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Bone

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I was just wondering how many members at the SOH have ever met each other in person. I know it's a worldwide membership and getting together has it's logistical challenges, but alot of members live in or close to the same places. Maybe they've met at the AVSIM or other FS conventions. Maybe they've hooked up at airshows. School, work, a car accident, drive by shootings...whatever way it might have transpired, I'd be interested to hear who you met, where you met, and how it went.

I know alot people from a few RW aviation forums, but that's from being in the industry for a long time, and many I knew before the days of cyber forums. I'm just curious to know how the flight simmers have gone about it.
 
I have met several SOH member in my travels. Always enjoy meeting the person behind the avatar.
 
One of the benefits of living in a small country is that it's easy to link up; over the last few years I've met the following members: Huub Vink, Cees Donker, Jankees, Maarten, Robcap, Warrant, Fliger747, Panaka, Rcbarend, Francois, Grunau_baby, SdC, Ome_Joop, Javis and probably a few more during one of the FsWeekends in the Aviodrome musem at EHLE.
 
I've only had one face-to-face meeting with a site member, Devildog73. This was back in September 2007.

OBIO
 
Given the size of the membership just here at SOH, if travel were easier and less costly - we'd probably have our own convention. That would be very hard to resist !

:running:
 
I would too ! Maybe Bone could fly around and pick us all up - Then again, maybe the plane's owners would have something to say about that. . . ;o
 
I've met quite a few, of course some have stopped flight-simming, a couple have died, some moved, but I have enjoyed meeting at the airshows and I have been to one AVSIM convention. Funny though, I haven't met but two guys here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
 
I've met Ickie at his home in Florida
ChaCha and little Chacha at a mall in Orlando
a snow storm interrupted meeting Henry
and I missed DangerousDave by that much
Martin Wright(not a member, but a flight sim icon), NavyChief, Crashaz, and Holger Sandman at the AvSim Conference in Bellevue, Washington a few years ago
Jagdflieger and I have been to lunch a few times
I look forward to meeting up with PRB soon.
OleBoy, bpfowler, johnC, Warhorse, and EasyEd are a few close neighbors that I would like to meet.

one I do NOT want to meet is Cloud9Gal! :icon_lol:

I would make an absolute fool of myself,
slobbering all over those pretty shoes
 
When Avsim had their convention in DC, I met Mike (Hey Moe), along with several members of Transload. I also met Cazzie at an airshow in Danvile VA.
 
I had the pleasure of having lunch with Bernt (sg38) in Toronto a while ago. Very nice to meet people in person! We'd do it more often, but have trouble getting out schedules to work out.

Mike
 
Back in the old Netwings days, a bunch used to meet at Duxford, including some of the Dutch contingent. Shame that died.
 
Hey Smilo,

the Puget Sound SOH Fraternity might wish to meet at the Museum of Flight this september when they rollout the TCA L-1049 into the Airpark....


cheerio,
brady
 
lefty said:
Back in the old Netwings days, a bunch used to meet at Duxford, including some of the Dutch contingent. Shame that died.
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Lefty, perhaps we should start this again. I would love to meet some of the UK members and see Duxford at the same time!

Most SOH members I have met in person are Dutch (Ome Joop, Ferry_O, Cees Donker, Jankees, Maarten, Robcap, Warrant, Rcbarend, Francois, SdC, Bigfoot) or semi-Dutch (Grunau_baby), but I met at least one Swiss member as well (ISRA) and one member even had to cross a continent and an ocean before we met (Fliger747).

Cheers,
Huub
 
I've met Hey_Moe, he lives in Hampton right across the water from me. The PFSG (Philippine Flight Simmers Group) occasionally has "I-2-I" get-togethers when several members find themselves in the same city, like Manila or Cebu. Usually dinner and/or happy hour at a convenient restaurant. Would be a good idea for SOH to copy.
 
Met Dirtman back in the 50's when he was an orrid brat.

Just can't seem to get rid of da bum.


forsaken Collin:ernae:
 
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