This is truly sad news. My condolences go out to Eric's family and close friends.
I met Eric in 1984 when I was learning how to fly at DCRC and PGRC. Eric was always helpful, and his excellent modeling skills were inspiring.
The first ducted fan that I saw flying was Eric's Viper. I was hooked on jets ever since.
An article about modeling appeared in Time Magazine in September of 1988. Eric was one of the featured subjects, and there was a picture of Eric holding his Viper (this was the one painted in red, white, and blue like his more recent composite Bandit).

Here is the link to the article

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...8459-1,00.html

He will be missed by all.


Mike Danchak