Sad loss for this game and community, Pipz has been here from the start, I remember him way back when I first started flying in the beta and first version of this game in 2000. No kinder player in the game, always positive, and from his FB page was a kind person in his life, donating most of his free time to an animal shelter, even his lunch breaks. His legacy is one anyone would aspire to have, all the kind words and stories regarding his character here, prove that.
I'm not sure who is going to co ordinate his fly by/farewell here, but many have mentioned the planes he loved to fly, the recent FM2 being a new favorite, the P39, and so forth. The last model he completed was a beautiful LA, I hope it and the others are all represented in his flyby salute.