It is with a heavy heart I bring you the news that member and contributor Burl Burlingame past away on 14 March 2019. (At far left in the photo above). Burl was a long time member of IPMS and Kitmaker Network espcially on the Aeroscale page. The last time I saw him was at the 2013 IPMS Nationals. He was gracious and gave me a copy of his book "I'll fly to Hawaii". It is a history of aviation activity in the Hawaiian Islands his beloved home.

Burl was a writer and newspaper man by trade but was at the fore front of WWI brass photoetch. Checking my collection I found I have 5 of his 1/48 Spandau sets that were in the IPMS Nationals Goodie Bags for 1984. He and I had done some work on the 6th Aero Sqn in preperation for publishing in a historical journal.









Burl's knowlege on between the wars Silver Wings aircraft was impressive. Some of his work can be found on our Aeroscale search engine. His water diorama of the S-38 Interisland Transport was a real joy.



Good bye and Aloha Burl

Sad news indeed, and a loss to our community here with that knowledge base gone.

Condolences to his family and friends.

Damian.

Sad news indeed.

Condolences to his family and friends.

Hi there

That is very sad news. I picked up plenty of tips which I still use from Burl's posts.

My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Rowan

Sad news indeed. I once met him at Honolulu's only full service Hobby Shop back in 1990 (the one down by the stadium at that time). When I met him, I didn't get his first name, and I remember him saying "same as my last name--just leave of the "ingame"! Rest in Peace Burl.
VR, Russ