{"id":4916,"date":"2020-06-16T17:41:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T22:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=4916"},"modified":"2020-06-16T17:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T22:41:17","slug":"famous-pilots-on-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/famous-pilots-on-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Pilots on Father\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we approach the third Sunday in June, we mark Father\u2019s Day.&nbsp; The day we recognize the vital role that fathers play in family life.&nbsp; This will be my first Father\u2019s Day without my Dad; he went to Heaven on April 7.&nbsp;&nbsp; This got me to wondering about famous pilots of the past and their role in fatherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Wright_Brothers_at_home_1909-772x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4915\" width=\"149\" height=\"197\"\/><figcaption>Wilbur (L) and Orville (R) Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Orville and Wilbur Wright<\/strong> \u2013 Their Dad was a pastor and from him they acquired a love of learning and books.&nbsp; They also acquired a keen sense of observing creation, such as the flight of birds.&nbsp; They acquired their considerable mechanical ability from their mother.&nbsp; Neither <a href=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wright-brother-achieve-powered-flight-115-years-ago\/\">Orville or Wilbur<\/a> ever married.&nbsp; Both were lifelong bachelors (although Wilbur died at a relatively young age of 45) with no children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Chuck_Yeager-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4911\" width=\"216\" height=\"134\"\/><figcaption>Chuck Yeager and Glamorous Glennis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chuck Yeager<\/strong> \u2013 Yeager learned much about engines by working on his Dad\u2019s old pickup truck in the hamlet of Hamlin, West Virginia.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/70th-anniversary-of-chuck-yeager-breaking-the-sound-barrier\/\">Yeager<\/a> and Glennis (namesake of Glamorous Glennis) had four children that they raised.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/neil-armstrong-armstrong-astronaut-space-suit-866x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4914\" width=\"117\" height=\"137\"\/><figcaption>Armstrong Apollo 11<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Neil Armstrong<\/strong> \u2013 Neil\u2019s Dad was an auditor who moved frequently for his work for the State of Ohio in Neil\u2019s earlier years.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/neil-armstrong-first-college-professor\/\">Neil<\/a> had three children.&nbsp; Sadly, his daughter, Karen died at age 2 of pneumonia caused by a brain tumor.&nbsp; His two sons, Eric and Mark lived into adulthood, but neither followed their Dad into aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/apollo1-crew-e1592344842431.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4910\" width=\"276\" height=\"155\"\/><figcaption>Grissom, White, Chaffee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gus Grissom<\/strong> \u2013 The second American into space died tragically in the <a href=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/apollo-1-the-cost-of-getting-to-the-moon\/\">Apollo I<\/a> fire on January 27, 1967.&nbsp; He left a wife, Betty, and two sons.&nbsp; His crewmates Ed White (2 children) and Roger Chafee (2 children) both left widows to raise young children on their own.&nbsp; May we never forget the sacrifice that many paid to get us to the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lance Sijan<\/strong> \u2013 The Air Force Academy\u2019s only Medal of Honor Winner.&nbsp; Sijan was single when he went to Vietnam.&nbsp; His <a href=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/f-4c-phantom-ii\/\">F-4<\/a> was shot down and he died in a Prisoner of War Camp on January 22, 1968.&nbsp; Sijan never got the chance to have a family as he was trying to fight communism in Vietnam.&nbsp; His parents, Sylvester and Jane, were once guests on the Staff Tower at Mitchell Hall when I was a cadet.&nbsp; Upon their introduction, I witnessed one of the most spontaneous and heartfelt standing ovations I have ever had the privilege to be a part of.  It was an honor to be in the same room with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lance-Sijan-e1592344870577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4912\" width=\"348\" height=\"632\"\/><figcaption>Capt. Lance Sijan. 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