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Brown, test pilot and vice president of the National Test Pilot School in Mojave unveiled an F-16 model, with a few cheers and friendly hisses from the crowd, fol- lowed by nominations from the audience for next year’s unveiling. “Russ Gibbs always makes such beautiful models and is very reasonable,” said Van de Pol.
John “Ferg” Fergione, former Navy and Lockheed Martin test pilot, suggested SpaceShipTwo, because it is the future. Lockheed Martin photographer Kevin Rob- ertson suggested the F-117 Night Hawk. Mark “Forger” Stucky, a Virgin Galactic pilot, nominated the F-4 Phan- tom, and Van de Pol nominated the F-18, because it is so similar to the F-15 and F-16.
With the help of guests and human audiometer, F-16 test pilot Maj. Chris “Beast” Taylor, the crowd voted to have the F-4 Phantom added to the wall for next year’s call. Van de Pol suggested that they may schedule Roll Call around the LA County Air Show, so more pilots
can participate.
“This was so cool,” said Sean Threatt, who flew in
from Olympia, Wash., for a first date with Morgann Simmons, who lives in the Antelope Valley. “This was totally unexpected and fantastic.” Threatt has a com- mercial pilot license, but said his dream job would be to be a test pilot. “To see these guys here, by chance, is pretty amazing.” He appreciated the colorful stories that he knew he would never hear anywhere else, es- pecially in public.
“Roll call is a time where rank does not matter and everyone is on the same playing field. We can have a few beers, relax and learn from each other — the good and the bad, so we don’t make the same mistakes,” shared Van de Pol who will soon be heading back to serve in the Netherlands, after serving six years at Ed- wards Air Force Base.
Plane Crazy Saturday is 10 a.m.-2 p.m., July 21 at the Mojave Air and Spaceport.
This month’s presentation, Adventures in Designing New Aircraft and Col- lecting Antique Airplanes, features Steve Ericson, formerly of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Scaled Composites, and currently director of ad- vanced design at The Spaceship Company., engineer on Team Nemesis. He owns two Great Lakes bi-planes, two motor gliders, a twin-engine, home-built, and a J-3 Cub. Previously, he owned a German Fieseler Fi-156 Storch and a 1936 Aeronca C-3.
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