I knew him just as "George", and he was always courteous and helpful, always had a smile and a friendly greeting whenever I would wander over to the hangar and ask for something really odd (a few scraps of 16 thou aluminium to make a bracket for something or other, etc). Everyone who knew him spoke highly of him, and in aviation you can't get a better rererence than that. Farewell my ever-helpful friend, and thanks. RIP.