Sad News

[Brian]

Copied from the ASRA web site.

Geoff Henley-Smith passed away in hospital Saturday after a short illness.

We are all going to miss him and his fine rotors very much !!:(:(

[Mitch]

I was speaking to another member this morning who informed me of Jeff's passing. Very sad indeed.

Mitch

[rotor]

This is very sad news.

My condolences to his family and friends.

rotor

[bones]

I too could not believe it when i was told about it on the phone, I never had the pleasure of meeting the man, but i have flown under his rotors for quiet awhile now, he will be missed

He wont be flying on wings he got real rotors now, RIP mate.
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[SamL]

Very sad news indeed. A great loss to us all. Our condolences go out to all his family and friends.

Sam.....:tears::(

[rotor]

Can we get a few pictures of Jeff as we don't seem to have any on the site - anyone please ....


rotor

[splashdown]

After I saw Rotor's post I went trawling through all my photos. I have about a million pictures of the all great machines Jeff has built, but not many of the man himself.

Here is one... doing what he did best...



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[rotor]

Thanks lloyd, I'll PM you

rotor

[Aussie_Paul]

Bugger, I will miss Jeff for debating issues and his rotors for flying.

Being selfish I hope he has taught someone to make rotors.

Condolences to his family and friends.

Aussie Paul. :)

[splashdown]

Here are some more pics of Jeff.
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[rotor]

For those with slow connections ... here's the above but smaller

[gyroz2]

On behalf of Jeff's family, we'd like to thank you all for your condolences. We know that gyros meant the world to him and he would be chuffed by your comments.

For those asking after the rotors, luckily dad being meticulous as he was, he has autocad'ed everything and has employed someone to build rotors with him for the past 2 years. So, we will eventually sell the business but for now we have some in-stock rotors and should also have two Gyroz gyrocopters ready for sale shortly. If anyone would like to place an order please contact the office as usual on (02) 4573 2054 or email me.

We are still in shock at dad's passing and although nothing can fill the void in our hearts, if you would like to do your bit, then please make a donation to the leukaemia foundation to help prevent others being taken away too soon http://www.leukaemia.org.au. He wasn't meant to leave us so soon, but he'd rather go now than stay and not be able to fly. Now he is forever flying free.

[rotor]

Hi Natasha,

It's can't be a good time for you and the family at the moment. Thanks for taking the time to reply to us here.

Again, my sincere condolences.

Geoff

[Aussie_Paul]

Hi Natasha,

It's can't be a good time for you and the family at the moment. Thanks for taking the time to reply to us here.

Again, my sincere condolences.

Geoff

Ditto.

Aussie Paul. :)

[marko66]

My Condolences as well and what Geoff said

Regards Mark

[G1358]

Gday all

I just registered on this site today i used to fly at Erskine Park many years ago, got most of my glider training with Jeff as the instructor and finally went solo in my own machine with much encouragement from Jeff
Miss ya mate
My condolensces to jeffs family and friends

Peter Keerie