To:Buddy Brooks "tbrooksjr@earthlink.net"
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 14:35
Subject: Past and Present Boxcars
As published in the Boeing Vertol News Letter, Tandem Notes, April 1999
Last Flight For "Falcon Six"
Former commander of the 66th Aviation Brigade, Brig. Gen Errol VanEaton (r.), known in the air as "Falcon 6," completed his last flight as a military pilot at the controls of a Chinook from Co. E, 168th Aviation, "The Boxcars," Washington Army National Guard, at Ft. Lewis, Wash.
CW4 Rick Dominy (l.), known as "Boxcar 25." congratulated BG VanEaton after the mission.
Both VanEaton and Dominy have been Army aviators for 30 years, and each has more than 3,000 hours in Chinooks, including tours in Vietnam with the 179th ASHC, "The Shrimpboats," and the 178th ASHC, "The Boxcars," respectively. Dominy still has the same call sign he used 28 years ago.
Buddy, please feel free to post this on the Boxcar web site. However, it saddens me to report that Errol Van Eaton was killed in the crash of a Mi-8 helicopter, serving as an observer for a private contractor on a UN mission in Haiti, March 14.
Best Regards,
Rick Dominy
Boxcar 25