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Departed During 2024

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:43 pm
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by llondel » Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:29 pm
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First one in for this year, it seems. Niklaus Wirth compiled his last on 1st January.

Known for his work on various programming languages.

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Dickey Betts, co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, dead at 80

Dickey Betts, a guitarist and the co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, has...
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Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:43 pm
Departed During 2023

Last post by PHXPhlyer « Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:47 am
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by Wodrick » Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:26 am
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Anita Pointer, I think the last of the Pointer Sisters.

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'Compared to What' performer Les McCann, a wellspring for hip-hop samples, dies at 88
The Kentucky native joined the West Coast jazz scene, but his...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:47 am
Colin Pritchard-GF/RAF

Last post by limeygal « Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:53 pm

by limeygal » Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:53 pm

GF flight engineer Colin Pritchard passed away last night. He had been ill for some time. I don't know if any of you were lucky enough to have known...

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Last post by limeygal
Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:53 pm
An obituary to admire.

Last post by OneHungLow « Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:45 pm

by OneHungLow » Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:45 pm

Graham Mason
Denizen of Soho, journalist
1942-2002

In the 1980s, Graham Mason, who has died aged 59, was the drunkest man in the Coach and Horses,...

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Last post by OneHungLow
Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:45 pm
Departed During 2022

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:46 pm
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by PHXPhlyer » Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:42 pm
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World-renowned Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies at 77

CNN)Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, who unearthed...

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Well know rally driver Ken Block was killed in a snowmobile accident..
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Last post by TheGreenAnger
Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:46 pm
Erik Molberg GF

Last post by limeygal « Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:54 am

by limeygal » Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:54 am

Erik Molberg - 1942 – 2022
It is with deep, deep sadness we share with you that Erik passed away on Friday 8th July 2022, after bravely fighting a...

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Last post by limeygal
Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:54 am
Not Departed During 2022.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:57 pm
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by ribrash » Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:56 pm

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Everyone not mentioned by the Obituary readers.

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Well contrary to the news that the delectable Ms Swit had crossed the dark River Styx with the dread boatman in 2021, she is alive and well in 2022....

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Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:57 pm
Departed during 2021

Last post by llondel « Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:26 pm
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by ian16th » Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:30 pm
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Just setting up the thread, so that it is ready.

Anyone up to running a book on who will be the 1st notable/notorious person entered for 2021?...

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Just in under the wire, Betty White has died at 99.
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Last post by llondel
Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:26 pm
fareastdriver (Al Tait) RIP

Last post by admin « Sun Nov 07, 2021 4:17 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Sun Nov 07, 2021 12:18 am

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I have copied below the sad notification from TOP that one of our members, Al Tait - fareastdriver- has died. We were never on the same fleet in...

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RIP fareastdriver. Your contributions on Ops-Norm have always been appreciated.

Alison/Admin

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Sun Nov 07, 2021 4:17 pm
Yvonne Pope Sintes

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:58 pm
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by limeygal » Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:33 am

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Captain Yvonne Pope Sintes passed away on August 16. Flew as a passenger on one of her 748 flights before I worked for Dan-Air. Her Times obituary...

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Captain Yvonne Pope Sintes passed away on August 16. Flew as a passenger on one of her 748 flights before I worked for Dan-Air. Her Times obituary...

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Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:58 pm
Billy's Apple has crumbled

Last post by Boac « Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:28 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:17 am

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Ground-breaking’ New Zealand artist Billy Apple dies aged 85

Country’s ‘foremost conceptual artist’ exhibited alongside Andy Warhol and Roy...

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OOH! There would have been tears and sleepless nights (and BM and 'is mate Piers leading street rallies...)

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Last post by Boac
Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:28 pm
Disappeared without trace

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:01 am
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by Pontius Navigator » Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:27 am
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Recently we were worried about the absence of one of our members who was actually alive and well.

I made an enquiry about someone with whom I...

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I was systems manager of a simple system. A person departed but his post was gapped. The next person in asked me to reset the password. I could do it...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:01 am
Dan Air News

Last post by Wodrick « Sun May 16, 2021 4:20 pm
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by Wodrick » Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:43 pm

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Just been advised that John O'Regan has passed. B727 at MAN then B737 @ LGW
Neither of us remember him.

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Captains Mike Ralph and John Cotter have died in the last week. John might not be known as he was on the various Boeings but had joined DAN in 1963....

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Last post by Wodrick
Sun May 16, 2021 4:20 pm
One of the greats

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:30 am
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by admin » Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:12 am

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WW2's 'Spitfire Women': Eleanor Wadsworth, one of last female pilots, dies

One of the last surviving Spitfire Women , who ferried aircraft to the...

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RIP Eleanor. You did good.

+1.

I wonder just how many of the ATA Ladies are left now. :-? Knew a couple of them when I was a kid.

Stored away in...

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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:30 am
Departed during 2020

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Fri Jan 01, 2021 3:37 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:50 am
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Medium and psychic Derek Acorah has died

Never heard of him but I bet he didn't see that coming...

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One more for Robin Jackman...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Jan 01, 2021 3:37 pm
OM15

Last post by Boac « Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:33 pm
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by Wodrick » Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:55 pm

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Who hasn't signed in since September.

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He had a tantrum.

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Last post by Boac
Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:33 pm
LaserNigel

Last post by k3k3 « Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:07 pm
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by Wodrick » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:13 pm

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Whenever I hear of another Typhoon clobbering the Philippines I wonder how Nigel is getting on.
He doesn't know it I don't suppose but him posting...

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Romantic rather than cholesterol if I remember correctly.

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Last post by k3k3
Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:07 pm
Shere Hite RIP.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:37 am

by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:37 am

An extraordinary lady! A feminist who taught us more about female sexuality than that nincompoop Freud could ever do. Appeared in Playboy and...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:37 am
Where is Alison?

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:18 pm
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by Pontius Navigator » Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:38 pm

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Last post 10 days ago.

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From Admin true but Alison is different

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:18 pm
Peter Green

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:06 pm
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by Wodrick » Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:25 pm

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RIP

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In the skies tonight

Superb.

A lot of the stuff he later did (after his noodle started to come right) with his Splinter Group was very good too!

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:06 pm
Ronan O’Rahilly. Who??

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:17 pm
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by Capetonian » Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:01 pm

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Many will have long forgotten who he was, but in his day he was a controversial and influential figure.

Ronan O’Rahilly, the founder of the...

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I had never heard of Mr Rahilly until today, despite being a fan of Radio Caroline and all its doings and people.. What an interesting character...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:17 pm
Charlie 16 aka C16

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:44 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:54 am

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A bloody decent man, a legend, and a pilot who has much to tell us lesser folk...

He and FD2 have made a huge impact on my life, even by proxy, and...

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C16, did I give you an update on my hearing aids?

PN - I've replied in the Hearing thread:

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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:44 pm
Angels

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:04 pm
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by Wodrick » Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:18 am

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It is 11 days since *Angels* posted here and 13 since he posted on TOP anyone know anything ?

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Will do guys but I think he looks in occasionally.

Please RiS 'club secretary' can't think of a worse job in the world apart from an Airline Pilot.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:04 pm
Judy T Texas

Last post by Slasher « Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:07 pm
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by Slasher » Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:44 am

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Just asking if anyone still stays in contact with her? She used to be a member at TOP.

Also ex-TOP ‘Pilotspal’ should she still be contactable....

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Ok Reds thanks. 👍🏻

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Last post by Slasher
Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:07 pm
Departed during 2019

Last post by Ibbie « Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:06 pm
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by G-CPTN » Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:38 am

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2019’s Notable Deaths .

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Somewhere I have a CD called Gravelands with tracks by artists who are no longer with us.

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Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:06 pm

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