Rocket man's passing

John Meyers

Active Member

• May 27, 2011

• #1

Sorry to report passing of Pete Albrecht of Pt Townsend WA, RV and Rocket builder/flyer extraordinare... due to cancer. Remembrance video link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke8zkBK0flQ

 

cdmiller

Well Known Member

• May 27, 2011

• #2

Nice video

John,

Nice job on the video. Pete will be missed.

Dan Miller

 

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BillFear

Well Known Member

• May 27, 2011

• #3

John, thanks for posting

Did not know him but I like him. nice video, sorry about your friend.

 

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jetdrivr

Member

• May 30, 2011

• #4

Great Video

Thanks for posting. Sorry for your loss.

Just out of curiosity....is that a Harmon Rocket 1 that he built and was flying? Great looking airplane!

 

Geico266

Well Known Member

• May 30, 2011

• #5

I hate cancer.

 

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Revodriver

I'm New Here

• Jun 18, 2011

• #6

I had the pleasure of meeting Pete at the BFL rocket fly-in a few years ago. I was there in my friend's Rocket 1. First time seeing another Rocket 1, somewhere there is a picture of both planes together. He built a really nice machine.
Sorry to hear of his passing.

 

John Meyers

Active Member

• Jun 23, 2011

• #7

Two HR Ones

Dig out that photo if you can. Folks up here would be eager to see it.

 

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Revodriver

I'm New Here

• Jun 24, 2011

• #8

I will look. My friend Dave Burdette, the owner of the Rocket1 at the time, has also gone west. I will dig through some of the photos, not sure if I have it or if it was with his stuff. He sold the plane, shortly after it's departure the new owner put it on it's back and destroyed it. Fortunately the new owner wasn't badly hurt but it was the end too a really nice plane.
The link below is a picture of the plane by itself.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31752259&l=bd209896a7&id=1003239431

Steve