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Loss of a fellow virtual aviator

Post by Quantum » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:34 pm

Dear all,

It is with sadness to inform you that CBFS have heard of the recent passing of one of our VA pilots, Johnny Smith CBF124.
Clipper 24/7 wrote:It is with great sadness I bring you the news about our fellow pilot and for many a dear friend
John Smith
He passed away on Sunday morning the 15th.
His funeral ceremony was on Tuesday 24th in All Saints Church,St.Helens,UK

Johnny's contribution to the flightsim world was great. He was active here at flynet for Classic British,with 242.3 hours and both at Pan Am PAA308 and Virtual Eastern VEA1297 as well as working together with us on a new Pan Am Virtual
His passion for classic british airliners is well known,but he also enjoyed the modern world as well.
Johnny ended his virtual life as a pilot with a flight from Heathrow,London to Ben Gurion,Israel.
He had 2638h 36m 42s online Vatsim from Feb.7th 2005 - June 15th. 2008
He also had a hole lot of hours here offline as well.

Rest in Peace Johnny

Love,
Tommy and Stefan
Rest in Peace Johnny.

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Re: Loss of a fellow virtual aviator

Post by CAPFlyer » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:42 pm

Sorry to hear of that John. Johnny was a great pilot and a welcome voice on the radio over the years. I shared the VATSIM skies with him on more than a few occasions and he will be definitely missed.
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Re: Loss of a fellow virtual aviator

Post by vaccaro » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:26 am

Sorry to hear that.
May he R.I.P.

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Re: Loss of a fellow virtual aviator

Post by Miikoyan » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:06 pm

Rest In Peace to a great virtual aviator.
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Re: Loss of a fellow virtual aviator

Post by Safari Air » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:22 am

May he rest in peace (and by the way that is a lot of hours on VATSIM)
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Geoff

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