A Life Well Lived in Aviation

[0TreeLemur]

Dear MS members,

Occasionally we meet people who have an outsize presence.   Like the sun they radiate energy that makes those around them feel or perform better.   The man who has been working on our Mooney as A&P since we bought her in 2017, David Forgac, passed away last weekend.   Dave was one of those people.   My wife and I helped him on two owner-assisted annuals, he supervised us installing the EDM900,  performed several repairs on our plane, and was CFII for several of my instrument training flights.  I found that he was always a kind and patient instructor.  His experience working for a Mooney Service Center in Florida years ago really helped with our plane.

Today I received a link to his obituary as was written by his family.   It is  a good description of someone truly passionate about aviation and of a life well lived that ended too early.   I can attest to Dave's nature as a passionate and natural teacher.  Dave's obituary is here: http://www.northportfuneralservice.com/mr-david-forgac/

Dave passed away last Friday after a short illness at the age of 65.   I wanted to share his memory with those of you who care to read his obituary.

-Fred

[Eight8Victor]

Thanks for sharing Fred. My aviation mentor was Bob Pratt and like your Dave, there was nothing he couldn't fix. Bob taught me to fly allowed me to assist in annuals and was a genuinely good person. I'm sorry for your loss, but count yourself fortunate to have had a friend such as Dave. 

[StevenL757]

Fred, I took the time to read this, and thank you so much for sharing it.  I’m very sorry to hear of David’s passing.  I have a similar relationship with my IA, as this will be my 7th year doing a user-assisted annual.

Steve

[carusoam]

Fred,

Thanks for sharing Dave’s details...

We Learn so much, from so many...

Best regards,

-a-