Hello VATSIM aviators!
One of our own, Ed - better known by his Twitch username LowVoltageTech has flown west - he was only 47. Ed was a devoted father of two little boys, lifelong public servant (both in the Air Force and EMS), and an avid simmer. He enjoyed flying everything from helicopters to the brand-new 777 from PMDG. His presence in our small community will be sorely missed.
We would like to extend an invitation to all VATSIM aviators - help us honor our friend and fellow community member. We will be holding a fly-in event at
Long Island Islip Airport this
Sunday, August 25th from 12-4pm. You can fly what you'd like (Ed enjoyed the Challenger by Hotstart and various helicopters the most) and meet us there! We would ask that prospective pilots choose an aircraft that's size-appropriate for KISP (Read: Please no heavies or Concord). Two members of our community will be streaming the event from the pilot's perspective:
https://www.twitch.tv/ground_point_niner and
https://www.twitch.tv/bwflightsimulationWe are doing what we can to help Ed's two young boys by promoting a GoFundMe that was set up to assist them.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-noahcoltons-future-in-memory-of-ed-david. We are certainly going to miss hearing their voices in the background while Ed was simming with us. We hope you will join us on Sunday and, if you should find it within your means to donate, thank you for doing so.
Ed was a pillar in our community. He was always up on the latest news, tech, and participated in as many events as he could. We made many fond memories with him at FlightSimExpo.
Smooth skies and tailwinds, Ed. Until we meet again.
