Tony (A.P) Kearns

[Herald]

RIP Tony Kearns. All of your posts absolutely reeked of aviation knowledge.

[meridian]

Rest In Peace Tony

[GoneToTheCanner]

Just his own name. An encyclopedia about the historical Air Corps, he could be very short with anyone who got the facts wrong or tried touting inadequate or incorrect facts about things like dates of entry or withdrawal of aircraft, serial numbers, registration letters and numbers and so on. He knew a lot of the players personally and had a level of access that others envied, but failed to realise that he had earned such access by virtue of hard graft, doing old school research and wearing out a lot of shoe leather and spent a lot of time on reading old papers and talking to the wartime veterans. Many of them were to become lifelong friends and he probably knew more RAF and Luftwaffe veterans (connected to Ireland) than anyone in Ireland. He contributed to hundreds of publications in his lifetime. He wasn't an "anorak" of the reggie spotter type; he genuinely knew the histories of the aircraft and their service and tended to take photos for the historical record and not just for box-ticking. I hope his archive is saved.

[na grohmiti]

Rest in Peace.

May I ask what Tony's handle on here was?

Oddly enough, Tony Kearns.

[Auldsod]

Rest in Peace.

May I ask what Tony's handle on here was?

[Truck Driver]

May he rest in peace

[hptmurphy]

Rest In Peace

I had know Tony for many years through aviation related interests.

Best quote I read about him is that he was more Aer Corps than the Aer Corps

[CTU]

R.I.P.

[sofa]

Very sad news. A big lost to Irish aviation.

[ias]

RIP

[trellheim]

RIP to an IMO Comrade

[GoneToTheCanner]

I only just heard from a family member and posted it in thew AC page. RIP.

[spider]

That's very sad news.

Condolences to Tony's family and friends.

[Flamingo]

How sad. RIP. He’ll be missed.

[DeV]

RIP