View a eulogy for Robert Frank Pheiff, USMA '55, who passed away on April 23, 1998.
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Robert Frank Pheiff
West Point, 1955
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by Charles W. Roades on August 18, 1998:
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Bob Pheiff was a Pilot's Pilot,, an Airmen's Airman who forgot more about flying than those of us who strived so hard to keep all the figures and charts and numbers in the forefront of our memories. In a tense situation, with the whole world falling apart around, Bob would gently stroke the throttles and keep a soft hand on the yoke and usually whistle--not to show his calmness, but to show his disdain for causers of the fracas and to show that he was not going to be rattled, or set back by any amount of chaos. At one with the airplane, that's the way I will always remember him, with the airplane and with life, or whatever follows. Rest well, old friend; Well done! |
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