Welp, I went to the funeral.
Met with Brady and Casey. They seem to still have a good sense of humor, Much like Bob. It was a very laid back funeral as far as funerals go, lots of friends and family there, and of course some great stories. Honor guard was there and there was a very nice missing man formation fly by at the grave site. There were also some big names that popped in to visit. The restoration shop is geared up to restore f4 corsairs as well as P-51's now. So hopefully in a few years we may see the ole "super" corsair get rebuilt (fingers crossed). The plane did not belong to Bob, It was owned by one of his good friends. That is all I will say about that.
Robert saw the world in the eyes of a child, He would literally spend hours showing kids his planes and his hangar. He always said the kids are the future.
One good story about Bob was when a customer and his young son came to get info on restoring his fathers plane and said "I want a first class restoration", Bob walked them around the shop showing them around when the child asked to see a plane, Bob showed the kid every thing for hours, when asked why he is showing the child every thing and not the father, he said "The man said he wants a first class restoration. Where else is he going to go? The children are the future".
I have never seen so many planes at Hamry field.
I will post some pics later.
Every time I went to the airport on my motorcycle I would get razzed by bob, He would say "do you know how dangerous those things are?! Those things will kill you!" And I would reply "says the guy that goes to airshows and does loops and rolls!"
So what I did was dawned my spiffiest 3 piece suit and my nicest tie and a brand new pair of dress shoes and hopped on my crotch rocket and headed to the funeral! Casey and Brady were amused.
Missing man formation:
Bike at Odegaard wings:
Ramp at Hamry field:
Shrike:
Shrike cockpit:
Cripes 'Amighty:
Boomer:
Cripes again:
RIP Robert "Bob" Odegaard. You will be sorely missed.