RIP Aviator

Darn!  One of the few people on this site I've met in person.  He was a very nice guy!

Very sad news.  RIP Aviator.  I hope you get to enjoy the cabin of your dreams in Heaven!

RIP to him, he was one of the good ones.

RIP.
I'm going to miss his informative posts.
He seemed like a real chill dude with a ton of good info.

very sad. one of my favorite poster

Damn, hard to believe...had always wanted to get him into the group, he would have fit right in with all my Buddys.........RIP....

That's too bad.  I wish I took the time to meet him.  He seemed like an interesting fellow.  

It's always like that, though.

RIP

He was a good guy...

Damn.  

Always came across as an awesome guy.  Rest well.

Same

I always enjoyed his posts.  Thought of him when I drove out that way. RIP Aviator

Damn, this is terrible news. Met him a couple of times, was always a super nice guy to chat with. ??

RIP. Very interesting guy.

Holy shit!  RIP, sir.  

What happened ?

Complication from diabetes

That sucks, lost a guy I played hockey with a while ago from that. Sorry for his family and the forum will miss him

For you guys that knew him personally, sorry for your loss of a truly great friend.  I read of his passing on Arfcom last week, I had interacted with him on here some. I suspected he was from my part of the country by some of his postings and knew of his travels and Army service. I never met him, but had a pretty good connection with him.
Last night I was told that my oldest brothers wife's son had passed away. After searching for the obituary I located it and soon realized that he was Aviator on here. He grew up about 30 miles from me, graduated High School a year after me from a rival school. Both of us were small town Iowa boys, fished the same waters, hunted over the same ground, even served in the Army.  stranger yet, many years later my oldest brother and his mother married. They traveled to Kuwait to see him once, and to Alaska. He visited here but I never met him.  She and Ed spoke very highly of him, Military service is strong in our families. one of Aviators step brothers is still a Marine Raider in NC.
I was shocked to hear of his untimely death. Even more so when I discovered he is nearly family. Actually, in far NE Iowa, we are family.  This week i will be visiting his Mother and my Brother. I will share the condolences of Arfcom with them. I won't post up his Obituary, but I do have it to IM it to some.

Aviators Obituary

I Hope this helps many people put a face to his screen name

Thank you

I looked forward to his cabin thread. Wish I could have met him.

Weird coincidence. We both never went to the same two states.

I don't know where I've been the last two months but i have Arf open 24 hrs  a day and still missed this and the GD thread. I can't even fathom how a guy 7 years younger than I can just die from shit like diabetes. As a long time Alaskan I tried to hook up with him and offered building materials when he was finishing his cabin.

RIP Aviator