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Obituary at the Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/don-bateman-saved-more-lives-than-anyone-in-aviation-history/ https://www.seattletimes.com

Obituary at the Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/don-bateman-saved-more-lives-than-anyone-in-aviation-history/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/don-bateman-saved-more... Previous HN discussion of his GPWS system: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12261578 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12261578 Wikipedia article on Ground Proximity Warning System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_proximity_warning_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_proximity_warning_syste...

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toomuchtodo 3y ago
C. Donald Bateman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Donald_Bateman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Donald_Bateman
canucker2016 3y ago
from the Seattle Times obit: "When he handed in his piece, she told him: “You sure can’t spell. You’re going to be an engineer.”" "...Bateman’s attitude was always to get some new technology up and running, even if it was only 60% of the solution. “His approach was, let’s get it done and fill in the other 40% as we gain experience over time,” Ishihara said." Obit mentions he ran in long distance races. A search of athlinks.com for "Donald Bateman" born in 1932 shows mostly races around the turn of the 21st century with one result from a 1982 Mercer Island half marathon in 1:37:11. see https://www.athlinks.com/search/unclaimed?category=unclaimed&filters=%7B%22birthDateFilter%22%3A%7B%22enabled%22%3Atrue%2C%22value%22%3A%221932%22%7D%2C%22locationFilter%22%3A%7B%22enabled%22%3Afalse%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%7D&term=Donald%20Bateman https://www.athlinks.com/search/unclaimed?category=unclaimed...
- moffkalast 3y ago
  > "You sure can’t spell." Bateman: "Let's see Paul Allen's spelling."
wolverine876 3y ago
The Seattle Times obit probably should be the OP. The current OP in the AV Herald is a few paragraphs.

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toomuchtodo 3y ago

C. Donald Bateman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Donald_Bateman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Donald_Bateman

canucker2016 3y ago

from the Seattle Times obit: "When he handed in his piece, she told him: “You sure can’t spell. You’re going to be an engineer.”" "...Bateman’s attitude was always to get some new technology up and running, even if it was only 60% of the solution. “His approach was, let’s get it done and fill in the other 40% as we gain experience over time,” Ishihara said." Obit mentions he ran in long distance races. A search of athlinks.com for "Donald Bateman" born in 1932 shows mostly races around the turn of the 21st century with one result from a 1982 Mercer Island half marathon in 1:37:11. see https://www.athlinks.com/search/unclaimed?category=unclaimed&filters=%7B%22birthDateFilter%22%3A%7B%22enabled%22%3Atrue%2C%22value%22%3A%221932%22%7D%2C%22locationFilter%22%3A%7B%22enabled%22%3Afalse%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%5D%7D%7D&term=Donald%20Bateman https://www.athlinks.com/search/unclaimed?category=unclaimed...

moffkalast 3y ago
> "You sure can’t spell." Bateman: "Let's see Paul Allen's spelling."

wolverine876 3y ago

The Seattle Times obit probably should be the OP. The current OP in the AV Herald is a few paragraphs.