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Old 11-04-2016, 02:40 PM
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Sad day indeed. Far too young. God must need him.
Condolences to family and clesr skies forever.
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Old 11-04-2016, 02:52 PM
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Very sad indeed. Condolences to the family. I was just thinking about him this morning.
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Old 11-04-2016, 02:59 PM
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Default Sad day

There really are no words........
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Old 11-04-2016, 03:26 PM
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I cannot express what sad news this is. Joe was one of my favorite RV people ... gracious, accomodating, knowledgable .... ever the gentleman and a perfect ambassador for Van's Aircraft. He will be missed by thousands.

Blue skies, Joe ... you will ever be in our memories.
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Old 11-04-2016, 04:13 PM
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I never met Joe, nor had any conversation with him, but my first reaction to seeing his photo in this thread is far too young to be taken.
He looked so young, but also happy in the photos.
Seems to have been a life well lived, which is some comfort.
Rest in peace.
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Old 11-04-2016, 04:47 PM
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I also never met Joe, but his name was very familiar. I remember his all too recent post here when he said he was retiring due to illness. Sincere condolences to his family and friends.
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Old 11-04-2016, 05:01 PM
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Very sad to hear.
Sincere condolences to family.
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Old 11-04-2016, 05:03 PM
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I never had the pleasure of meeting Joe however I did speak with Trish on many occasions while upgrading my advanced flight systems equipment. We talked about Joe and his passion for formation flying as it is something I enjoy also.
God bless Trish and family
A very sad day for the RV community.

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Old 11-04-2016, 05:18 PM
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Sad day for sure! I always enjoyed visiting with him when I would see him on any of my many trips to Van's. 59 years old, in great shape, life's not fair

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Old 11-04-2016, 05:21 PM
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Default Joe "shady"

I recall our conversation at OSH with beers under the smiley face balloon. It started out as max HP, weight and design limits for the RV-14. I couldn't resist poking the Vans engineer into a conversation about 6 Cylinder lyc for the 14. Of course he held his ground and came back with the pizza and pizza box analogy to design limits. " That box room you are given, don't go outside off it - leave some for the engineer. Put your own cheese and toppings but don't let the crust and pepperoni over flow within the box that was given." something like that... The the conversation goes back to our shared passion- Formation flight with the RV.
I will really miss this Man. Words can not express.....

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