On 2012-08-31, Stella Starr wrote:
Tragic news this week. One of the first friends I met when I
joined this group as a student pilot has died in the crash of
his "second" plane.

He was the first person I met "in real life" from this group at the PJY
fly-in in 1999. Although I've had a night to sleep on the news I'm still
at a loss what to say - we were still in touch from time to time
although I now live a continent away. This is just too bad.