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Tribute to Neil Washbrook

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CybrSlydr

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Over at the Quartermoon Saloon, we were reliving the glory days of flight simulators past. I brought up CFS2 Online, which then became Netwings and we wondered what happened to Neil? I know he had Diabetes and was battling some serious issues with one of (both?) his feet.

Anyone know? The Wayback Machine really helped bring a bunch of old friends back from memory. :D Even have a thread I made back in 2003 about issues with CFS3 installation. lol

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http://web.archive.org/web/20030501040658/http://www.netwings.org/dcforum/DCForumID27/3202.html

I believe on CFS2 Online's forums I was CybrSlayr.
 
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I didnt know the man,but im sorry to hear hes left this world...i just hope he is in a better place for him.
 
I really hate to hear that. I knew Neil was having health issues from his diabetes, but hadn't heard anything about him for a long while.
 
Man this is so sad! I lost contact with Neil at least a year before Netwings failed and I knew he had completely lost interest in fs and cfs but I never imagined his diabetes would prove fatal so early.

RIP Neil
 
the last I spoke to neil was about 3-4 years ago when I offered to host netwings for free, but he declined the offer.
RIP neil
 
Sad news. We used his site for our Flight-19 flights for a long time, as well as the RTW Race. RIP Neil.
 
Very sad to hear, I used to love Netwings.. Neil was a nice guy, and he won't be forgotten!
 
My first CFS2 plane d/l was from Netwings: C.M. Carlson's OS2U Kingfisher. Tim Conrad and Paul Clawson have done newer versions but it's still a decent CFS2 plane. RIP Neil.
 
Oh dear this is an awful shock. I met Neil a couple of times and he was a delightful guy who couldn't do enough to help simmers in any way.

Here's a photo of a group of us - the 'Netwings crew' - taken in happier days at Duxford in 2004 - Neil is the big fella in front - as you can see, he wasn't an old man, but he was having great trouble with his foot. A sad loss - my respects to his family.
 
Yes, it's Azagoth (Jon Bettany). One of the others is Blackbat, I think, but I can't remember all the names...

Here's another one with some of the Dutch contingent..
 
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Yes, it's Azagoth (Jon Bettany). One of the others is Blackbat, I think, but I can't remember all the names...

Here's another one with some of the Dutch contingent..
Click to expand...

The one extreme left is ... ashes2ashes (?) from egypt, i think.
Then comes wildbat aka Thomas, from Denmark.
The two in the center i dunno.
then Neil, Az, and finally VanBek aka Paul, from Baldock, UK.

Brings back memories from my confused years... my extremely confused years.
Thank you, i lost those pictures.

Sad to know Neil is not any more.
His place was my second home back then.
Sending him a mental "Thank you" Hug...
 
I saw the banner at the top of SOH late last night and I thought it was pure class and richly deserved. Neil will be missed by a lot of people!

Ken
 
Just saw this today and remembered how much I learned at Netwings and the excitement waiting for the AvHistory releases, MAW announcement and the good-natured banter. These were good times, RIP Neil!
 
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Netwings was the first site I discovered before SOH. May he rest in piece.
 
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