Talon passed away

[voyager]

My condolences also. We have lost a hero.

voyager

[HouseHobbit]

I am very sorry to hear this.
A loss for all, my condolences to His family and my prayers.

[rocketred]

god bless him , he did good missions ,,, and i have a set he did years ago of bob .....excellent

he loved the sea im told

rest in peace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdP0Unu8Fy4

[rhumbaflappy]

So sorry Al passed, and glad it was peaceful. My condolences to you, Heidi. You are what family is all about.

Dick

[Captain Kurt]

That is very sad news. I counted Al as a friend. Since I may be transferred to Hawaii soon I was looking forward to hopping over to Lahaina to raise a glass with him. He was my inspiration to start making historically correct campaigns and I have every one of his works carefully saved.

Blue sky and fair wind All. I will miss you. I think we all here will.

[No Dice]

I am so very sorry for your loss Hiede, thank you for keeping us updated over the last several months.

Please feel free to add or subtract from this taps mention:

http://www.thefreeflightsite.com/Taps.htm

you can contact me direct: dea14u@aol.com for any changes or other info.

[Worthless]

It's not what I wanted to hear, but it's what I expected. Thanks for letting us know about Talon, Hiede. What a bummer!

[grover1]

So sorry to hear this.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Al and his family

[txnetcop]

A terrible loss indeed to this community. Thank you Hiede Godspeed Talon!
Ted

[eddie]

So tragic , he will be missed. May he rest in peace.

[PeteHam]

So sad to hear this news.

May God comfort his family and friends at this time.

Pete.

[MajorMagee]

His family is in our prayers, for while we grieve here below there is peace and rest from his struggle above.

[SPman]

for the final trip

fair winds and following seas

Achim 27619

Amen to that.

[gosd]

Very sad indeed.
My prayers go out to him, G/F, and family.
A great loss to humanity and the community.
May he rest in peace.

[hewman100]

Although he may have left the corporeal world, his legacy will continue on in the virtual one here through his great contributions at the Outhouse.

I, 'The Senior Sim' and 'The Basement' salute you Talon. Godspeed sir!

[kelticheart]

What an awful way to start a new week....

I could not believe the title of the thread. After Talon's last crisis, reading about his slow recovery gave me the illusion he was going to be better... Please, accept my deepest condolences, Hiede.

This is indeed a bad loss for all of SOH community, Talon's contribution to our common passion for flight and simulated air combat was enormous. His historically accurate mission writing gave us some of the best sensations about how it must have been back then.

His no-nonsense attitude towards other SOH members might have raised an eyebrow or two here, yet I always thought that directness is born of honest minds, while diplomacy, more often than not, hides the real thoughts of a person.

I tend to mistrust 'diplomatic' people, while I appreciate anyone who vents his or her feelings as Talon did so often. I never felt less than comfortable while exchanging comments with Talon and asking for his valuable suggestions.

Talon's heroic behaviour during 09/11 tragedy speaks by itself of his generosity towards his fellow human beings and it's the best confirmation to me that he was a wonderful person.

I have a proposal for SOH: let us dedicate a small page of this website to all who left us and who generously donated their personal effort to improve CFS2 and the other flight sims supported by SOH, Akemi Mizoguchi and Talon.
Let us keep their avatars, like Talon's splendid 'full sail in the wind', and display them in this area, so that their memory is not lost.

You will be sorely missed, Talon. Rest in peace.

May a warm, gentle wind always blow upon your shoulders, may your sailing of flying skies be always sunny and blue, may the Gods hold you in the palm of their hands.

Stefano 'kelticheart' Denti

[Killer Svend]

Real sad news, a great SOH man is not here anymore, I have allways enjoyed his excellent works , may he rst in peace.
Killer Svend

[huub vink]

Sad news, my condolences.

Huub

[dvslats]

Thanks for the news Hiedi albeit sad.

Talon was a tough old bird. I'll always remember that.
He will be sorely missed around here.

God Bless Him.

[bearcat241]

When his wife passed some years ago he and i communicated frequently as he struggled with the loss. We got to know one another beyond the forums as we worked on several projects together. I have to echo Kelticheart's comments regarding appreciating Talon's no-nonsense attitude and his prowess and passion in mission building. He'll be missed...

DJ

[Roger]

R.I.P Talon,

God bless you.

[beepee]

So sorry to hear this.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Al and his family

[GearyMcS]

Al,

Sorry you're gone buddy, but glad I got to know you when you were here.

[The B24 Guy]

My condolences.
Al will be missed.

B24Guy

[Quicksand]

Another of the "originals" has left us. Very sad to read this. Let us honor him by never letting the wonderful gifts he shared with our community to be forgotten. It's because of him, and others who share their passion for flight Sim with the rest of us, that we have such a magnificent virtual world in which to fly, and experience it in such an "in your face, this is the way it really happened" manner. Blue skies and fair winds to you Talon. You are not forgotten.