IT is with great sadness that I post the following.
Dave Ferguson, NCRS Member #1076, lost his battle to T-Cell Lymphoma on Wednesday, August 10, 2011.
Dave was a longtime and valued member of our club. He restored many C-1’s, including 1953 #024, one of two McCulloch supercharged 1953’s; this car received the NCRS American Heritage Award in 1999.
Ferg was a decorated veteran. He graduated from the USAF Test Pilot School in 1972, and flew over 200 missions during his two tours of duty as a Fighter Pilot in Viet Nam. Ferg received the Legion of Merit twice for his work on classified programs and was honored with two Distinguished Flying Crosses, eight Air Medals and the Aerospace Walk of Honor.
After Ferg’s retirement from the USAF, in 1979 he became a test pilot for Lockheed. He was the second company pilot to fly the F-117A, the country’s first operational stealth aircraft. On September 29, 1990, in his capacity as Chief Test Pilot for Lockheed's YF-22A Advanced Tactical Fighter Program, he was the first person to fly the YF-22, the predecessor to the F-22 Raptor fighter plane.
Dave was past president of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, andwas honored with the Society's Iven C. Kincheloe Award twice, once for flight test of the F-117A in 1983 and again for testing the YF-22A in 1991.
Ferg leaves Jan, his lovely wife of 47 years, and two daughters, Bonnie and Terry. The NCRS extends its condolences to the entire Ferguson family.
