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"I
learned to fly at Lebanon/Warren Co. airport in Lebanon,
Ohio. One fall evening in 1975, while working on my
SGS1-26, I was introduced to a "farmer" whose
farm bordered the airport. John Lane, the apt. manager,
introduced him to me as another teacher, saying he was a
science teacher at the University of Cincinnati and a
member of the airport board. Over the next 4 years I got
to know the gentleman as a fellow glider pilot, supportive
parent, and alumni member of the Purdue Band. 3 years
later, I was hired to be the band director at LHS and got
to know the family better through his son Mark, a talented
Senior. Every time we met in town or at school the
teacher/farmer and I talked about nothing more than band,
his old Libelle, my new ASW-20, or school.....never about
events 10 years earlier when he became the first man to
walk on the moon.....Neil Armstrong was a quiet,
humble, gracious man who enjoyed the anonymity of our
little town where he could just be allowed to be himself,
shop, farm, and live. Good person, good pilot, good dad.
God speed Mr. Armstrong on your new journey."
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