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Sorry about your friend Bill. I saw the accident covered on the news.

My condolences go out to you and his family. :(


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Very sad news indeed. Condolences to the loved ones of all lost. Godspeed.

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My best friend and now flight instructor, lost a friend in the mid-air in Florida. As far as I know it was the first friend he had lost in an aviation accident.

I passed on my condolences to my friend, and now they are also with you.

Sorry for your loss Bill.

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Bill, I am sorry. You know how to work the "Master Plan". Never easy but for what ever the reason, destined to happen. Remember him for the great things and never let go of the memories.

The older we get, the more we have to deal with these feelings. Anything being done for the family, especially at this time of year? Let us know. How can we help them? :(

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So sorry to hear about that Bill, it really stings when it happens this time of year. My condolences to you.

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Bill, sorry to hear of your loss.
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I am terribly sorry to hear that sad news. My deep condolence to his family, they are worst feeling now.

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Bill:

My deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to you, and to his family.

Like you, I've had to go thru this far far too often, and it always seems like the good ones go West far too soon. I find that I reflect more on this around this time of the year, for a number of reasons. Changing of the seasons being akin to a changing of the guard, perhaps, and the shortness of the seasons reminds us that life is all too short.

The best I've been able to come up with, as to why it seems like we lose the best, and the pr!cks of the world keep hanging around, is that *because* these folks are so good, and make such a positive impression on those they meet and spend time with, the void they leave is consequently large.

My heart aches for your loss, and that of the aviation community.

<toasts absent friends>

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Bill, I offer my sincere condolence. So sorry for the loss of a great guy.
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Sorry for the loss. It's never a good time to loose someone, but this time of year is even worse.

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Thanks for the sentiments guys. I am feeling a little better today. You don't so much get over it as you do just put it away in the compartment with a lot of others.

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Bill Greenwood wrote:
Gary, that poem is on the headstone of the man who taught me to fly the Spitfire. Maybe it will be on mine.


Any one of us, can make a final departure at any given moment as we are all aware of.
Most of us in this Forum, are no strangers to the of the death grimlin which comes with the game.
As most of you in here, are Mech-In-Necks, and Aviators, First Officers, and Flight Engineers, please check all of your important documents, Will's, etc, and make sure that things are in order sould a mishap cause your unannounced departure with a negative ETR.
Bill, Should you desire for the poem to be on your NavPoint, make your wishes known in writing to your loved ones.....and lets put off any departures until you advise that you are ready for life's last taxi out.....

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My thoughtss are with you and the families. May they rest in peace.


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