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SteveBeaver
General
Gender: Male
Location: Columbus, Ohio - USA
Registered: Jan 2007
Status: Offline
Posts: 454
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Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2014 @ 04:09 PM
I have just received this from Don Vance:
Our friend Mira Slovak passed away yesterday morning at 7:47 AM at his home in Fallbrook, California. He was undergoing treatment for stomach cancer. Although I will miss him greatly, I am glad he is no longer suffering. Mira specified that there be no services and that he be cremated and buried at sea. He also specified that he be buried in the warm Pacific ocean rather than the cold Atlantic ocean that he spent so many hours trying to avoid while flying over it. It is our ironic that the time of his death was 7:47. The Boeing 747 was Mira's favorite transport aircraft while flying as a Captain for Continental airlines.
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Donald
Command Sergeant Major
Gender: Male
Location: Scotland
Registered: Jan 2007
Status: Offline
Posts: 489
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Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2014 @ 05:13 PM
Very sad news. The man was a legend.
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Jorgen
Captain
Gender: Male
Location: Lund, Sweden
Registered: Apr 2007
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Posts: 835
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Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2014 @ 05:45 PM
Godspeed Mira,
you have been an inspiration to all of us and I am so glad to have made your aquaintance here on the forum. My next Fournier flight will be dedicated to your memory.
May the 4s be with you/ Jörgen
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Collin
General
Gender: Male
Location: McMinnville. Oregon
Registered: Oct 2006
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Posts: 711
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Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2014 @ 04:55 AM
Very sorry to here he was a good friend.
Collin
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Markku
Master Sergeant
Gender: Male
Location: Kouvola, Finland, EFWB
Registered: Oct 2006
Status: Offline
Posts: 167
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Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2014 @ 07:03 AM
I'm sure he had a great life, rest in peace, all Fournier pilots will salute him
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Collin
General
Gender: Male
Location: McMinnville. Oregon
Registered: Oct 2006
Status: Offline
Posts: 711
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Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2014 @ 01:57 PM
Some of my favorite Mira pictures.
Mira meeting president Eisenhower
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D. Porter
Sergeant First Class
Gender: Male
Location: Ventura, CA
Registered: Apr 2012
Status: Offline
Posts: 84
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Posted Sunday, June 22, 2014 @ 12:48 PM
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-mira-slovak-20140622-story.html
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Collin
General
Gender: Male
Location: McMinnville. Oregon
Registered: Oct 2006
Status: Offline
Posts: 711
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Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2014 @ 00:28 AM
Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npgZMP2M3mA
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jb92563
Second Lieutenant
Gender: Male
Location: Lake Elsinore, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2007
Status: Offline
Posts: 583
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Posted Thursday, June 26, 2014 @ 07:15 PM
Sad news indeed...
Interview with Mira 2011 at Reno Air Races
http://youtu.be/wh71we7-p5o
-------------------- Ray
RF4D #4057 N-1771 Rectimo 1400cc
http://picasaweb.google.com/jb92563/FournierRF4D
http://www.touringmotorgliders.org
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