tribute to Jay Hammond

RaisedByWolves

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Tx

• Aug 21, 2005

• #1

i dont know if you guys have seen this but it's nice and from what i have read it's quite a loss to you alaskans


http://camera.touchngo.com/Events/MissingMan(Hammond).htm

tom ford


i guess you'll have to copy and paste the link

 

RaisedByWolves

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Tx

• Aug 21, 2005

• #2

as seen on http://camera.touchngo.com/Events/MissingMan(Hammond).htm

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"Missing Man" formation for
Jay Hammond 1922-2005
Husband, Father, Poet, Bush Pilot, Fighter Pilot, "Bush Rat," author,
and oh yes, Governor of Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska August 20, 2005
from the AlaskaCam®

Tom Ford

 

Gary Reeves

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Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

• Aug 22, 2005

• #3

Frankly folks,

It is quit a loss for us all.

Thanks for the photos.

I usually saw Jay two or three times a week. More recently I saw David or Bella or little Jay or Lauren. I'll see them all again next week. Thanks for the photos and thoughs. I have not sorted out mine yet.


I have a flying friend on a mountain here and the daughters of friends in the lake. Jay's was right and fitting.

Wow, a float plane missing man!

I'd like a float plane to fly over me too -but a few years from now.


GR

 

-12 Flyer

GONE WEST

Anchorage AK

• Aug 22, 2005

• #4

I have a digital video of this that I took at the Park Strip on Saturday. It was a very emotional event for the many people there. Channel 2 said that tere were about 2000 people scattered throughout the park strip. Anyhow, I have a video I took, that I tried to upload on Saturday, but could not get it uploaded. It is a huge file (17 Mb) and I have not yet had time to figure out how to compress it, or cut off the first five or so seconds that are nothing. If anyone would like me to email it to them, let me know, but until I can figure out how to compress it, just know that it will take a while to download, even with a high speed connection.

 

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Yard Dart

Registered User

• Aug 22, 2005

• #5

We are seeing our mentors pass away more often than i remeber in the past. These avatars can never be replaced. Every flyer out there probably knew somebody that help them along the way. I hope we will all take the time to pass on what they have taught us to the knew guys. Yard Dart

 

RaisedByWolves

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Tx

• Aug 22, 2005

• #6

-12 Flyer
if you want to send it to me ill take a look and see what i can do
supercub34lv@hotmail.com

tom ford

 

PA12driver

Registered User

Battle Ground, WA

• Aug 22, 2005

• #7

Having grown up in Alaska and personally knowing Jay. I am also saddened by his passing. I often told him and others that I thought of him as the Henry Kissenger from Alaska. Myself and many Alaskans often disagreed with Jay on politics, as well as many other areas of interest. The one thing I do know is the "Mr. Jay Hammond" was RESPECTED for his passion for Life, his State, his Family and he put his Money, time and effort where his mouth went! He will truly be missed!

God's Speed Jay, and happy flying in that "perfect clean air"

Tim

 

Christina Young

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Andover-Aeroflex, 12N

• Aug 22, 2005

• #8

PA12driver said:

he put his Money, time and effort where his mouth went!

Click to expand...

I think that's another way of saying that he was "genuine", unlike so many politicians today!

My sincere condolences for Alaska's great loss..... it is hard to replace great statemen like him.

 

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Green-to-Cubs

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Soldotna

• Oct 14, 2021

• #9

Not to dig up old news but I Just picked up my first pa-12, while cruising through the records jay s. Hammond owned this one in 1974 had the 320 put in it that year. What an amazing Alaskan he was

 

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aktango58

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18AA

• Oct 14, 2021

• #10

I just saw that Clem Tillion, one of Jay's partners in crime in the legislature, has just passed on to bluer skies

 

mvivion

SPONSOR

Bozeman,MT

• Oct 14, 2021

• #11

Rep-Tillion, as Jay called him, and Hammond were co-conspiritors in getting the Legislature to do things with consequences the Legislature never envisioned. Like the Permanent Fund.....

MTV

 

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Eddy Lewis

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Cortez Colorado

• Oct 14, 2021

• #12

I hadn’t heard that Clem passed. My dad used to take care of their horses during the wintertime years ago.


Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org

 

jk

Registered User

over there

• Oct 16, 2021

• #13

I remember back in the day, I was at the super 8 in Fairbanks and I was checking in. Jay comes in and asks the front desk guy for change to buy a paper. The guy refused, I in turn told Jay it would be my honor to “buy him a paper” , and that was the start of a long friendship. I was working out of Six Mile lake and would go visit regularly! We’ve lost another older statesman. CAVU and a TAILWIND!