Hi,

Thanks to everyone for the information.

So sad... D.J. was a very nice man. A few months ago he stopped by my home
office for some soaring software training. Then, 3 weeks ago he encouraged
me to fly from Mile High Gliding while in Boulder for the local soaring
seminar. He joined us for lunch and hung out at the airport all day while I
went flying. I think he wanted to make sure I had fun at his home airport.
He was very helpful. He also helped me feel comfortable in the Mile High
Gliding Grob 102 - with is the glider he was flying yesterday.

He was extremely motivated about soaring and was pursuing his soaring badges
with earnest. I believe he had relatively few hours in gliders - at least
for the number of badges he had obtained.

The article below mentions that he enjoyed downhill skiing. When he visited
me here in Minnesota he had travelled here with his brother - who was
somehow involved with a downhill ski racing event at a nearby ski area.

I will miss D.J. My heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to his family
and friends.

Hopefully we will be able to learn something from this tragedy - and it will
help us all fly more safely.

Fly safe,

Paul Remde


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The latest from the Boulder paper......

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_17756348

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