May 16, 20188 yr Although the news has featured on the AVSIM main page, many of us may not have known that Eric Ernst died in April at the tragically early age of 51. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=eric-william-ernst&pid=188725403&fhid=17155 As the developer of the 767 Pilot in Command, his work was the forerunner of the 'study level' aircraft that we see today with PMDG and FSLabs, amongst others. A sad loss for our community. Petraeus
May 16, 20188 yr Brings some fine memory of his work on building eye-candy 2d panels for FS98: an elegant MD-80, a wonderful Saab 340, and a very (VERY!) much anticipated and revolutionary 767 (was it 1999?). Edited May 16, 20188 yr by Marcelo Chulam P3D41, Intel i7 7700K 4.8 GHZ (OC), Geforce 1070 GTX 8GB, Corsair LPX 32 GB DRAM, Noctua NH-D15 & Windows 10 Home Edition PMDG 737NGX, Aerosoft A319 (on hangar: D-check), Majestic MJC8 Q400, ORBX, FlyTampa, TropicalSim, AS16+ASCA, Envtex/Envshade, FSFX Packages, ChasePlane, ...
May 17, 20188 yr Horribly sad news. He did some fine work and really helped elevate flight simulation.
May 17, 20188 yr I remember the pleasure his freeware 767 panel gave me during my earlier FS days. Although it's been sometime since I've seen the name, seeing it now brings back happy memories. Thank you Eric for all your hard work. Edited May 17, 20188 yr by pedwards Paul Edwards
May 17, 20188 yr I remember emailing Eric back in 1999 before 9/11, I forget what now but he was a very nice humble guy. He'd love it when he was on the job with American Eagle and someone from the FS community would recognize him and talk. He was devastated by the events of 9/11 and dropped out of the FS community feeling the terrorist took his work and was able to pilot those 757's enough to cause the attacks. None of that was conclusive yet he took it personally anyway. He was a great guy whom I'm shocked is gone so soon. It's sad it seems many here don't realize who he was and what his work has brought us to today. Edited May 17, 20188 yr by Dillon FS2020 Alienware Aurora R11 10th Gen Intel Core i7 10700F - Windows 11 Home 32GB Ram NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super OC 16GB - Pimax Crystal Light VR
May 17, 20188 yr Found this interesting post from Tom - https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/32545-eric-ernst/?do=findComment&comment=198529 Jim Young | AVSIM Online! - Simming's Premier Resource! Member, AVSIM Board of Directors - Serving AVSIM since 2001 Submit News to AVSIMImportant other links: Basic FSX Configuration Guide | AVSIM CTD Guide | AVSIM Prepar3D Guide | Help with AVSIM Site | Signature Rules | Screen Shot Rule | AVSIM Terms of Service (ToS) I7 8086K 5.0GHz | GTX 1080 TI OC Edition | Dell 34" and 24" Monitors | ASUS Maximus X Hero MB Z370 | Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB and 1TB | Samsung SSD 500GB x2 | Toshiba HDD 1TB | WDC HDD 1TB | Corsair H115i Pro | 16GB DDR4 3600C17 | Windows 10
May 17, 20188 yr Actually, Simon is putting together a write up on Eric to be placed in the ‘in memoriam’ section so we can all pay tribute to the pioneer of high fidelity desk top airliner simulation. Edited May 17, 20188 yr by kdfw__ R9-9950X3D 32G | RTX5090 | 3T m.2 | Win11 | vkb-gf ultimate & pedals | virpil cm3 throttle | tm boeing yoke | pimax super uw | DCS
May 18, 20188 yr thanks Simon! R9-9950X3D 32G | RTX5090 | 3T m.2 | Win11 | vkb-gf ultimate & pedals | virpil cm3 throttle | tm boeing yoke | pimax super uw | DCS
June 11, 20187 yr Moderator I’ve only just spotted this. How sad. I also enjoyed Eric’s superb 767 freeware panel. It was outstanding quality at the time and what a gent to make it available for no charge. 51 is no age. My condolences to his family. Thank you Eric for your dedication to the flight sim community and generosity. 🙂 Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
June 14, 20187 yr Just learned of this. Shocked. His panels were excellent. Didn't he aid in the development of the Level D 767? Prayers and Sympathy to his family.
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