On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:09:00 GMT, tony roberts
wrote in nospam-193E7A.21113706092006@shawnews:

I haven't seen much discussion around here about this, but Geoff Peck
was killed in a plane crash on his way home from Oshkosh this year.
We all owe him our thanks - Geoff was the founder of the rec. aviation
groups.


His legacy lives on:

http://geoffpeck.com/previndex.html
A principal area of my independent software development effort has
been aviation software. If you're a U.S. pilot and you'd like to
see the current generation of released software, visit
http://www.duats.com. The web interface, plain-language weather
translation software, and the flight planning system are all
software which I've produced.
http://www.enflight.com/


Here's the link to Mr. Peck's aviation page:

http://geoffpeck.com/aviation.html
In 1985, I had moved from the northeast to the San Francisco bay
area, and noticed that there was a small airport, Reid-Hillview,
very close to home. One weekend, I said" why not?" ... well, I did
get bitten by the bug. Private Pilot certificate in 3 months,
instrument rating 2 months after that, commercial a few months
later, then instructor, instrument instructor, and so on.

With more than 4,000 flight hours since 1985, I've flown my
airplane all over the continental US; I've also flown (other
aircraft) in Hawaii, Australia, France, New Zealand, and in the US
and British Virgin Islands. I hold the following US pilot and
instructor certificates: ATP-ASMEL, Com-Gli; CFI (Gold) -ASME,
-IA, -Gli; AGI, IGI. I also hold both Australian and New Zealand
PPL certificates, based on US certification. My most frequent
short-range flight is RHV - TRK (Reid Hillview Airport, San Jose,
CA to/from Truckee, CA). By now, my cats can almost fly that route
by themselves. I've attended the EAA AirVenture convention and
annual meeting in Oshkosh WI annually since 1987, and have flown
there in my Arrow all but three of the years.


Here's the NTSB link:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...10X01143&key=1


Sectional chart with accident site depicted:

http://skyvector.com/#12-18-2-5263-1828


Mountain Mail article:


http://www.themountainmail.com/main....ArticleID=8625
There was no fuel leakage or fire when the plane crashed.


More articles:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/MiscLinks

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...a/15303610.htm


Memorial gathering:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/MemorialGathering
Memorial Gathering
Dear friends and colleagues of Geoffrey,

Please join us to share our sadness and our stories of Geoffrey
Gilbert Peck on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at the Computer
History Museum in Mountain View, CA from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M.

Greet friends and family at 1 PM.

We'll have an informal program for people to share their memories
and some of Geoff's favorite music at 2 PM, a reception follows.

Bring your stories to share.

Please RSVP by September 15, 2006, to confirm your attendance,
please send an email to rsvp-accept[at]kino-eye[dot]com

If you would like to help, please send an email to Alice Apley at
alice[at]kino-eye[dot]com

Please forward this invite to others who might want to join us. We
have tried our best to reach all of Geoff's contacts, however, he
had an extensive social network and not everyone may have gotten
our email invitation.

Links:

Computer History Museum
Directions to the museum
We hope you will be able to join us,

Laura Peck, Alice Apley, and Phill Apley

-- AliceApley - 02 Sep 2006


Obituary:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...l/15303610.htm

E-mail:
Password: thelover

Other news articles:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/MiscLinks


Stories from Geoff's students:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/FlyingWithGeoff