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Garnett Edward Lowe Jr., Installed First Instrument Landing And Radar Systems In Airports, 84

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DGH

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Apr 1, 2008, 8:52:35 AM4/1/08
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) -- Garnett Edward Lowe Jr., credited with
installing the first instrument landing and radar systems in airports
across the southeastern U.S., died Saturday [March 29, 2008]. He was
84.

Lowe died at a Murfreesboro hospital of chronic emphysema, Woodfin
Funeral Home announced Sunday.

Lowe served as a flying boat pilot and maintenance instructor during
World War II. He returned to his hometown of Murfreesboro in 1946 to
work with the U.S. Civil Aviation Authority, a predecessor to the
Civil Aeronautics Board and Federal Aviation Administration.

He joined Lockheed Aircraft in the 1950s as a flight test engineer on
the C-130 aircraft and later served as quality control manager for the
Atlas, Bullpup and Lacrosse missile projects.

Lowe also investigated plane crashes in the Southeast and the
Caribbean for the Civil Aeronautics Administration and was among the
first investigators to use reconstruction to determine if mechanical
or structural failures caused crashes.

AP

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DGH

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Apr 1, 2008, 9:01:04 AM4/1/08
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I have flown in a C-130 on more than one occasion.

MWB

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Apr 1, 2008, 12:46:25 PM4/1/08
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"DGH" <peri...@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
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> I have flown in a C-130 on more than one occasion.
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I'm sure it was a comfortable ride.

My son filled me in on flying into BIA, Baghdad International Airport.


GO RED SOX

Mark


Charlene

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Apr 1, 2008, 1:21:24 PM4/1/08
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On Apr 1, 7:01 am, DGH <perin...@eudoramail.com> wrote:
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> I have flown in a C-130 on more than one occasion.

I once had a part-time job that had me flying in a Herc all over the
NWT every weekend. One day I noticed a few patched-over holes in the
fuselage. The co-pilot told me that the aircraft had been leased out
somewhere in Africa and was shot up one day on short final.

There was a period of about a year where the Herc was the only
aircraft they could get into one of the remote communities (Gjoa
Haven, perhaps?). The 737 needed more runway and the Electra needed a
sturdier runway surface. I suppose the DC-3 could have worked, too,
but it couldn't take the big Canada Post pallets.

wd44

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