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Mike Stone

So sorry to hear that, if it's true. He was a great contributor to our hobby, with his VAST range of aircraft.
At one stage, his aircraft were available on Garry Smith's site. 'The Ford Tri-Motor Project'. That ended when Garry past away, a few years ago.
 
The entire Ford Tri-Motor website has been archived here for a while now. SOH took on the responsibility of preserving all of Garry's hard work. If Mike's aircraft were available at Garry's site there is a very good chance they were archived too so there would be no need to upload them all again.

If you go to the very top of the FS2002/FS2004 forum page there is a link to the new location for entire Ford Tri-Motor site. We even kept the old web address so that old links would re-direct to our site seamlessly. Here is the direct link if you need it: https://ford-tri-motor.net/

I'm not sure where Mike's aircraft would be on Garry's site, I did have a quick look around while preparing this post but I couldn't find anything obvious amongst the mass of links there.
 
Unfortunately, the link on the Ford Tri-Motor site for Mike's planes is dead, as aslo are the other links of the bottom of the Home page, hence my posting of the collection here.
 
Sorry, I thought the other links had been preserved too as they appear to link to sub-sections of Garry's original site.
 
No, only the main site has been preserved. A pity, as Milton Shupe's aircraft was originally hosted there as well.
 
So, to get back to the question posed in the post that started this thread - does anyone know if the word about Mike's passing is correct?
 
Mick,

Tom Clayton is still around. He is Admin and running the MS2020 forum here.

Cheers,
Huub
 
I hadn't talked to Mike in well over a decade, so I did a little digging. Unless I'm sadly mistaken, this is his obituary:

www.schraderfh.com

Obituary for Paul "Mike" Stone at Schrader Funeral Home - Eureka

Stone, Paul Mike, passed away, Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Beloved husband of the late Janet Sue nee Wade father of Randy Jessica Stone and Kevin Christy Stone grandfather of Bodhi Stone brother of the late Juanita Bush uncle of Daniel Wade, Matthew Sarah Wade, Sara Trenton Van Egtern, Steven...
www.schraderfh.com www.schraderfh.com
 
Thanks, Tom, for sharing. Those of us who grew up with FS2004 regarded Mike as one of the rocks of our hobby.
There are many of us that have been simming FS2004 since it was launched, & we got to know & respect those developers that gave us so much pleasure. You could say that we grew up with those guys & they were more than just a name at the bottom of a Read-me.

We have lost so many creators & innovators, another loss to our hobby has been Garry Smith. another prolific painter & developer. There are many others, & they will be remembered by all of us that have shared their add-ons over the last 20 years, & hopefully for a few more.
 
Sad news indeed. My very first paint job was on Mike's Grumman Goose, and by great coincidence I've been fiddling with another set of Goose feathers. He will be missed. :confused:
 
I’m so sad to hear about Mike. His planes were so much fun to fly and were so cool for a young (at the time) aviation fan to experience.
 
One by one is leaving us. All well known names and highly appreciated persons. So still keep their creations in movement. The best way to honour them!

Nevertheless, Bruce Artwick, the "father" of flight simulation is beyond us. Good luck to him. And great thanks for what he and his team did!

Bernard
 
Tom Clayton said:
I hadn't talked to Mike in well over a decade, so I did a little digging. Unless I'm sadly mistaken, this is his obituary:

www.schraderfh.com

Obituary for Paul "Mike" Stone at Schrader Funeral Home - Eureka

Stone, Paul Mike, passed away, Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Beloved husband of the late Janet Sue nee Wade father of Randy Jessica Stone and Kevin Christy Stone grandfather of Bodhi Stone brother of the late Juanita Bush uncle of Daniel Wade, Matthew Sarah Wade, Sara Trenton Van Egtern, Steven...
www.schraderfh.com www.schraderfh.com
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I knew he lived in Missouri. It probably is him. His son was just starting at McDonnell Douglas the last time I emailed with Mike. That had to be 2012ish.

Don BP;)
 
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