• Which the release of FS2020 we see an explosition of activity on the forun and of course we are very happy to see this. But having all questions about FS2020 in one forum becomes a bit messy. So therefore we would like to ask you all to use the following guidelines when posting your questions:

    • Tag FS2020 specific questions with the MSFS2020 tag.
    • Questions about making 3D assets can be posted in the 3D asset design forum. Either post them in the subforum of the modelling tool you use or in the general forum if they are general.
    • Questions about aircraft design can be posted in the Aircraft design forum
    • Questions about airport design can be posted in the FS2020 airport design forum. Once airport development tools have been updated for FS2020 you can post tool speciifc questions in the subforums of those tools as well of course.
    • Questions about terrain design can be posted in the FS2020 terrain design forum.
    • Questions about SimConnect can be posted in the SimConnect forum.

    Any other question that is not specific to an aspect of development or tool can be posted in the General chat forum.

    By following these guidelines we make sure that the forums remain easy to read for everybody and also that the right people can find your post to answer it.

Ian Thatcher, (Thatch), R.I.P. 28/08/2010

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According to posts on other websites -
Ian Thatcher, (Thatch), died on Saturday 28/08/2010.

Ian was the founder of FS-Shipyards, and a former supporter of both The ODG Project and FREEflow.

Ian Thatcher was an extremely prolific developer of flight-sim content,
across nearly all aspects of the platform.

To such an extent that most simmers who download,
possibly have at least one of his products installed,
yet are unaware, as he'd published them under a series of assumed identities.
e.g.
As Gerrish Gray - Various tree enhancement packages
As Andy Weir - Various terrain-meshes and landclass packages.

Over the years Ian has supplied hosting to many developers and groups,
providing an incubator environment for their projects,
and often doing so out of his own pocket.

I am, and always will be, extremely appreciative
of all the assistance Ian so generously provided -
- To me personally, specifically in configuring, hosting and supporting fs-odg.com
- In configuring, hosting and supporting all the fs-groups domains
- And for all his contributions and advice.

Our condolences to his wife Tracey, and his family.
Ian will be greatly missed.

Paul Donnelly
(BASys)
 
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I'm truly sorry to read this. My condolences to his family.

I fondly remember the AVSIM forum exchanges we had several years ago ( he, as Gerrish Gray ). :)

Goodbye, my friend.

Dick
 
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I can only echo what has been said. Ian was a major contributor to the advancement and enjoyment of our hobby.

My condolences to his family for their loss.
 
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I have appreciated his work and utilized his creations without knowing the man.

He will be missed.
 
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A aircraft by any other name, is still an aircraft....

But this man, by any other name is still Ian!

Your presents will be lost!
 
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I am truly sorry to know about this. I keep in my mind many discussions on several aspects of the inner working of FS that I had with Gerrish. I particulary remember how precise he was when writing simple emails about FS.

My condolences to his family.

Luis Sá
 
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This is sad news indeed. As mentioned by others I have great memories of the discussions we had on the AvSim forums in the days of FS2002, where we dived deep into how the sim works. Gerrish Grey was an essential part of those discussions (and I never realised that was not his real name).

My condolences to his family.
 
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Ian I only knew You as Gerrish Gray from your tree enhancement packages; thanks for those.

Everything has been said already...
My condolences to his family.

Goodbye.
Bert
 
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