Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
Anthony," had passed away.

The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will miss
his presence here.

Brian O'Neill

> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill


that's too bad. he was a good poster. thanks for the heads up

> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
> miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill



We're all al little poorer today.


My condolencies to his family.




--

Regards

Dave Kearton

Words on side of the fuselage says "F.C.Hall Oklahoma City Okla." Hall was
the purchaser of this aircraft. Wiley Post was his personal pilot.

05/22/2005. Remarks by Pat Loop: "The 'Winnie May' made the first flight
around the world in 8 days, 16 hours, piloted by Wiley Post with Harold
Gatty as navigator, in June 1931. Wiley Post also made the first solo flight
around the world in this aircraft, in 7 days, 19 hours, in July 1933."



His "moniker" reminded me of an aviation pioneer.

---
Chappie
"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
...
> > wrote in message
> g.com...
>> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in
>> this
>> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
>> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
>> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
>> Anthony," had passed away.
>>
>> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
>> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
>> miss
>> his presence here.
>>
>> Brian O'Neill
>
>
>
> We're all al little poorer today.
>
>
> My condolencies to his family.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Kearton
>
>

> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill



Please pass along my sincerest condolences.
Wrylypost will be missed.


Luke

Godspeed "wrylypost." May your wx always be CAVU and your flight plan
be cleared for immediate ascent to the heavens.

We will miss you.

portsider


On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:12:49 GMT, wrote:

>Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
>newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
>occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
>e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
>Anthony," had passed away.
>
>The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
>newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will miss
>his presence here.
>
>Brian O'Neill
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We all wish him a safe flight home.

Graham.
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Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth.
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings,
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
And, while with silent, lifting mind i've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

-John Gillespie Magee Jr.

"Dave Kearton" > wrote in message
...
> > wrote in message
> g.com...
>> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in
>> this
>> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
>> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
>> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
>> Anthony," had passed away.
>>
>> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
>> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
>> miss
>> his presence here.
>>
>> Brian O'Neill
>
>
>
> We're all al little poorer today.
>
>
> My condolencies to his family.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Kearton
>
>

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:12:49 GMT,
wrote:

>Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
>newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
>occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
>e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
>Anthony," had passed away.
>
>The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
>newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will miss
>his presence here.
>
>Brian O'Neill

That's sad, Brian, but thanks for letting us know. You're
right, he was a good and witty poster and I always jealous
that I didn't think of a clever nic like that.

I think it would be appropriate if you would pass along to
his son the condolences from all of us here at abpa.
Cheers,
jc

> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
> miss
> his presence here.

May he rest in peace.

Ron
--
Non urinat in ventum

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:12:49 GMT, wrote:

>Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
>newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
>occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
>e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
>Anthony," had passed away.
>
>The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
>newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will miss
>his presence here.
>
>Brian O'Neill

My sincerest condolences to his relatives.

Stanislav

My deepest condolences to his family! May God be with them in their time of
sorrow!
Hub
> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
> miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill

I certainly will pass along the group's condolances. I got another e-mail
from his son, who is keenly feeling his father's loss. The son did let me
know a little about wrylypost that I'll pass on: he served with the 101st
Airborne in Korea, and apparently was involved in military helicopter
aviation.

Newsgroups are odd communities: we know each other only in the most limited
ways, but if you hang around long enough you do get a sense of the others
from their words, and develop likes and dislikes. Wryly was one of those
whose comments I looked forward to.

Brian O'Neill

> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill

I am sorry to hear this. My condolences to the family.

Dan Edwards

How very sad...
Please include my sentiments along with everyone elses...

Andrew S




> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
> miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill

Sad to hear.

My condolences to his family and friends.



> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
> miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill

My Deepest Condolences on your families loss. He was indeed a valued member
of this group and we are all saddened at his passing. Dallas

> wrote in message
...
>I forgot to mention that I am storing all positive related posts and
> images in a USB memory key that is being cremated with him
>
> He would have been 78 in march
>

My deepest Condolences to you and your family.

Andrew
> wrote in message
g.com...
> Ever as a long-time lurker I seem to have attracted some attention in this
> newsgroup. Apparently wrylypost had "book-marked' me - I did get the
> occasional e-mail from him if I said something he liked -- so his son
> e-mailed me this week to say that his father, "wrylypost aka Joseph
> Anthony," had passed away.
>
> The late gentleman surely had the most clever handle ever for an aviation
> newsgroup, and he did seem to know his airplanes too. I for one will
> miss
> his presence here.
>
> Brian O'Neill

wrote:

> I forgot to mention that I am storing all positive related posts and
> images in a USB memory key that is being cremated with him
>
> He would have been 78 in march

May God give him peace and eternal life.

BobbyG

Thank you for sharing this information...

You have helped fill in the blanks on an otherwise faceless poster to the
group. Rightly or wrongly the internet and in particular the newsgroups
tend to be rather impersonal places of the faceless. We are all drawn a
common interest (in this case aviation imagery), and occasionally we make
friends. However too often we lose track of the real person behind the
postings either that or it never occurs to us to ask.

One of my sins is that I wear my feelings on my sleeve and tend to be rather
transparent (or happy); so when I am upset it reflects in everything from my
photography, to the tone I use when I comment and post. However people such
as wrylypost, and a great many others do not, and very often they are the
ones with the real bragging rights, with rich histories that are very often
full interesting facts.

Andrew


> wrote in message
...
> Thank you Mr O'Neill for passing the word of my fathers demise and
> telling me of this newsgroup
>
> A correction tho, he was a paratrooper and was just interested in
> helicopters. Most of his intrest was in planes and jets
>
> His early years were spent growing up around Jacksonville, Florida and
> ransaking the aviation graveyard there. He told me of a pretend plane
> he made as a kid from liberated parts of junked airplanes
>
> As a teenager he was interested in R/C model airplanes and made many
> using gas, diesel, solid fuel rocket and scaled down buzz bomb motors
>
> He invented the dual axis gimbal joystick but gave away the patent
> rights to an unknown person.
>
> He was the first person to use solid state electronics in a model
> plane, all designed by himself
>
> He was also the first person to use fiberglass in a planes
> construction (just models but they flew). He later was also the first
> to use fiberglass to construct a boat (not a model)
>
> Dad lived his late teen and early adult life in the suburbs of Detroit
> where he was invited to demonstrate his pulse jet plane at the state
> fair. As he was preparing the plane the for a predemonstration, the
> officals all crowded around him and his model. He fired up a model T
> coil for a spark and thrust down on the tire pump handle.
>
> The plane made a deafening roar as it fired up and reverbated thru the
> stadium
>
> The officals all fell all over themselfs trying to get away from the
> thing and immediately cancelled his event
>
> Instead of being dissapointed he laughed for months at the reaction of
> the officals
>
> These planes he made were the first jet powered planes in the Detroit
> area
>
> Later he was drafted into the army but instead enlisted into the air
> force where he scored a perfect on the exams. The air force refused to
> turn him over to the army and he promptly signed up as a paratrooper
>
> His intrests included many other things including electronics, amature
> radio and motorcycles
>
> I'm not sure why I am saying all of this but it does make me feel less
> of a loss knowing that least some of the living are aware of some of
> his acomplishments
>
> His #2 son
>

I feel like I have lost a friend I never met. As others have written, your
father's posts here were always a treat.

May he rest in peace, and may you and your family find smiles in the
memories of your dad.

Take care,

Bob ^,,^

> I'm not sure why I am saying all of this but it does make me feel less
> of a loss knowing that least some of the living are aware of some of
> his acomplishments
>

That's the most uplifting, hopeful thing I've read in any newsgroup.

--Matthew

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:00:30 -0500,
wrote:

>Thank you Mr O'Neill for passing the word of my fathers demise and
>telling me of this newsgroup
<snip>
>His #2 son

Well, #2 son, you're Dad was a well liked guy around here
and we're all going to miss him. He was one of the good
guys, that's for sure.
Cheers,
jc

I'm pleased that you posted some further details about your father. The
person who said that he was well liked here is spot on.

Sincerely,

Brian O'Neill