<VV> Ed Corson (no corvair)

[Rt66Vairs at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/26/2007 12:25:41 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
kaczmarek at charter.net writes:

Folks
If you never got to meet Ed Corson, you missed a treat.  Certainly a 
Gentleman, in the same class as Herb.  Perhaps the Supreme  Corvair Mechanic has a big 
resto job on hand, and needs some experts to  complete the job.  I'd like to 
think so anyway. In the 20 years I've  belonged to this club, this is the 
first time we've lost 2 prominent members  on the same day.  Ed and Herb were 
friends of each other as well.  

Ed was a proud Retired Veteran of the USAF. When I heard of his  passing 
today, I remembered a song I heard the USAF Chorus sing once in the  60's. 

"HE took the Blue from the Sky
And a Pretty Girl's eye,  
And a Touch of Old Glory Too.
And gave it to the men 
Who Proudly  wear 
The US Air Force Blue"

"May he Soar with Wings as  Eagles"

Hank



Funny story.
 
When I first met Ed and we were talking about Corvair engines and his  
methods he used in
their re-building. He told me he had learned many of the tricks he used  
while in the Military.
 
I asked him when he served, where and all the usual things vets ask each  
other.
 
He was very humble but told me he had served in both the Navy and Air  Force, 
most of it in the
Air Force and had retired as a Lt. Co. or full Col.
 
I joked that I had spent 21 months in the Army during Vietnam... And added  
"You remember the Army
don't you... They used to win all the wars until the Air Force hired a  press 
agent." He dropped his wrench 
and just bent over laughing. 
 
I added...
 
"You better laugh. Bob Hope paid good money for that joke."
 
He lost it completely.
 
He was blessed with a great sense of humor and we had more fun singing old  
Oscar Brand Air
Force ditties at our de-compression sessions after each Fan Belt  Toss.
 
Heaven, if it's possible, is a better place today.
 
Tim  Abney

Inland Empire Corvair Club



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