Roy Voris

A U.S. Navy fighter pilot, Voris was an Ace in World War II and was awarded three Distinguished Flying Crosses, 11 Air Medals, three Presidential Unit Citations and the Purple Heart. In 1946, Adm. Chester Nimitz decided to create a special naval aviation team to increase sailor morale -- and recruitment. He chose Capt. Voris to lead the team. Voris liked the name of a night club he saw advertised in a magazine, and named the team after the establishment: the Blue Angels. He recruited several pilots and got them off the ground quickly: the team put on its first air show on June 15, 1946, and it quickly became known for its spectacular aerobatic stunts. "You fly as close together as a couple of feet," Voris once said. "Every once in a while you do a little bump and so forth. People ask me, 'How close do they fly?' And I'll say if we hit each other, it's too close and if we don't, we're too far apart." He retired from the Navy in 1963, and went on to be NASA's spokesman during the Apollo moon missions. "Butch" Voris died August 9 at his home in Monterey, Calif. He was 85. From This is True for 7 August 2005 Suggestions for further reading: Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds by Robin Olds, Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus Amazon Price: $17.81 Customer Review: Great read and story of one of America's finest. Reccomended for all to read.   The Great Santini: A Novel by Pat Conroy Amazon Price: $10.20 Customer Review: As Advertized, did not note it was from UK, but that is fine. Nice book in great condition.   Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot by Bruce Leininger, Andrea Leininger Amazon Price: $10.07 Customer Review: I found this 7 disc set quite annoying. 1. First of all, I found the reader's voice to be grating. His cadence was odd. 2. The length of this book all wrong. This should have been a 100 page book. Large amounts of detail of the fam...   Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide 1: Onslaught by Michael A. Stackpole Amazon Price: Customer Review: I have to say that I enjoyed the first book in the New Jedi Order series, plot holes and all, but either Salvatore dropped the ball or Stackpole did. The inclusion of "blackhole shields" on the coral skippers is a significant change from Vector Prime...   A Nightmare's Prayer: A Marine Harrier Pilot's War in Afghanistan by Michael Franzak Amazon Price: $17.16 Customer Review: A great book!! As honest and compelling as anything I have ever read. I rode along with him every step of the way, from family separation, through near disasters, hanging on the personal edge, anger with leadership, fr...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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