More detail on this person: James Groulx who
was my step father. He died Nov 22nd, 1980 while
test flying the Apache YAH-64 for Hughes
Helicopter off the coast of Encinitas, CA
following a mid-air collision with a T-28 chase
plane filming their flight session, the pilot of
which was responsible for the crash.
From: Steve Ward
I am a retired U.S. Army soldier. I thought about
James Groulx today, and googled his name. I
baby-sat his kids a number of times in the mid
1970s in Pax River Md to make some pocket
money. His wife told my mom they wanted a boy
baby sitter because the kids were driving the
girls who showed up crazy. I used to run around
the Pax River airfield with him on the weekends.
Those 10-20+ mile runs were pretty miserable and
lots of fun. He was a great guy. My dad was not at
all supportive of my going into the military, and
CPT Groulx was a role model to me and helped me
put packets together to submit to the service
academies. He also wrote letters of
recommendation for me to attend USNA and USMA
(To his "disappointment" I went to West Point). I
retired recently.
I stayed in touch with him and his wife
(Pat?) for a few years and I heard from her that
that he died in an accident. For some reason I
thought it happened in the summer of 1979 which
doesn't make sense, but the passage of time does
that.
From: Al Kendris
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