Lu Zuckerman
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A somber time for Lu's family, our Industry and Pprune itself.
Despite the small size of our Industry, I can't remember meeting Lu, but may have seen him from time to time.
Can someone post a photo of Lu so we can all see the man as he was in his favorite era; working with helicopters.
Despite the small size of our Industry, I can't remember meeting Lu, but may have seen him from time to time.
Can someone post a photo of Lu so we can all see the man as he was in his favorite era; working with helicopters.
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Lyne,
May your prayers be heard.
I Wish you and your family all the strength.
Tell Lu we are praying for him at this side of the Atlantic.
D3
May your prayers be heard.
I Wish you and your family all the strength.
Tell Lu we are praying for him at this side of the Atlantic.
D3
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Lyne, that's really bad news. I don't really have any advise to give, but hang in there, though. I have learn't that life has a strange way of helping you to cherish the moment.
Lu, Keep taking vitamins C and E and plenty of minerals. At this stage it would be easy to give in, but this will help stack the odds in your favour.
Mart
Lu, Keep taking vitamins C and E and plenty of minerals. At this stage it would be easy to give in, but this will help stack the odds in your favour.
Mart
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Well Lu, to a know-nothing UK PPL(H) R22 and Hang Glider pilot your posts with their flawless grammar, immaculate spelling and technical brilliance are and always will be an inspiration. An inspiration to find out more, to realize how much there is to know and a reminder that there are professionals and there are others.
But also that there is a rarer individual who is prepared to impart their knowledge to others, argue their corner with civility and contribute to the humour of a situation in an infectious manner.
Now, most of the guys in our HG club have some ‘graphics’ on their gliders. So, Lu, you rare individual, you are coming aboard my Hang Glider. A couple of guys from the Club helped get some small and distinctive lettering sorted today and by tomorrow my Solar Wings Scandal’s going to have your name out on the port leading edge. I reckon from there you will be able to see the action and offer some advice now and again.
It’s a great glider Lu. I know you are going to like it. It has ‘ports’ in the leading edges to stiffen up the wing at speed and relax it for landings. It has variable geometry via an in-flight tensioning device to pull the wings forward. It has .. well, its has lots of things Lu.
Now, most of our flying will be over the hills and valleys of East Shropshire in the UK. You will like it there Lu. Especially in the evening lift when it is smooth and buoyant – you can hear pots being rattled in the cottages below, you can lookout to the purple Welsh mountains and dive on unsuspecting hawks. It’s at times like that you look up at the wing and wonder who made this stuff possible. That’s why your name is there Lu.
When folks ask me what that name is out on the port leading edge I shall tell them Lu and I will tell them why. We will then stand on the edge of the hill and launch ourselves into the creamy evening lift.
But also that there is a rarer individual who is prepared to impart their knowledge to others, argue their corner with civility and contribute to the humour of a situation in an infectious manner.
Now, most of the guys in our HG club have some ‘graphics’ on their gliders. So, Lu, you rare individual, you are coming aboard my Hang Glider. A couple of guys from the Club helped get some small and distinctive lettering sorted today and by tomorrow my Solar Wings Scandal’s going to have your name out on the port leading edge. I reckon from there you will be able to see the action and offer some advice now and again.
It’s a great glider Lu. I know you are going to like it. It has ‘ports’ in the leading edges to stiffen up the wing at speed and relax it for landings. It has variable geometry via an in-flight tensioning device to pull the wings forward. It has .. well, its has lots of things Lu.
Now, most of our flying will be over the hills and valleys of East Shropshire in the UK. You will like it there Lu. Especially in the evening lift when it is smooth and buoyant – you can hear pots being rattled in the cottages below, you can lookout to the purple Welsh mountains and dive on unsuspecting hawks. It’s at times like that you look up at the wing and wonder who made this stuff possible. That’s why your name is there Lu.
When folks ask me what that name is out on the port leading edge I shall tell them Lu and I will tell them why. We will then stand on the edge of the hill and launch ourselves into the creamy evening lift.
Hi Lyne
Sorry to hear the battle is not going Lu's way, I can imagine how hard that is for all of you. Our thoughts are with you.
If Lu wants to talk with all his friends out here, can I suggest you try downloading 'Skype'. It's a free program that (assuming he has broadband and a microphone) would enable him to chat round the world for free. The main advantage is that he could decide when he wants to be available and we can see when he is online. Just a thought.
TeeS
Sorry to hear the battle is not going Lu's way, I can imagine how hard that is for all of you. Our thoughts are with you.
If Lu wants to talk with all his friends out here, can I suggest you try downloading 'Skype'. It's a free program that (assuming he has broadband and a microphone) would enable him to chat round the world for free. The main advantage is that he could decide when he wants to be available and we can see when he is online. Just a thought.
TeeS
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Hi Lyne,
I'm so sorry to hear about Lu. He's been a great contributor here at PPrune and he would be sorely missed. I lost my father to cancer last year and I miss him and think of him often. He fought the illness for 13 years, then finally came to peace with it.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and Lu and the rest of the family. Lu is well respected here by many (including me), and he's helped many with his experience, his insight, and his wise contributions. I've exchanged a few e-mails with him, and I enjoyed the exchanges very much.
Please stay in touch. I and many others I'm sure, would like to know how things are going. Please give Lu our very best.
JeffB
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I'm so sorry to hear about Lu. He's been a great contributor here at PPrune and he would be sorely missed. I lost my father to cancer last year and I miss him and think of him often. He fought the illness for 13 years, then finally came to peace with it.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and Lu and the rest of the family. Lu is well respected here by many (including me), and he's helped many with his experience, his insight, and his wise contributions. I've exchanged a few e-mails with him, and I enjoyed the exchanges very much.
Please stay in touch. I and many others I'm sure, would like to know how things are going. Please give Lu our very best.
JeffB
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I am a fixed wing pilot who has mainly lurked on this board for years. I have always enjoyed Lu's posts tremendously. Please send him my very best wishes.
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Lu Zuckerman
It is with great respect and sorrow that I announce to you .
Today July 16th, at 9h40am that my father Lu Zuckerman passed away.
In is serenity and calmness, my father is with all of us right now, looking at us from high.
Flying Cron glider above the UK mountains.
He was at peace , with no suffering.
Thank you all for words that made him laugh.
Lyne
Today July 16th, at 9h40am that my father Lu Zuckerman passed away.
In is serenity and calmness, my father is with all of us right now, looking at us from high.
Flying Cron glider above the UK mountains.
He was at peace , with no suffering.
Thank you all for words that made him laugh.
Lyne
Lyne,
I am very sorry to hear this.
I will genuinely miss Lu's input to this forum and the others he frequented. He was a very entertaining and interesting participant in any debate he entered. He had a long and varied career and was knowledgeable and opinionated on any and every topic.
My thoughts are with you and your family.
I am very sorry to hear this.
I will genuinely miss Lu's input to this forum and the others he frequented. He was a very entertaining and interesting participant in any debate he entered. He had a long and varied career and was knowledgeable and opinionated on any and every topic.
My thoughts are with you and your family.
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I was lucky to have exchanged one email with Lu. Even though I wrote him for simple advice, he took the time to write a thorough, clear response, even though it would have been easy just to brush it off.
I have read his discussions and views for quite a while, and as entertaining as they were, they always left me thinking and with more knowledge than I started with.
Thank you Lu. Thank for you teaching me to ask questions and delve deeper.
God Bless.
I have read his discussions and views for quite a while, and as entertaining as they were, they always left me thinking and with more knowledge than I started with.
Thank you Lu. Thank for you teaching me to ask questions and delve deeper.
God Bless.
Lu was proud of his service in the United States Coast Guard....where he did some very interesting flying.
Fair Winds and Following Seas, Shipmate!
The Coast Guard Hymn
Eternal Father, Lord of Hosts
Watch o'er the ones who guard our coasts
Protect them from the raging seas
And give them light and life and peace.
Grant them from thy great throne above
The shield and shelter of thy love.
Lord, guard and guide the ones who fly
Through the great spaces in the sky
Be with them always in the air,
In darken storms or sunlight fair,
Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer,
For those in peril in the air!
Grant to them Your eternal peace, Oh Lord,
For they have followed your commandment,
That No Greater Love has he, who would give up his life for another.
Amen
Fair Winds and Following Seas, Shipmate!
The Coast Guard Hymn
Eternal Father, Lord of Hosts
Watch o'er the ones who guard our coasts
Protect them from the raging seas
And give them light and life and peace.
Grant them from thy great throne above
The shield and shelter of thy love.
Lord, guard and guide the ones who fly
Through the great spaces in the sky
Be with them always in the air,
In darken storms or sunlight fair,
Oh, hear us when we lift our prayer,
For those in peril in the air!
Grant to them Your eternal peace, Oh Lord,
For they have followed your commandment,
That No Greater Love has he, who would give up his life for another.
Amen
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Godspeed, Lu. There can never be another "Iconoclast" like you in this community, and we'll all miss your input and spirit.
with heavy heart in San Jose, CA, USA,
Dave Blevins
with heavy heart in San Jose, CA, USA,
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Tributes already posted before Lyne's announcement
PPRuNe Towers posted 16th July 2005 21:12
helmet fire posted 16th July 2005 21:21
Robbo Jock posted 16th July 2005 21:36
ShyTorque posted 16th July 2005 21:42
widgeon posted 16th July 2005 21:43
VeeAny posted 16th July 2005 21:45
NickLappos posted 16th July 2005 21:52
Hilico posted 16th July 2005 21:55
Droopystop posted 16th July 2005 22:00
PPRuNe Towers posted 16th July 2005 21:12
All at the Towers wish him peace after a life of fighting for what he thought was right.
Rob and Danny
Rob and Danny
Lu, I know you are up there friend, explaining the real theory behind cloud offset behaviour to the big man and setting up a Robinson Thread in Heaven's PPrune!
We will miss the light of your imagination and the steel of your conviction,
Rest In Peace Lu.
We will miss the light of your imagination and the steel of your conviction,
Rest In Peace Lu.
I'm surprised how hard that's hit me - I've never spoken to him, I exchanged a couple of e-mails a few years ago and I've read his posts and his defence of his posts over the years. Yet hearing of his passing has deeply saddened me. Shows how close you can get to someone, even just reading his views on a forum.
Lu always expressed his opinions with certainty, vigour and humour, rarely descending to the level of the personal attacks that he was sometimes subjected to. He stuck to his guns and defended his position; whether that position was right or wrong was and will be a subject of eternal debate here. But in stimulating the debate and in fighting his corner, Lu caused a lot of people to think. And in that way he has certainly left his mark on our little community.
Although I never met Lu, I shall miss him. My deepest condolences to Lu's wife and family.
Lu always expressed his opinions with certainty, vigour and humour, rarely descending to the level of the personal attacks that he was sometimes subjected to. He stuck to his guns and defended his position; whether that position was right or wrong was and will be a subject of eternal debate here. But in stimulating the debate and in fighting his corner, Lu caused a lot of people to think. And in that way he has certainly left his mark on our little community.
Although I never met Lu, I shall miss him. My deepest condolences to Lu's wife and family.
I'm extremely sorry to hear this very sad news.
Having lost my mother three years ago in similar circumstances, my heart goes out to his family.
God bless, Lu.
Having lost my mother three years ago in similar circumstances, my heart goes out to his family.
God bless, Lu.
Very sad to hear. When I started my new job working with Sea Kings Lu sent me , quite out of the blue , a model that I keep on my desk . Every day I will be reminded of his kindness and the knowledge that he shared with all of us on this forum. My condolences to his family.
I too am deeply saddened by Lu's passing,
Robbo Jock I find myself in the same position as you and I am very surprised at how I feel right now.
RIP Lu and my sincerest condolences to all his family.
V.
Robbo Jock I find myself in the same position as you and I am very surprised at how I feel right now.
RIP Lu and my sincerest condolences to all his family.
V.
I spoke to Lu on Thursday (for the first time), and he was as spry and witty as he ever appeared to us on pprune. I, too, am very sad, and will miss him very much.
We spoke of the pioneers that he knew and flew with, who were legends by the time I came along, and he laughed and joked about our wrangles. He was one of a kind. Our screwball world of vertical flight is now quite a bit duller, and a lot less knowledgable with Lu's loss.
Lyne, please pass on to your family the condolences of the hundreds of ppruners who respected your father so much.
We spoke of the pioneers that he knew and flew with, who were legends by the time I came along, and he laughed and joked about our wrangles. He was one of a kind. Our screwball world of vertical flight is now quite a bit duller, and a lot less knowledgable with Lu's loss.
Lyne, please pass on to your family the condolences of the hundreds of ppruners who respected your father so much.
I can't believe it. I spoke to Mr Zuckerman only a couple of days ago (contact details were included on another thread). I know he's referred to as 'Lu' on threads here but 'Mr Zuckerman' seemed more fitting (for one thing, he knew a lot more than I do). The strange thing was, he sounded younger when I talked to him than he did when I read his posts.
My condolences to his family and friends - many of whom live here.
Steve
My condolences to his family and friends - many of whom live here.
Steve
A sad day indeed. I can't say I always understood his arguments, but someone who challenges engineering design with the experience, education and conviction of Lu deserves to be remembered for ever more. People like Lu are few and far between. They are the reason that designers and engineers get things right in the end. The helicopter world (not to mention Pprune) will be a poorer place without him.
My thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.
DS
My thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family.
DS