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| Brian Shul Dies at 75; Fighter Pilot Who Flew World’s Fastest Plane | Brian Shul Dies at 75; Fighter Pilot Who Flew World’s Fastest Plane |
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| Brian Shul, a retired Air Force major who modestly described himself as “a survivor” rather than a hero after he was downed in a Vietnamese jungle, suffering near-fatal injuries, before rebounding to pilot the world’s fastest spy plane, died on May 20 in Reno, Nev. He was 75. | Brian Shul, a retired Air Force major who modestly described himself as “a survivor” rather than a hero after he was downed in a Vietnamese jungle, suffering near-fatal injuries, before rebounding to pilot the world’s fastest spy plane, died on May 20 in Reno, Nev. He was 75. |
| The cause of death, in a hospital, was cardiac arrest, said his sister and sole survivor, Maureen Shul, a former mayor of Castle Pines, Colo. He had earlier collapsed as he finished regaling the annual gala of the Nevada Military Support Alliance with his aerial adventures. | The cause of death, in a hospital, was cardiac arrest, said his sister and sole survivor, Maureen Shul, a former mayor of Castle Pines, Colo. He had earlier collapsed as he finished regaling the annual gala of the Nevada Military Support Alliance with his aerial adventures. |
| Major Shul flew 212 combat missions during the Vietnam War before his T-28 Trojan ground attack plane was struck by small-arms fire and crash-landed near the Cambodian border in 1974, as the war was nearing its end. | Major Shul flew 212 combat missions during the Vietnam War before his T-28 Trojan ground attack plane was struck by small-arms fire and crash-landed near the Cambodian border in 1974, as the war was nearing its end. |
| He underwent 15 operations and spent well over a year as “119 pounds of blood and gauze,” as he once put, recuperating from burns that covered half his body and that left his hands and face disfigured. But two days after being released from the hospital, despite doctors telling him that he would never walk again, Major Shul was back in an Air Force cockpit. | He underwent 15 operations and spent well over a year as “119 pounds of blood and gauze,” as he once put, recuperating from burns that covered half his body and that left his hands and face disfigured. But two days after being released from the hospital, despite doctors telling him that he would never walk again, Major Shul was back in an Air Force cockpit. |