Hoy es un día glorioso, porque el cielo recibe a un héroe, un luchador y un gran ejemplo para muchos.

Quiero expresar mis más sentidas condolencias, en especial para la esposa de Jon, para Brian, tu amigo más cercano, para toda la familia de MOM, y para todos en DogFight, que alguna vez tuvieron el honor de volar al lado de él.

Te vamos a extrañar Ducwing 1, pero algún día te alcanzaremos allá donde estés, y volveremos a volar juntos otra vez.

Hasta Pronto Jon, QUack Quack.

Estuardo.

Dannydrooler wrote: I was in a game and just heard. The game stopped an we all landed on the mountain, bid him farewell and thanked him for his service.

At our previous memorial fly, Duck and I landed there. He wished that it be named in his honor. As it will be in my memory.

Sad news.

Duckwing mountain it is

Jon, Now you will walk and fly amongst the clouds looking down on us and laughing.. your free my brother nothing can hold you down..Gods Speed..Jon, We Love You!!...I'm very proud to have known you if only by the grace of this game ...I wish I only could have meet you in person. God has one heck of a crew with him...I Will see you one day ..keep things in line up thier...you live forever with me in this game and in my Heart.......John Farnsworth aka Nj

words can,t discribe the way I feel right now iam not an emotional man but tears r flooding down my cheeks.

thank you jon for being part of my life it was an honour to know you even though we never met
rest in peace brother.

I just heard about Duckwing during a game, I wanted to add my condolences to his both physical and online friends. I never had joined the forums before this even though I have been playing almost a year; but while I am here I wanted to add that that the people who play this game, at least the veterans, for some reason are probably some of the nicer people on the anonymous Internet, which you may of noticed doesn't normally lend itself that type of behavior.

Fly on Duckwing.

In Memorial of Duck...

Revelation 3:21 New Living Translation: "Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne"

A brother in Christ

Gary Pinkerton

AKA Gary-the-pink

Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.

~Rabindranath Tagore

God speed Jon -

David

DUCK,
As you can see, now that you have gotten checked into heaven, I have been sheading tears of joy for you, for knowing you. You gave me strength when I needed it the most.
Your pain is over, my friend, and you can walk again.
You have affected so many people in your short life. Your spirit will always be with me.
Thank you, Jon, you will always be my hero.
Paul

I was just in game with chanoc and shopwith camel in BTB. It was unofficial, but we made it work. We all landed on Duckwing Mountain. We chatted until the game ended. No one bothered us. It was peaceful. I think next time, we'll be in tanks on top of his mountain. Thanks chanoc and shop for honoring duckwing. Peace brothers!!

Mavrk12, sure wish I had been there with you guys.

This one is for you jon - rest in peace brother.






i hope this is a fitting tribute.

I, like many others are amazed at the relationships we build here with people we have not physically met. This is more than a game we play, I don't know how to explain it. I have never experienced anything like this with anyother game/forum. I am proud to be a part of it. I only wish I could meet and shake the hand of all of you.

Jon, sleep well my brother. You will be missed!

As I age, I say so long to more friends each year. Although I joined late and didn't know Jon, I hope I can honor him with a saying we say about each of our passing brethren in the aviation industry:

"To fly west, my friend, is a flight we all must take for a final check." Author Unknown
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Fly high!

Shiver

View from the top of Duckwing Mountain... Quite nice up here.

I will miss John, he was a excellent pilot and I remember a conversation I had with him, so sad it was so soon! How old was Jon?

D_N wrote: Hoy es un día glorioso, porque el cielo recibe a un héroe, un luchador y un gran ejemplo para muchos.

Quiero expresar mis más sentidas condolencias, en especial para la esposa de Jon, para Brian, tu amigo más cercano, para toda la familia de MOM, y para todos en DogFight, que alguna vez tuvieron el honor de volar al lado de él.

Te vamos a extrañar Ducwing 1, pero algún día te alcanzaremos allá donde estés, y volveremos a volar juntos otra vez.

Hasta Pronto Jon, QUack Quack.

Estuardo.

Could someone please translate this...Thanks....

Impossible to express my sorrow about the lost of the only real hero with this words....
im writing this with tears in my eyes...


My deepest condolences to Jon's wife Hidie and his family


Godspeed Jon, fly high...

I am deeply sorry for the loss. May he rest in peace.

dentinhead wrote:

D_N wrote: Hoy es un día glorioso, porque el cielo recibe a un héroe, un luchador y un gran ejemplo para muchos.

Quiero expresar mis más sentidas condolencias, en especial para la esposa de Jon, para Brian, tu amigo más cercano, para toda la familia de MOM, y para todos en DogFight, que alguna vez tuvieron el honor de volar al lado de él.

Te vamos a extrañar Ducwing 1, pero algún día te alcanzaremos allá donde estés, y volveremos a volar juntos otra vez.

Hasta Pronto Jon, QUack Quack.

Estuardo.

Could someone please translate this...Thanks....

If Google translate (slightly edited by me for sense) is correct, Estuardo (D_N) said this:

Today is a glorious day, because heaven receives a hero, a fighter and a great example for many.

I want to express my deepest condolences, especially to Jon's wife to Brian, your closest friend, for the family of MOM, and all in DogFight, who once had the honor of flying next to him.

We will miss you Duckwing 1, but someday we will reach wherever you are, and we will fly together again.

Jon See you soon, Quack Quack.

Stuart.

A beautiful sentiment.

madtothebone1 wrote:

dentinhead wrote: The Falcon's would like to hold a Duckwing1 memorial flight, as we did for legendofkhane. Swopwith camel was asking for 3 date's that might work so everyone could join.....Does this sound possible?

if this is going ahead then can wig please let me know and i can arrange between you and swop and will make the flight as public to all who wish to pay tribute as possible. thankyou guys.

I would rather B strachan, Sheibe, Wig, Bopes, Oedius, Paul, sry for not mentioning some others. would put this all together. I am not any good at this kind of thing....I'm sorry guy's....you are all a little more talanted than I am....

A message to all of you from DUCK during our last flight together....

... y es así como los héroes se transforman en leyendas... gracias Duck por permitirme volar a tu lado, nos veremos pronto... en un cielo mas grande...

mis mejores deseos a su familia y amigos, grandes personas nos dejan grandes recuerdos, vuela alto hermano...

Atleast you don't suffer any more duck.
I felt bad since you always had to fly with some sort of pain.
But now your in the clouds with Kane and hopefully flying together at the moment.


Another brave MOM that took to the sky's.

duck was one of the toughest pilots I played against, and that was my opinion of him before I found out about his condition.

His life puts hollywood superheroes to shame

I will be flying guns down today. no evasive maneuvers. No ill will towards anyone who shoots me down.

I am amazed at the love and mad respect that one man brought to everyone on this forum and in this game just by being who he was, a rock solid individual. I also remember the first time that Duck shared with me the full diagnosis and most likely outcome his doctorshad for him. If i remember correctly, NJ and one other MOM I recall was with me, or maybe it was Swop and NJ. At first I refused to believe what he was telling me, and I was urging him to get a second diagnosis, or a third - I was PMing like crazy trying to find out who we knew in our network that could perhaps get the miracle cure for his infection.

What amazed me most was how much at peace he was. It probably was the bravest thing I've ever seen, to look your own mortality right in the eye, accept the inevitable, and be able to help your friends and comrades deal with it and accept it as well. I've called Duck a badass on several occaisions, not just for the courage he showed us all personally the last few months, but also for the fact that he was a soldier who volunteered to risk his life many times over with each deployment, and there were quite a few; he probably was just as much as a terror with a weapon as he was with a biplane!

That being said, Duck wouldn't allow any of us to feel sorry for him or in any way to take pity on him, or even take it easy on him in the game. He was skilled enough with his planes and tanks to remind us what he could STILL best us with one hand during the last few weeks! I mourn my friend, and I will really miss him, and I don't profess to have known him half as well as most of you, but the Duck I remember was always circumspect, sincere, kind, repectful, and most of all, a fierce competitor. I wish I had a hilarious Duck story to share with each of you, but whenever he flew against me as a red, the story was pretty brief and usually ended up with me picking up the pieces of my shot up plane or tank!

Fele_sick wrote: ... y es así como los héroes se transforman en leyendas... gracias Duck por permitirme volar a tu lado, nos veremos pronto... en un cielo mas grande...

mis mejores deseos a su familia y amigos, grandes personas nos dejan grandes recuerdos, vuela alto hermano...

... and that's how heroes become legends ... Duck thanks for allowing me to fly with you, see you soon ... in a larger sky ...

best wishes to his family and friends, great people leave us great memories, soars brother ...

I've met many people physically and online, visited many social groups and online networks but there is none other like the Dogfight. Dogfight is the only place where a complete total stranger becomes a friend. I met Duckwing a few games he played very well and he was a friend of all, mine too, like every one in dogfight but it never occured to me that he was suffering untill last week when i found out in the falcon website.

Its brings tears in my eyes to understand just how much he loved us. I read through this thread and have seen that he shared every moment of pain to smile with us, every free minute he got he play fly dogfight and be happy with us and i believe that untill the end he thought of his family and us his dogfight friends.

Thank you Duckwing for loving us, we love you too. God bless you and keep you in the light of his presence till we meet again. Rest in peace Brother.

First, my condolences to Heidi, Jon's devoted bride, and to his entire family. Speaking on behalf of M.O.M and the rest of the Dogfight community we share in mourning his loss. It's my hope that all who knew him and now grieve over Jon's passing will temper their sadness with these thoughts; Jon was a soldier who understood the risks inherent in his job. He was more courageous after having been horribly wounded than he was ever called upon to be in combat. The retrospective of Jon's comments posted by Bopes reveal a man of great inner strength, tenacity, human frailty and an indomitable will to survive. He had the greater strength of character to admit his suffering and his fear. He is no longer in pain, no longer fearing the unknown. Heidi, Brian, everyone who knew, respected or loved Jon, it's my further hope that you will derive great solace from that knowledge during this time of sadness and loss.

Before he passed away, Kevin (Legendofkane) asked that his M.O.M family "spend some quiet time in the clouds." The outpouring of care and cooperation from so many players not in M.O.M was both bittersweet and beautiful. Today's expressions of fellowship from the 111th Falcon Squad, The New Lunar Republic and our entire extended family in Dogfight have been gracious and are gratefully received.

As suggested, I will coordinate - with the help of our friends 111th/Mad and NLR/Luna - some form of memorial tributes to Jon. The christening of "Duckwing Mountain" is a fitting start. Since Jon so enjoyed, of necessity, spending time in a tank the idea of gathering tanks on the top of Duckwing Mountain is, I think, appropriate. But I encourage anyone and everyone to pay tribute to Jon in his or her own way. He was a fighter to the very end so if fighting is your preference by all means do that. I suspect Jon would appreciate either approach to honoring him.

Brian has changed his game name to Duckwing2. I've changed mine to Duckwing3. When you see Duckwing4 thank our good friend Samweb who was so moved when I shared the news of Jon's impending death that he immediately changed his name, as well. Anyone so inclined is invited to do the same.

Please watch the M.O.M thread for details regarding tribute times. Early next week should provide adequate time to spread the word.

Thank you all, M.O.M and non-M.O.M alike.

Kptn Singh wrote: duck was one of the toughest pilots I played against, and that was my opinion of him before I found out about his condition.

His life puts hollywood superheroes to shame

I will be flying guns down today. no evasive maneuvers. No ill will towards anyone who shoots me down.

KS I undertand your feelings about flying guns down. However, that wasn't DUCK's way. The pic is from LEGEND's MEMORIAL flight. Shoot every enemy then say "DUCK"! Just like he did in real life.

I will now fly as FLY*MOM*GIC because that's how we flew together.

im changing my name to (p)Ducknik.
and its staying like that till i die.