#robert gore

[mostly-history]

Fire crews attend to the wreckage of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, an American fighter aircraft, at RAF Duxford (February 10th, 1944).

The American pilot, Lieutenant Robert N. Gore, had repeatedly “buzzed the field”, and crashed the plane, landing on top of a truck.  Gore survived, but the truck driver was killed.  Gore was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but was acquitted in May 1944, although he had to pay a fine of $660 for damaging the plane.

[qupritsuvwix]

Robert Gore, Who Kept Us Dry and Cool in the Rain with His Gore-Tex Invention, Has Died

His full name isn’t as well known as Thomas Edison or Alexander Graham Bell’s, but if you spend any amount of time outdoors, there’s a good