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10-29-2013, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pasadena, California
Posts: 214
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Bob Axsom, Gone West, 29 October, 2013
I am sorry to report that I just received the following email from Mike Thompson of Sport Air Racing League:
Racers,
I am sad to inform you all that Bob Axsom, Race 71 was found dead in his home in Farmington, AR this morning.
I received an email from his friend Charlie Heathco, and we then talked on the phone.
Charlie was checking on Bob after having not heard from him and not having his calls answered... and a neighbor told him the news.
The authorities in his home town are trying to contact a son Bob had from a previous marriage.
Bob was an inspiration us all, and to many RV builders and pilots who do not race. He was constantly chasing perfection, even as it bobbed and weaved elusively - but that didn't stop his pursuit.
Bob was to be inducted into the Sport Air Racing Hall Of Fame at the Rocket Race for this very reason, among others.
He gave race briefers fits, but only as part of the chase.
Bob was a reclusive fellow - but I still counted him a friend, and will miss him.
Bob Axsom, Gone West, 29 October, 2013.
- Mike
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10-29-2013, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Round Rock, TX
Posts: 3,778
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Wow... was not expecting this news. RIP Bob.
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Reiley
Retired N622DR - Serial #V7A1467
VAF# 671
Repeat Offender / Race 007
Friend of the RV-1
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10-29-2013, 06:50 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New Smyrna Beach, FL
Posts: 1,339
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What sad news! I will miss Bob's posts and wisdom. RIP.
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David Maib
RV-10 N380DM
New Smyrna Beach, FL
VAF Paid 1/21/2020
"In '69 I was 21, and I called the road my own"
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10-29-2013, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Abilene, TX
Posts: 725
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I am really sad to hear this. What a loss of such a great person who loved & lived flying. I met Bob for the first time last May at our fly-in & air race.
He will certainly be missed. My sympathy & prayers to his family.
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Sam Evans
RV7-A O-360 C/S
VAF#812
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10-29-2013, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 672
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Godspeed Bob!
I'll bet I know who you raced off to be with! Man I'll miss your posts.
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Joe Schneider
RV-7, IO-360, BA Hartzell, N847CR
Flying since 2008
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10-29-2013, 06:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
Posts: 12,256
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The next time you turn on your GPS and see a terrain map....or look at your Synthetic Vision on your fancy EFIS....I want you to think of Bob Axsom. Bob was an important engineer at JPL when they built a radar system called SRTM (Space Radar Topography Mapper). We flew that monster payload on STS-99 and mapped (topographically) all the dirt on the planet between 60 degrees North and 60 degrees south. That data set will serve as the basis for ALL topographic mapping for the next 100 years.
Bob was instrumental to making that work. A racer? Yup - he did that too - but I will be forever grateful for what he did before he retired.
Bob already knows the way to Heaven - he helped map it.
Paul
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Paul F. Dye
Editor at Large - KITPLANES Magazine
RV-8 - N188PD - "Valkyrie"
RV-6 (By Marriage) - N164MS - "Mikey"
RV-3B - N13PL - "Tsamsiyu"
A&P, EAA Tech Counselor/Flight Advisor
Dayton Valley Airpark (A34)
http://Ironflight.com
Last edited by Ironflight : 10-30-2013 at 08:20 PM.
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10-29-2013, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Posts: 1,128
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Such sad news about Bob. He was one member of this group that I hoped to meet in person one day.
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Tom Norwood
Classic "Short Tail 6A N822PM
TMX-O360. Phase 1
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10-29-2013, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Edgewater, FL. KSFB
Posts: 1,118
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RIP
I will miss his posts and determination.
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10-29-2013, 07:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SC & CA
Posts: 907
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We are so sorry to hear of the news. God has lifted your spirit to heaven to spend eternity with the love of your life. We will miss you Bob.
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Tom Valenzia
RV8 (Sold)
RV12 Jabiru 2200 Powered (Sold)
Dues contributor since 2007
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself...Anonymous
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10-29-2013, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Mateo, CA
Posts: 1,419
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wow - bummer - bob was a great fellow.
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