R.I.P. Jon Patch

[Francois]

I just heard the devastating news that Jon Patch, author of many wonderful Flight Simulator sceneries among which Vancouver Plus, passed away on the 22nd.

Jon was a wonderfully thoughtful person and an amazing talent in scenery design, with an incredible eye for detail and a tenacity to portray that detail into our flight simulator. As often in our 'on-line' life we will never know much of others in the hobby, just what we read and see on our computer screens.
But Nina and I had the pleasure of meeting Jon in Victoria on Vancouver Island back in 2007. An epic journey for us, with a chance to meet many of the FSAddon authors from the west coast !

Jon really was one of the nicest people and always extremely helpful and knowledgeable in supporting his products on the forums.

I miss him already.

Jon, Rest in Peace.

[txnetcop]

Francois I am so sorry to hear this...yes he is a great loss to all who knew him and/or worked with him, and the community at large. Rest in Peace, Jon
Ted

[Anthin]

That is so sad,What a shock.

Anthin.

[falcon409]

Very sorry to hear this. RIP Jon!!

[Hdguy]

WOW.. To sad.. Loved his work......RIP John !

[Anneke]

No! He just responded in a thread about uset scenery addon's in the OrbX forum. Wasn't aware he was sick? Or did something else aweful happened? Keep on flying Jon, I know I will be flying your great creations in flightsim.

[Montie]

I am sorry to hear this. RIP Jon, you will be greatly missed, thank you for all you have done for us flight simmers.

[IFlySWA]

Was just reading Jon's blog the other day about Larry Robinson's ferry add-ons. Very sad news. Rest in peace, Jon.

Brian

[TARPSBird]

Sad news. RIP John.

[wallydog]

Such Sad News. RIP Jon

[ce_zeta]

Rest In Peace, Jon.

[trucker17]

Jon will be missed very much.
Rest in Peace Jon.

[roger-wilco-66]

Oh man, sorry to read this. RIP Jon.



Mark

[CanadaKen]

I spoke with Jon and Holger quite a few times via e:mail.
He seemed like a very nice man. Very sad news.

Rest in Peace, Sir.

Ken

[Cees Donker]

Sad news indeed..........

Cees

[spotlope]

So, so sad. And quite unexpected - at least for me. Jon was a great guy with a big heart, and always a kind word. I really enjoyed my exchanges with him, and although I never got to meet him in person, I counted him as a friend. He'll be deeply missed.

[Naismith]

That really is the saddest news, he was no age.

[YoYo]

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[fsafranek]

Very sorry to hear this.

[gribouil]

Sad news...

[scotth6]

As everyone else here seems to be I am utterly shocked and saddened to hear this terrible news. I am a huge fan of Jon's work and his overall contributions to flight simulation, and while I did not know him personally he seemed to be a very knowledgeable, caring and generous person. I don't know what else I can say except we have lost one of the good ones.

RIP Jon.