A tribute to Terry Naughton (a.k.a. Scavenger)
Terry Naughton passed away July 2nd 1994, he was in the mid-fifties. I
never had the chance of meeting him personally, i only knew him from his
many and often funny messages on the GEnie electronical bulliten board and
from some "radio messages" on a game called Air Warrior. We were both AW
pilots, like hundreds of other flight-sim fans, we were enjoying recreating
what it was like to be a World War II pilot, we fought for a Country, we
were part of a Squadron, we were flying electronic replicas of WW II planes
in a cyber sky. All in the comfort of our homes but it was the closest we
could get to live.... our common dream.
Terry Naughton was known in the AW community as "Scavenger" of the Turkey
Ham squadron. He wasn't the best 'pilot' in terms of flyin skills but he
was the most universally liked person online. The announcement of his death
brought sadness to all who had the chance to knew him, many of us felt we
had lost a close friend.
His messages on the bulliten board were often funny, sometimes moving, and
always friendly. It came as a fresh breeze after all the eggo-bashing,
flame-throwing, chest-pounding messages that pretty much were the norm, at
least in the famous Crash & Burn Cafe :)
It's been nearly two years now that he left us, but the posts are still in
the memories of those who knew him... They always are a pleasure to re-read
and they still bring us emotions. I decided to put some of them on my Web
pages so to make them even more present to people who already have them on
disks and to make them available to new flight-sim enthusiasts who didn't
had the priviledge of being there.
Thank you again Scav!