From the site of AVSim:
Robert Strickland, founder of Centers for Airway Science passed away in late September. His work, insight, and dedication to teaching will be sorely missed by everyone involved in the program. A 22 year veteran of the Air Force he served in Vietnam. After retiring in 1976 he worked with the Texas Rehabilitation Commision. His love for flying was also a driving force behind the establishment of the Warren Lee Strickland Centers for Airway Science in Portland, Oregon. The non-profit program, endorsed by General Colin Powell and Tiger Woods, provides an environment where practical math, science, and computer applications are emphasized through computerized flight simulation and model aircraft design and construction, and compliments the traditional educational program. He took hundreds of children having difficulty in school and showed them a practical application for what they were learning and literally turned many lives around. He was one man that made a difference for so many.
A Memorial Service is scheduled for Saturday, November 1st at 2 p.m. The Memorial will be at Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, Washington. Please join us there if you can. You can send your thoughts about Mr. Strickland's work to rhsmemorial@comcast.net. CAS will be posting contributions to this site on a wall at the Memorial. His family requests that you send contributions to Airway Science, PO Box 4142, Portland, OR 97208 rather than flowers.
I knew him from golf and the R/C world. Great memories and great times. He is a wingman I look forward to having one day.
