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RIP: David "Opa" Marshal

It's really a sad day for a lot of us in the sim community. He was a virtual walking library. It seemed impossible that one person could carry so much info about all phases of the sim in his head. But he did. He deserved more awards than he got.

Opa and I go back a lot of years. We emailed occasionally. One time he had had it with this one noob and emailed me to see if 'maybe you could help this guy out'. I had seen his terse reply ('..and next time don't ....'). I laughed. First time he actually blew up in public. And he was really angry. The guy didn't come back after we got through with him and his 'attitude' as he didn't want to accept the impossibility of what he wanted to do.

He knew everything. But one time he had an engine dying on him when on idle and posted a question (a rarity). One minute later, without looking, I gave him the answer (a change of value to line in cfg) and he never forgot that. Neither did I :) .

Next month he would have been married 56 years. It would be nice if his family could write a book about his life (biography). I would buy that book. I am sure a lot of his personal life events would be very interesting reading. He will be missed. RIP OPA.
Chuck B
Napamule
 
His patience in threads was immense.
And his knowledge led me to look at things that I did not even know I had a problem with.
:icon29:
 
Old pilots never die ... they are just transferred to a better squadron.

But his friends and family from the old squadron still miss him.

Thanks for all your knowledge, unselfishly shared, and your help, so freely given, David.

:salute:
 
Very sad to see that Opa has passed on. His legacy will live on in the flightsim community and will continue to contribute immensely to many more people yet.
 
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