F106A Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) Folks, this one hit me hard. Even though I never met the man I read his blog almost daily, and this really hit harder than I thought it would. Perhaps because it was so sudden, and unexpected. (Aren't all of these like this?) I just went to his blog yesterday like I always do expecting to read some his wisdom, and observations on flying, politics, and life. He was a retired USN fighter pilot who only fairly recently began flying as an adversary pilot for ATAC. Only this Tuesday (3/6/12) "Lex" blogged of having a "streamer" upon landing at NAS Fallon the day before. He posted one last blog following the streamer blog, flew, then lost his life in a landing crash. These are the last two lines he wrote in the "Streamer" blog entry. "It’s funny how quickly you can go from “comfort zone†to “wrestling snakes†in this business. But even snake wrestling beats life in the cube, for me at least. In measured doses." - Neptunus Lex, 3/6/2012 The following links will explain better than I can write here. Please take the time to visit them. CAPT LeFon's blog... http://www.neptunuslex.com/ This next one has a photo of the crash scene (edit: which I just added here) as well as several embedded links including CAPT LeFon's bio... http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-memoriam-captain-carroll-lefon-us.html A news report of the crash... http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20120306/NEWS/120309902/1062&ParentProfile=1049 An opinion of the cause, and some of the bloggers personal feelings... http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2012/03/thoughts-on-loss-of-good-man.html May God be with his family. Edited March 9, 2012 by F106A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) I had read about the crash in the news ... Rest in Peace, Neptunus Lex ... Thank You for your Dedicated Service ... -Gregg PS Mark, thanks for the information and links ... Edited March 9, 2012 by GreyGhost Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I had read about the crash in the news ... Rest in Peace, Neptunus Lex ... Thank You for your Dedicated Service ... -Gregg PS Mark, thanks for the information and links ... ME too... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Hughes Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I read about this on Adm James Stavrides' FB page. For SACEUR, the military head of NATO, to post on this gives some measure of Lex... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I read about this on Adm James Stavrides' FB page. For SACEUR, the military head of NATO, to post on this gives some measure of Lex... Just be careful about the Admiral's FB page ... >>> Article <<< Gregg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishGreek Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Just be careful about the Admiral's FB page ... >>> Article <<< Gregg That's really interesting. Lex, you will be missed. Thank you for your service Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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