Neptunus Lex RIP

[davekiwi]

Not sure how many people read Lex's blog .. I think there are a few of us, but he was killed yesterday when his F-21 aka Kfir, crashed short of the runway at NAS Fallon.

link to blog:

www.neptunuslex.com/

A tribute post:

blog.usni.org/2012/03/07/a-remarkable-man-has-stepped-into-the-clearing-captain-carroll-lefon-usn-ret-1960-2012/

Lex had a way with the words, and this last few months reading his blog as he flew the Kfir for ATAC (contracted aggressor pilots) has kept me enthralled ... my morning "reads" won't be the same.

[ErrolC]

Thanks for posting, I saw it on Twitter last night, I've been reading him for years.. He was a great story-teller, and gave much support to new bloggers. RIP

Here's a post about a visit to a carrier (as a blogger), before he took up flying for ATAC.
www.neptunuslex.com/2009/06/01/the-embark/

[angelsonefive]

Captain Carroll LeFon US Navy ( Rtd ), aged 51.

His F-21 Kfir fighter-bomber of the USN contractor Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., is reported to have " struck a structure ", near one of the gates to NAS Fallon in northern Nevada, at about 0915 L/T on Tuesday, 6th of March, 2012.

A USN spokesman described the weather at the time as " snowy and foggy."

R.I.P.