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John MacGuire

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Found out that John passed away on 7 Feb. John was an inspiration to me over the years On 12 April 93, John suffered a rudder lock up in his Pitts at the top of a maneuver during an unlimited sequence practice, and ended up in an inverted flat spin until impact. He suffered a T4 spinal injury from the accident. About 6 months later, he was back in an airplane. I’m sure he had down days, but every time I saw him in the halls at our company, or a photo of him, he had that huge smile on his face. He didn’t ever seem to let anything get him down. I hadn’t seen John for a couple of years, as I work overnights, and he retired from Lockheed a couple of years ago.
 

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