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10-13-2018, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: 36U
Posts: 243
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Very sad news
So sorry to hear this.
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Terry Small
RV-7 "Sasha" (1000th completed), IO-390, SJ cowl, ww prop
Deferred by combat (OEF '04 - '05, AH-64A) Donates by choice and love the OT humor.
Built a 4 place Bearhawk
When you're at the end of your rope tie a knot in it, and hang on . . . .Joe Back
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10-13-2018, 08:52 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
Posts: 3,931
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Condolences
Wow. My deepest condolences. I bought my engine from Jon. Although we never met in person, we did have several conversations and I felt he was a very honest man.
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Larry Larson
Estes Park, CO
http://wirejockrv7a.blogspot.com
wirejock at yahoo dot com
Donated 12/03/2019, plus a little extra.
RV-7A #73391, N511RV reserved (2,000+ hours)
HS SB, empennage, tanks, wings, fuse, working finishing kit
Disclaimer
I cannot be, nor will I be, held responsible if you try to do the same things I do and it does not work and/or causes you loss, injury, or even death in the process.
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10-13-2018, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Austinville, Alabama
Posts: 2,455
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Sympathy
I never met Jon but wish I had. I just noticed that his last four or five posts in the forums were replies helping others.
What a legacy for us to remember him by!
My sincerest sympathy to his family, and may all who knew him be blessed with many happy memories of him.
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Don Hull
RV-7 Wings
KDCU Pryor Field
Pilots'n Paws Pilot
N79599/ADS-B In and Out...and I like it! 
?Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights;
it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." Miriam Beard
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10-13-2018, 09:12 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Cincinnati,Ohio KHAO
Posts: 128
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Very very sad news
Jon used to ride his bike around the airport, and stop to talk. I just can't believe it. Will really miss him. As you fly West Jon do a roll for me......
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John R Prince
RV-7 want-a-b
Dues Paid for 20 
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10-13-2018, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Lemoore (Fresno), CA
Posts: 130
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This is a tough one. Jon introduced me to the RV?s and gave me my first RV flight in his RV-8. I was in search of an airplane to buy, and was considering a Sequoia Falco. He asked if I had ever flown an RV. I said no, and he grinned and said, ?Well, we need to fix that!? Twenty minutes later we were off on a whirlwind aerobatic flight that I?ll never forget.
Jon was my introduction to the tight knit RV community...just met up with him and Ken again this year at OSH. We lost one of the very best...
Blue skies, Mutha.
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Evan Levesque
RV-8 N88MJ (Built by Michael Robbins)
Lemoore, CA
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10-13-2018, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 2,125
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Truly saddened beyond words. Jon was the best of the best...as a friend, a pilot, a performer, and an airshow mentor. An absolute Gentleman, and one of the really, REALLY good guys. Here's that big grin at a show at NAS Kingsville a couple years ago, and the Redline booth at ICAS. My heart goes out to Deb and their Family, and to Ken and the Redline Family. Blue Skies Jon.
Respectfully, Bob
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10-13-2018, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vancouver, WA USA
Posts: 908
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I talked to Jon on the phone and e-mail several times over the years, the first time he just called to relay the story of how he got hooked on RV?s, years earlier my good friend Lee McDaniel had given him a ride in his RV-4, (I bought Lee?s RV-4 in 05) he told the same story many RV pilots have told me about their first RV ride with Lee. I always liked hearing his voice on the phone, he always seemed very energized and excited about anything he might call about and RV?s in general. Prayers go out to his family and friends!
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10-13-2018, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 2,899
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Sad day
There really are no words......
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Darwin N. Barrie
Chandler AZ
www.JDair.com
RV-7 N717EE-Flying (Sold)
RV-7 N717AZ Flying, in paint
EMS Bell 407,
Eurocopter 350 A-Star Driver
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10-13-2018, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 259
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Very Sad
My condolences and prayers and comfort to the families.
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Ed Avila
St. Johns, AZ (SJN)
N646A RV9
Worlds longest RV build...but getting there
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10-13-2018, 10:13 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Liberty Twp, OH
Posts: 640
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This truly hurts. Jon was an advisor, friend, and all around great guy to all of us. There are no words. This one doesn?t hit close to home, it hits home. Not seeing his permanent smile scurrying around the airport on his bike is really going to be missed. Fly free, Jon. We?ll all see you in the skies again, some day.
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Scott Balmos - RV-9A N112SB
Cincinnati, OH, KHAO
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