George Ching

Lonesome friend of Science

[George Ching @FyodorC]

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[George Ching @GeorgeChing5]

Hello, this is George’s daughter, Emily. He would want me to let you know that he passed away on Friday night. He was 72, and had been living with type 1 diabetes since he was 16, and the disease had destroyed his heart, lungs and kidneys. He went quickly and quietly at home,

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@RLitwiller Best of luck with the surgery, Roger
I’ll be watching for your return.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@krismeloche Kris, I’ve followed you for years, but I’ve missed you lately.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@LawDeanHolloway Congratulations Ian, onwards and upwards!

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@RoyalCanNavy @CanadianForces https://t.co/PtY8pgGUy2

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@LawDeanHolloway @JaneVsw @LeBrunJames81 I suspect the biryu made them tip back further on their heads. Dad ( middle) said in this picture the three of them had just tasted beer for the very first time. Taken at a photographers’s shop ashore in Sasebo.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@CraigBaird Romeo Dallaire is one of this country’s great heroes.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@ScottSnailham @BowersWrites Born in Halifax and done 22. Get out there!

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@BowersWrites Never been to a Territory, never built an Inukshuk, but I’m not dead yet!

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@RCNALondon @RLitwiller @RoyalCanNavy @hwyh2o I think I may have heard that one from my father, who was in Kootenay at the time. Also an interesting frame for the Royal portrait.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@agranddavid @Hush_Kit I can relate.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@Hush_Kit Every day, so when I give it I always spell it out. My name doesn’t match my face so people question it.
I don’t mind,

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@clark_aviation Been there, done that.
Get the antivirals ASAP, and hunker down, there may be turbulence ahead.
Sincere wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@DivebumChef A very belated thank-you for this, Christopher. Yes my dad as a young sailor. It seems your grandfather’s time as CO covered the return of Nootka from her first Korean stint, so my father would have served under him then.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@GbhvfRon @WooksAmesbury @c_mperman @stealthy360 @XH487 @clark_aviation @julieinthesky @AvHistorian @mariaribera I’m a little nervous for the ground crew there. Was that a cranked start?

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@PhonseJessome I wish strength and peace for you, Phonse.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@DivebumChef Any time I was onboard one of these ships, usually Kootenay, as a boy, it was the noise that got to me. It must have been the ventilation system,
Out of the harbour, round the bend, fire a couple of rounds from the gun, wiggle the Limbo. All very impressive to a ten year-old.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@CWHM During my time with the CWH I held George in awe. He was generous with his time and stories and even took me flying in triple H.
I consider myself lucky to have known him, even if so briefly and long ago.
My greatest condolences to his family.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@RodKahx Like.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@clark_aviation @tempest_books I’m with you all the way, Trev, except for the Scorpion and the Javelin.

[George Ching @FyodorC]

@LawDeanHolloway A Mix-up. Ian. I was referring to the geological formation you caught out of your airplane window.