MICHAEL "WHELS" KOON

[Mayhem]

As a few of you may know, earlier this year Michael Koon, who played Aces High and Air Warrior under the Handle "Whels", has passed away. To the best of my knowledge he was a member of the Damned and a former Member of the ACCS.

He will be missed.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/crestviewbulletin/obituary.aspx?n=michael-lewis-koon&pid=174007517

Note: I haven't seen anything on the message boards regarding Whels passing and I have used both the search and I manually went threw the boards.

[Ack-Ack]

Whel's was a good guy, was sad when someone posted a few months ago to let us know of his passing.  Used to enjoy flying with him and against him in AW and then in here.

[waystin2]

My condolences to his family and friends.

 

Way

[Mayhem]

Whel's was a good guy, was sad when someone posted a few months ago to let us know of his passing.  Used to enjoy flying with him and against him in AW and then in here.

Ack-Ack can you link the original posting if it was on this forum, I used the search feature and I went threw all the post since his passing twice and I couldn't find anything.

[nooby52]

"Whels" was one of the first guys I got to know in AW, and I always enjoyed my encounters with him. I dueled him many times while in AW, and I never could get the better of him in the air. He was always gracious in victory. His is one of the names I always think of and smile when I look back on those early days of flight sims. 

[Skuzzy]

This is the first mention of it I can find on our board.

[FLS]

Thanks for posting. Condolences. 

[Tumor]

Cya Whels!!!  <S>

So sorry you had to go.

[USRanger]

He was one of the first guys to talk to me in AH.

[DH367th]

Whels was a gentleman and a class act R.I.P

[Mayhem]

This is the first mention of it I can find on our board.

Thanks I didn't check the Oclub only the General Forum. The search engine, even in advanced, only shows the very first post that mention Whels in them and those go back all the way to around 2000.

I found about about Whels a few months back on Facebook about the same way Flossy did. I hadn't talked to Whels in about a year, at the time he was big into Nascar and Racing Games.

I miss him.

[Ratsy]

Whels?  Darn it.

He was just a great guy to fly with.  When I was new, I used to look for him - and follow him around to learn the game. 

This makes me sad.

[Max]

When The Damned moved over from Air Warrior back in 2002, Whels was one of the many. Always a stand-up guy and a venerable stick in his PJ.

 

[mbailey]

He was one of the first guys to talk to me in AH.

Yep same here  truly a great guy

[Drane]

  WHELS