On Oct 28, 11:41 am, wrote:
On Oct 28, 8:15 am, Frank Whiteley wrote:

Colorado soaring pilot Stewart Kissell perished Friday in the crash of
his Ventus on Methodist Mountain after towing out of Salida,
Colorado.

Very sad news indeed. Stewart's father, Emil, was a mentor to me in
BASA (Bay Area Soaring Associates, in the San Francisco Bay Area) when
I returned to soaring in 1994 after a 15 year gap. I also corresponded
with Stewart via some of his RAS postings. Both father and son were
dedicated to the sport and contributed greatly. My condolences to all
of the family.

Martin

What a terrible news!
Stu was a very active member of this newsgroup. A search on his name
returned over 1000 hits.
One more big loss to soaring this year. I am speachless.

Ramy