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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Erwin Wuester, a Riverdale native who was a leading authority on the design of military parachutes, has died.
The textile engineer died May 5 after a brief illness. He was 80 and lived in Lowell, Mass.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
 Wilfred J. A. "Squeak" Charette, who was born November 14, 1936, passed away May 9, 2010, at his home in Tampa. Among his many achievements, he was one of the original Golden Knights, serving 11 years in the U.S. Army.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Amy Charette.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
 On 9th of January 2010, Mgr. Josef Pavlata, Czech legend of the classic parachuting, member of the Army Sport Team of Parachuting DUKLA Prostějov died after a long fight with a serious disease.
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
 Hank Simbro, D-63, passed away on Friday, 1-22-2010 at Clark Fork, Idaho. He did most of his jumping at the Lancaster, Taft and Arvin DZ's in Southern California.
Hank’s wife, Muriel D-78, was a member of the 1962 U.S. Women's Parachute Team.
The family has requested that donations be sent in Hank’s name to the the National Skydiving Museum, 5401 Southpoint Centre Blvd. Suite 702, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 or online at www.skydivingmuseum.org.
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Monday, February 01, 2010
 Gary G. Pond, born into a skydiving family and an active skydiver for decades, died Jan. 27, 2010 of cancer at his home in Orange, MA.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
 David Theodore Barish, aeronautical engineer and parachute inventor, died on December 15, 2009 in New York City. He was 88.
His family announced his death, which was the result of Multiple Myeloma.
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Posted by Museum Administrator on
Monday, October 26, 2009
 Loy Brydon, 77, died unexpectedly October 25, 2009 at his home in Tucson, Arizona. Loy is survived by his children Kenny, Kevin, Ty and Hugh (Patti), grandchildren Beth, David, Stephanie and Rosemary, great granddaughter Tristin and his siblings Beverly Sanderson & Lee Brydon. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son Mark. He will be missed by all, including Sarah, his Weimariner and Tee Taylor, his ex-wife and best friend.
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
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