Glen Towler Gone West

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Glen wasn't a pilot but an aviation enthusiast like none other. He lived in New Zealand and made it to all the aviation events. I met him at Oshkosh in 2016 or there abouts and we were online friends ever since.

He was really big into supporting aviation and dare I say it, youtuber aviation. If someone was live streaming, he was in the live chat always sharing knowledge and making friends.

I just texted him to tell him I was thinking about him (He had cancer) then I opened up facebook and learned he passed away.

His mom passed away recently and he flew to the UK for her funeral which was yesterday.
While he was there, felt sick so he went to the hospital. Last week and they said he had Covid and also lung cancer. 6 days later, he's gone.

https://inspire.eaa.org/2019/04/09/stories-of-oshkosh-glen-towler/
 
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Glen wasn't a pilot but an aviation enthusiast like none other. He lived in New Zealand and made it to all the aviation events. I met him at Oshkosh in 2016 or there abouts and we were online friends ever since.

He was really big into supporting aviation and dare I say it, youtuber aviation. If someone was live streaming, he was in the live chat always sharing knowledge and making friends.

I just texted him to tell him I was thinking about him (He had cancer) then I opened up facebook and learned he passed away.

His mom passed away recently and he flew to the UK for her funeral which was yesterday.
While he was there, felt sick so he went to the hospital. Last week and they said he had Covid and also lung cancer. 6 days later, he's gone.

https://inspire.eaa.org/2019/04/09/stories-of-oshkosh-glen-towler/
Sorry for the loss of your friend.
 
Glen sounds like he was a fine man. Sorry for your loss. As I found out w/ my mom, cancer can kill very quickly.
 
Dang, Leslie just shared this with me last night. I was looking forward to catching up with Glen again in July at OSH! We were tweeting just 5 weeks ago, and I only recently found out he had F#cking Cancer and Covid! One of his last tweets:

[URL='https://twitter.com/NZAircraftFan']Glen Towler [URL='https://twitter.com/NZAircraftFan']@NZAircraftFan[/URL][/URL]

I just wanted say to the balding short arse hole on Virgin Atlantic who gave me Covid as he wouldn't wear a mask and constantly coughing on the flight on Saturday between LA and LHR.
@VirginAtlantic

10:06 AM · May 7, 2022 from Gillingham, England·Twitter for Android
 
Dang, Leslie just shared this with me last night. I was looking forward to catching up with Glen again in July at OSH! We were tweeting just 5 weeks ago, and I only recently found out he had F#cking Cancer and Covid! One of his last tweets:

Glen Towler @NZAircraftFan

I just wanted say to the balding short arse hole on Virgin Atlantic who gave me Covid as he wouldn't wear a mask and constantly coughing on the flight on Saturday between LA and LHR.
@VirginAtlantic

10:06 AM · May 7, 2022 from Gillingham, England·Twitter for Android

He announced he was diagnosed with cancer on the 6th, and he was gone on the 11th.
I met him at your gathering @ Osh. He was such a good guy.
 
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