From Gene DiGennaro:
Sadly Pete Knight passed away Friday. My local newspaper The Baltimore
Sun had very little to say the pilot's adventures in the X-15. They
mostly concentrated on his stand regarding gay marriages. Frankly,
they nearly demonized the man.

As much as I admire Pete's aerospace accomplishments (let's not forget
X-20 selection) I certainly fault the man for disowning his own son
for being homosexual (I can only imagine how Pete acted toward his own
brother when he was dying of AIDS). Father/son relationship in a
nutshell:

-- Dad, I got selected to the Air Force Academy.

- That's my boy.

-- Dad, I'm a fighter pilot.

- That's my boy.

-- Dad, I've flown combat missions over the Gulf.

- That's my boy.

-- Dad, I've chosen a man as my life partner.

- (Permanent silence.)


Recent photo of Pete Knight's son during his marriage ceremony in San
Francisco:

http://tinyurl.com/2c8sx
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi...3/10&type=news


It will be interesting to see whether or not there will be photos of
the son and his life partner attending Pete Knight's funeral as a
couple.


~ CT