished.
ReplyDeleteYou may buzz the tower Ed.
ReplyDeleteI'll pass this on to Dan Cherry, fellow F-104 F-4 driver for USAF.
I know Gen. Cherry knew Ed from those days.
Gerry
What Rev Paul said.
ReplyDeleteVia con Dios, Sir.
If memory serves me right P.O. McGee was an American serving in the RCAF. The two of them are most likely swapping stories in the O Club.
ReplyDeleteRev- Yep
ReplyDeleteGerry- Thanks
Murph- Agree
OldAF- Yep
Gaffer- Along with many others...
I guess God needed some fresh pilots to help keep Satin at bay. RIP, Sir!
ReplyDeleteI feel very privileged to have been able to read his frequent writings.
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ReplyDeleteCP- Yep
ReplyDeleteBadger- He was damn good!
Ed- Good one, and that 104 truly WAS a rocket with a man attached!
Amen NFO.
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