Hey All.
SCSon here. I'm not sure anyone still reads this old blog but, I felt compelled to break in and give you all an update best I can. Theres really no easy way to say this but, my Father, the man you knew as 'Danno' passed into the arms of the lord on November 23rd, 2025, after a brief illness.
To say this came as a shock to myself and my mom is a bit of an understatement, but through the grace of friends and family, not to include words of encouragement from others in the blogging community like Mr. David Aka TrueBlueSam, we've gotten through at least the initial shock of it all.
I've sat in front of this screen the past hour, and I really am not sure what I can say to add that my dad didn't already say himself with much better prose. What you all read here for the past decade and a half was who he was. A Bithead, Pilot, Shooter, Father, and Husband. Though his interests also included sailing the San Francisco Bay, and amateur radio.
He had finally retired from $dayJob last year, and was able to spend time with my Mom, just recently celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary (and somehow they didn't kill each other! I am equally as shocked as you are!). As it was, due to unrelated issues he had hung up his wings years prior, but lucky for me at least, I was the one to give him that Fini-Flight as it was; a flight home from the Buckeye Air Show that he took. As the old adage goes, 'The worst day you have is the day you take your last flight, and sometimes you know it and other times you don't", but I'd like to think he enjoyed that day we both spent together. As for the shooting, he kept up with it, His 'holy grail' gun amusingly was a Chiappa M6 clone. I wish he had still had access to this blog because I'm sure he would have told you all how- almost giddy- he was for the over-under 22lr /12 gauge combo.
I can say as his son, and reflecting in these weeks before and after we lost him, that I had it really good. He was the reason I went into the Engineering Field I did, its thanks to him I myself became a Pilot and am flying that same old Grumman he had when he was my age. Its because of him I got into firearms. All of these were big topics him and I talked for hours upon hours on.
Now as I write this, I'm sitting in his old office, on his PC and just not sure what there is else to say. My Mom and I will be having a private ceremony for most of his ashes dispersal in a few important locations to him. I will say by hopefully this time next year Dad will be the first in the family to go to Orbit, that was something he learned of and was very excited to tell us about.
As for this blog, I personally see no reason in closing it, but I won't be continuing it either. Dad I know loved writing it, and when he lost access initially I know it bugged him because he couldn't continue to write. If anyone feels compelled, my Mom and I ask for donations to be made in the name of 'Danno' to any local aviation museums, the Experimental Aircraft Association, cat shelters, youth firearms organizations, youth amateur radio, or youth sailing organizations near you. All of these were major parts of his life.
Here's to you Dad, I'll love you and miss you always.
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