Passing of two legends.

[Guest ozzie]

Two aviation legends recently passed away.

 

Fred Morrison passed away on on February 9th aged 90. Most probably wont recognise his name until i mention the word 'Frisbee'. Fred invented the modern version of the Frisbee in 1937 after chucking around a cake tin lid.

 

The other most of would have heard of.

 

James Morris 'Morry' Hummel, aircraft designer and builder including the recent Hummelbird,

 

passed away aged 94 on February 4th.

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

I'm sorry to hear of Morry Hummels' passing. In the 80s I converted a 1/2 VW and purchased a modified 1/2 crank, heads,carb and prop hub from him which worked out fine. I had several nice phone chats with him and he couldn't have been more helpfull. His 'Hummelbird' is his legacy and he also was a first class aircraft sheet metal worker which shows in the aircraft.

 

He's left his mark for sure.....Thanks again Morry !...............................................................Maj...