On Sunday, September 2, 2012 10:25:39 PM UTC-6, Tom Kelley wrote:
I just found out a short time ago that on Saturday,9-01-2012, during a winch launch, the El Paso Clubs G 103 crashed. John Hardy, Sr. was rushed to the hospital. Later that night after taking pain medication, he stopped breathing and passed on.

Godspeed John Hardy, Sr., you will be missed.

Sorry to hear about John's passing. We were very close friends in the first El Paso sky diving club and the original soaring club. He was a great guy- bought beer for me when he was 21 and I wasn't!
John Wheatley
El Prado, NM (near Taos)