Mr, Kaman has Died - Very Interesting Fellow

[Jimbeaux]

I did not know of this man before now. However, he is the embodiment of shed inventors everywhere.....literally.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obitu...

[Jimbeaux]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Funnily enough I looked up an amazing Character I had the pleasure to meet some years ago now, and sad to say discovered he had passed on.

Initially I knew him from driving with him from the North East to London and back in my Boss' 540 BM for us to go and punt to LFT a Environment Oil Change machine we thought would save the world !.

Harry was a wonderful guy with an unassuming gait, and among things that crept in to conversations we had, were nuggets of his life such as :

been part of the boys that went over the wall with just a knife bringing the scientists fro the East over to the West
Taught the guys at Augusta how to treat the greens for Moss, and donated a laboratory and created the Air Conditioning system in place on something like 13 of the Greens
was insrumental in the creation of Fluoride in Toothpaste
Had a White House pass (he always said that and buck or two would always et you a beer )
Been on C-span 3 times.
(obviously a bit of a secret squirrel too !)
Oh and all the things in his Obit.

RIP Harry

One of life's "cool moments", huh?

[Laurel Green]

What an amazing man. RIP, Mr Kaman.

[Eric Mc]

I assumed it had to be the guy who built this -

[Jimbeaux]

Eric Mc said:

I assumed it had to be the guy who built this -

Which chopper is that Eric?

[Eric Mc]

The Kaman HH-43 Husky.

They were used by the USAF in the 1960s and early 70s as airfield fire fighter and rescue craft. They could carry an underslung load of fire retardent.

[IroningMan]

Responsible for my favourite helicopter:



K-MAX

and a host of other inventive stuff.

Creative man.

[Jimbeaux]

Eric Mc said:

The Kaman HH-43 Husky.

They were used by the USAF in the 1960s and early 70s as airfield fire fighter and rescue craft. They could carry an underslung load of fire retardent.

Thank you Sir.