tony roberts wrote:
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.

Condolences to his family and friends

Geoff also moderated the following moderated Usenet groups:

rec.aviation.announce
rec.aviation.answers
rec.aviation.questions
rec.aviation.stories

I don't believe there has been any real activity on any of these groups
since about 2002 (lots of forged approvals, alas). These groups may or may
not still serve any useful purpose; in theory they could, in practice the
aviation groups seem to be surviving without them.

But if anyone is interested in taking over moderation of the announce,
answers, or stories groups (a proposal to remove the questions group is
being discussed on news.groups), post your offer to news.groups (to
preserve your sanity, my advise is to not read any other thread on that
group other than your own). I would also be willing to provide technical
assistance to anyone desiring to attempt said moderation.

People who have been posting long cross-country and student pilot stories
would presumably be posting them to *.stories. FAQs like Ron Wanttaja's
homebuilt FAQ (which he posts to the homebuilt group) would presumably be
appropriate to the answers group.