AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  A serious proposal          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Aviators (General Discussions) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message john smith Guest Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:52 pm    Post subject: A serious proposal Are any of the readers of this usegroup a member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame? I would like to propose that Gordon Baxter be nominated for enshrinement at the next/soonest opportunity. I was just re-reading the letters to the editor in my November 2005 issue of FLYING and was wondering if Bax had already been recognized. A check of the National Aviation Hall of Fame website does not list him as an enshrinee. What do the rest of you think? Should I pursue this? Back to top Jay Honeck Guest Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:18 am    Post subject: Re: A serious proposal Quote: Should I pursue this? Depends. Does the Hall of Fame have a category for "Best Columnist"? If not, it's sort of a moot point. If so, no one was better than Bax. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Back to top john smith Guest Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:31 am    Post subject: Re: A serious proposal In article <xX6if.581350$_o.476232@attbi_s71>, "Jay Honeck" <jjhoneck (AT) NOSPAMmchsi (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Should I pursue this? Depends. Does the Hall of Fame have a category for "Best Columnist"? If not, it's sort of a moot point. If so, no one was better than Bax. That's just it... their website doesn't explain what your aviation accomplishment has to be. Back to top Matt Whiting Guest Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:29 am    Post subject: Re: A serious proposal Jay Honeck wrote: Quote: Should I pursue this? Depends. Does the Hall of Fame have a category for "Best Columnist"? If not, it's sort of a moot point. If so, no one was better than Bax. Does anyone know if Bax's farewell column is available online? Matt Back to top Michael Ware Guest Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:56 am    Post subject: Re: A serious proposal Here you go. http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp?section_id=11&article_id=585 -- Hello, my name is Mike, and I am an airplane addict... "Matt Whiting" <whiting (AT) epix (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Jay Honeck wrote: Should I pursue this? Depends. Does the Hall of Fame have a category for "Best Columnist"? If not, it's sort of a moot point. If so, no one was better than Bax. Does anyone know if Bax's farewell column is available online? Matt Back to top Matt Whiting Guest Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:47 pm    Post subject: Re: A serious proposal Michael Ware wrote: Quote: Here you go. http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp?section_id=11&article_id=585 Thanks. This obviously is a reprint. Do you recall when the original was written? I was a subscriber to Flying then, but I haven't subscribed in probably a decade so I'm guessing it was at least that long ago. Matt Back to top Michael Ware Guest Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:35 pm    Post subject: Re: A serious proposal Here is the short piece that accompanied the last Bax Seat article, in the September 2005 'Flying', titled 'Bax Had A Dream'. "Gordon Baxter wrote this piece in 1989 to appear as one of his regular Bax Seat columns in Flying. Bill Garvey, who was editor at the time, took one look at the column and recognized that it was the best possible obituary anybody could ever write for Gordon. Bill asked Gordon to write another column for that month and scrawled a note on this one saying "Save this one for the month Bax dies. No kidding." Sixteen years later Gordon passed away after several years of poor health and fading memory. He was 81. Bax died on June 11, a Saturday, and the following Monday our Chief Copy Editor Ethel Weissmann walked into my office with the column and the note by Bill. There was also a scrawl from me agreeing with Bill to save the column for this sad day. Both Bill and I had forgotten about the column, but not Ethel. This final Bax Seat that had never been published, and never read by anybody outside the flying staff, is like opening a time capsule and discovering objects unseen for many years. This was Bax at his best. Gordon began writing for Flying in 1970 and his Bax Seat ramblings about all thing aviation continued until 1997. His day job was being a radio personality who worked mostly on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Gordon also authored a number of books, and wrote regularly for other magazines including Car and Driver. In June, Gordon was named to the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. --J. Mac McClellan" "Matt Whiting" <whiting (AT) epix (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Michael Ware wrote: Here you go. http://www.flyingmag.com/article.asp?section_id=11&article_id=585 Thanks. This obviously is a reprint. Do you recall when the original was written? I was a subscriber to Flying then, but I haven't subscribed in probably a decade so I'm guessing it was at least that long ago. Matt Back to top Matt Whiting Guest Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:46 pm    Post subject: Re: A serious proposal Michael Ware wrote: Quote: Here is the short piece that accompanied the last Bax Seat article, in the September 2005 'Flying', titled 'Bax Had A Dream'. "Gordon Baxter wrote this piece in 1989 to appear as one of his regular Bax Seat columns in Flying. Bill Garvey, who was editor at the time, took one look at the column and recognized that it was the best possible obituary anybody could ever write for Gordon. Bill asked Gordon to write another column for that month and scrawled a note on this one saying "Save this one for the month Bax dies. No kidding." Sixteen years later Gordon passed away after several years of poor health and fading memory. He was 81. Bax died on June 11, a Saturday, and the following Monday our Chief Copy Editor Ethel Weissmann walked into my office with the column and the note by Bill. There was also a scrawl from me agreeing with Bill to save the column for this sad day. Both Bill and I had forgotten about the column, but not Ethel. This final Bax Seat that had never been published, and never read by anybody outside the flying staff, is like opening a time capsule and discovering objects unseen for many years. This was Bax at his best. Gordon began writing for Flying in 1970 and his Bax Seat ramblings about all thing aviation continued until 1997. His day job was being a radio personality who worked mostly on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Gordon also authored a number of books, and wrote regularly for other magazines including Car and Driver. In June, Gordon was named to the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. --J. Mac McClellan" OK, I think I understand now, but this isn't the one I was thinking of. I was thinking of the last article published when he "retired" from writing the Bax Seat column. My recollection has faded, but I thought he wrote a fairly poignant column as his final "sign off" from Bax Seat. However, this obituary column certainly was vintage Bax. Is his "sign off" column available online? That is the one that I've been unable to locate, however, it was good to read this more recent one as well. Maybe I'm not remember correctly, but I seem to remember a column where he announced his retirement, one that was similar to when he announced losing his medical. 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