Geoff Peck

("Andrew Sarangan" wrote)
Very sad news. Thanks for sharing the information.

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


Yes, very sad.


Montblack

"tony roberts" wrote in message
news:nospam-193E7A.21113706092006@shawnews...
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


I didn't know him, but I appreciate his contribution to computer science,
and aviation.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...a/15303610.htm

Tom Conner wrote:
"tony roberts" wrote in message
news:nospam-193E7A.21113706092006@shawnews...
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


I didn't know him, but I appreciate his contribution to computer science,
and aviation.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...a/15303610.htm


In addition to what is mentioned, Geoff wrote both the flight planner
and the plain language translator on the CONTEL/GTE DUATS sites as well
as the web page wrapper that shows up duats.com and the AOPA member's
site for this service. Back before Geoff got busy with Enflight he
regularly marshalled us together (via Ham radio and other means) at
the tower for lunch and dinner every day during Oshkosh. It was at
one of these dinner Geoff showed me the prototype of the DUATS flight
planner on his powerbook. Geoff's packing lists (he didn't pack light
either in the plane or what he carried on his person walking around
Oshkosh) were the master list for many of us who attended there.

"RN" == Ron Natalie writes:
RN Geoff's packing lists (he didn't
RN pack light either in the plane

This may have led to his demise.

On Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:09:00 GMT, tony roberts
wrote in nospam-193E7A.21113706092006@shawnews:

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.


His legacy lives on:

http://geoffpeck.com/previndex.html
A principal area of my independent software development effort has
been aviation software. If you're a U.S. pilot and you'd like to
see the current generation of released software, visit
http://www.duats.com. The web interface, plain-language weather
translation software, and the flight planning system are all
software which I've produced.
http://www.enflight.com/


Here's the link to Mr. Peck's aviation page:

http://geoffpeck.com/aviation.html
In 1985, I had moved from the northeast to the San Francisco bay
area, and noticed that there was a small airport, Reid-Hillview,
very close to home. One weekend, I said" why not?" ... well, I did
get bitten by the bug. Private Pilot certificate in 3 months,
instrument rating 2 months after that, commercial a few months
later, then instructor, instrument instructor, and so on.

With more than 4,000 flight hours since 1985, I've flown my
airplane all over the continental US; I've also flown (other
aircraft) in Hawaii, Australia, France, New Zealand, and in the US
and British Virgin Islands. I hold the following US pilot and
instructor certificates: ATP-ASMEL, Com-Gli; CFI (Gold) -ASME,
-IA, -Gli; AGI, IGI. I also hold both Australian and New Zealand
PPL certificates, based on US certification. My most frequent
short-range flight is RHV - TRK (Reid Hillview Airport, San Jose,
CA to/from Truckee, CA). By now, my cats can almost fly that route
by themselves. I've attended the EAA AirVenture convention and
annual meeting in Oshkosh WI annually since 1987, and have flown
there in my Arrow all but three of the years.


Here's the NTSB link:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...10X01143&key=1


Sectional chart with accident site depicted:

http://skyvector.com/#12-18-2-5263-1828


Mountain Mail article:


http://www.themountainmail.com/main....ArticleID=8625
There was no fuel leakage or fire when the plane crashed.


More articles:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/MiscLinks

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...a/15303610.htm


Memorial gathering:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/MemorialGathering
Memorial Gathering
Dear friends and colleagues of Geoffrey,

Please join us to share our sadness and our stories of Geoffrey
Gilbert Peck on Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at the Computer
History Museum in Mountain View, CA from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M.

Greet friends and family at 1 PM.

We'll have an informal program for people to share their memories
and some of Geoff's favorite music at 2 PM, a reception follows.

Bring your stories to share.

Please RSVP by September 15, 2006, to confirm your attendance,
please send an email to rsvp-accept[at]kino-eye[dot]com

If you would like to help, please send an email to Alice Apley at
alice[at]kino-eye[dot]com

Please forward this invite to others who might want to join us. We
have tried our best to reach all of Geoff's contacts, however, he
had an extensive social network and not everyone may have gotten
our email invitation.

Links:

Computer History Museum
Directions to the museum
We hope you will be able to join us,

Laura Peck, Alice Apley, and Phill Apley

-- AliceApley - 02 Sep 2006


Obituary:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...l/15303610.htm

E-mail:
Password: thelover

Other news articles:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/MiscLinks


Stories from Geoff's students:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/FlyingWithGeoff

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.

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.

Does anyone have an NTSB link for the accident? What happened?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" 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.

Does anyone have an NTSB link for the accident? What happened?

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...10X01143&key=1

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...10X01143&key=1

Thanks for the link, but it seems to ask more questions than it
answers. Was he flying into the canyon purposefully? Why was his
landing gear down?

I suppose we might never know, unless the survivor can remember the
details?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...10X01143&key=1

Thanks for the link, but it seems to ask more questions than it
answers. Was he flying into the canyon purposefully? Why was his
landing gear down?

I suppose we might never know, unless the survivor can remember the
details?

According to a wiki site set up to share stories to remember him, not much
is known yet:

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view/Main/AccidentInfo

http://m.rho.net/TWIKI/bin/view