Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

[cockneyjock1974]

There must be a risk assessment in place ?

What suitable measures would you suggest to mitigate against this risk?

Using common accepted practice nowadays, a man in a stupid hi-viz vest and a row of orange cones all along the length of the flight deck.

Perfectly safe with either of the above.

Yep or an ex NCP car park attendant, who'll shuffle up to your F35 and say "look son you canny park your vehicle here, it's pay and display, there's a machine at the aft island"

[arfah]

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[cockneyjock1974]

Guys have some very bad news. Mike Eagan (desertswo) passed away last night. He died in his sleep.

Thoughts are with his family.

[bobp]

Bad news indeed my thoughts and prayers go out for his family at this sad time.

[~UNiOnJaCk~]

Awful stuff. Thoughts are with his family and friends...

[The Armchair Soldier]

Terrible news. I always found him to be a great contributor and was so glad when he joined us here. Rest in Peace.

[Gabriele]

Awful news... i can hardly believe it. I'm terribly sorry to hear it. It was great to have him here with us.

Thoughts with his family.

[Pseudo]

I'm very sorry to hear that. My sincere condolences and sympathies to his family.

[Little J]

Guys have some very bad news. Mike Eagan (desertswo) passed away last night. He died in his sleep.

Thoughts are with his family.

Terrible news,

CJ, if your in contact with his family, I'm sure everyone here would wish you to pass on our deepest sympathies.

[SDL]

Very sad news. My thoughts and prayers go to his family. He will be missed.

[cockneyjock1974]

Eva (Mrs Eagan) said she is going to go on all of Mike's forums and inform everyone when she feels fit to do so. Pls don't panic if you see a post from Mike in the future it will be from her.

Eva also informed me today that Mike was very fond of us Brits, or folks from this side of the pond as he described us. He loved the chats and was glad to continue to be the teacher until the end.

Thank you for all the kind words so far folks.

[Lugzy]

Very sad news and a great loss , he will be missed , My condolences go out to his family and friends ,

[abc123]

Very sad news indeed. My condolences to Mike's family. His posts were so full of informations and interesting...

[Ron5]

RIP. From his profile address I guessed he was a close neighbor of mine, always meant to look him up. Regret not doing so.

[Foxbat]

Terrible news, his posts were always excellent and full of information he'll be sorely missed. My thoughts are with his family and friends.

[Dave]

That is awful and quite unexpected. RIP...

[zanahoria]

Desertswo was a fantastic contributor to this site and the QE thread on mp.net.

I particularly enjoyed his skills as a raconteur when sharing episodes from his career in the USN to add another dimension to some technical point he was making for the benefit of laymen such as myself.

I am very sorry to hear of his passing. RIP.

[easydiver]

I will miss him and his wry sens of humour. He taught us so much about aircraft carriers so that we could better appreciate the QEC. He was also a great foil for those who posted without real carrier experience.

[Pymes75]

Gutted.

I really enjoyed Mike's anecdotes, witty repartee and extremely informative stories. I am so sorry for his family and friends. If they do visit this forum (and I'm sure many others), I hope they will take some comfort from the knowledge that he was very well liked and highly valued right up to his last post.

RIP, Mike.

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[ArmChairCivvy]

Oh no! Feels like having lost a relative. RIP.

[RetroSicotte]

To be still so into it, so dedicated and passonate about every story, every bit of info and sharing knowledge until quite literally mere days beforehand, if this had to be how it is, then from our perspectives at least it marks a mighty strength of will to respect and be thankful for.

I'll miss hearing about his adventures and shenanigans on going outside the permitted limits of how to operate these machines.

[Digger22]

Terrible news. Gutted for his Family and Friends. RIP Mike.

[SKB]

I've accidently found our original mp.net 'Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion' thread archived on a Finnish site with the following link. Although many of the photos and videos are missing, all the text is still there. http://www.hollilla.com/reader.php?acti ... ad=2982425

[seaspear]

Sad news about Mike , a very straight forward person, no b,s about the contributions he made to the forum he will be missed and I would like to think his family knows how well thought of he was and our thoughts are for their loss .