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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, where he nearly died before rebounding to pilot the world's fastest spy plane, died on May 20 in Reno, Nevada. He was 75.
He was near death after his plane was shot down in the Vietnam War but survived to fly the world’s fastest and highest-altitude jet.
Doctors told Shul he’d never fly again after nearly burning to death. He later flew the world’s fastest plane in top-secret Cold War missions.
Retired Air Force Major Brian Shul, a fighter pilot who nearly died after being shot down during the Vietnam War and then, defying doctors who said his injuries would ground him forever, flew the world’s fastest jet in top-secret Cold War operations, died May 20 at a hospital in Reno, Nev. He was 75.