Dave Rahm

David Rahm
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Dave Rahm
Born1931
Died1976 (aged 44–45)
NationalityCanadian
OccupationGeologist, professor, stunt pilot

David "Dave" Rahm (1931–1976), nicknamed "the Flying Professor",[1] was a Canadian geologist, professor and stunt pilot. He taught at Western Washington State College and was a visiting professor of geology at the University of Jordan. Rahm lived in Bellingham, Washington.[2][3]

Rahm met King Hussein of Jordan in 1974 at the Abbotsford Air Show in British Columbia.[3] Hussein asked him to come to Jordan and train the Royal Jordanian Falcons aerobatics team. Rahm was killed in a crash in the summer of 1976 while performing a stunt in Amman, Jordan.[2][3][4][5]

Rahm died performing a combination of a Lomcevak, tailslide and stall turn in a Pitts Special. Rahm's wife, Katy Rahm, and King Hussein were both present. Hussein attempted to pull Rahm from his burning plane, but Rahm had already died. Writer Annie Dillard wrote an essay about Rahm called "The Stunt Pilot", reprinted as the last chapter of her collection, The Writing Life.[2] Rahm's widow later wrote a memoir, Flying High: Soaring Above the Tragedies of Life.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Flying High - Soaring Above the Tragedies of Life - Gary and Katy Rovetto". Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Dillard, Annie (2013). The Writing Life. New York, London: Harper Perennial. pp. 91–111. ISBN 978-0-06-091988-7.
  3. ^ a b c Berriochoa, Mike (1999). "Flying for King Hussein" (PDF). Air Shows. 30 (1): 10–12. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  4. ^ Lyons, Bill (November–December 1989). "Jordan's Royal Falcons". Saudi Aramco World. 40 (6): 20–27. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  5. ^ Tillman, Barrett (August 2009). "From Pilot to President". Air & Space/Smithsonian. Retrieved July 14, 2017.

External links

  • Matthews, Glenn C. (November 2005). "Reminiscing". The Patrician: 11–12. Retrieved July 14, 2017.



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