From time to I get an email from Outlook Calendar reminding me of peoples birthdays. Today it reminded of Walt Darren's birthday, Jan 31. Walt died in 2013. I was very fortunate enough to get to know Walt while we were making the Air Tractor for FSX. Myself and others on the team got to spend hours chatting with him on skype and lots of time flying the Air Tractor online as we developed it.

For anyone who has worked in fire aviation especially on the west coast you know who Walt Darren is. I'd love for you to share your stories of Walt. Happy Birthday Uncle Walt...you are very much missed.

Here's some links of interest.
http://fireaviation.com/tag/walt-darran/
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chi...?pid=168141745
http://wildfiremagazine.org/2012/03/...tankers-where/