tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609505216449486082.post2809995726371103209..comments2023-01-03T23:26:10.827-08:00Comments on Light Sport Hangar Flyin': Larry Newman, 2011Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09658949494466569701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609505216449486082.post-54142825052124586292011-02-23T18:34:58.864-08:002011-02-23T18:34:58.864-08:00Hi John, great to hear from you. Thank you for yo...Hi John, great to hear from you. Thank you for your thoughtful and honest insights and recollections. Larry was a complex man and left a strong impression with every person he met.James Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233962831761532576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609505216449486082.post-27823120154289921832011-02-22T14:12:58.715-08:002011-02-22T14:12:58.715-08:00Hi, Jim!
I'm glad to see you're still aro...Hi, Jim!<br /><br />I'm glad to see you're still around and writing. I remember you from our days at Flight Designs, so long ago.<br /><br />Reading about Larry on the EAA memorial page, I've found it amazing what a range of reactions people have had, from "wonderful human being" to "the most treacherous human I've ever known." It's as if they were talking about two different people. Larry could be many things to many people, all in the same day, depending on what he wanted them to see.<br /><br />You may know that I worked for Electra Flyer for two and a half years, running its sail loft (the same job I had at Flight Designs), and had a chance to study him up close. I remember him as a person with both enormous charm and a prodigious ability to hold a grudge. My understanding is that his personality underwent a profound change in the 90's, and I think I would have liked to meet him after that transformation. I respect him for his undeniable accomplishments in aviation, lament his shortcomings and the way he treated those who had business with him, and mourn the loss of both the man and the man he could have been.John LaTorrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609505216449486082.post-59175867384339695082011-02-15T11:23:52.023-08:002011-02-15T11:23:52.023-08:00Thank you Robert, I appreciate your comment.Thank you Robert, I appreciate your comment.James Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233962831761532576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3609505216449486082.post-7944732575973459272011-02-09T10:11:49.554-08:002011-02-09T10:11:49.554-08:00Jim,
I read your comment to Mr. Larry Newman. I wa...Jim,<br />I read your comment to Mr. Larry Newman. I want to tell you that you wrote a great tribute to him an that he would be very pleased and honored!<br />Robert Farquharson<br />East Peoria, ILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com