I was shocked to read in the latest Flypast that Peter Moran of Poulton Lancashire,has died. Peter was a founder member of the British Aviation Archaeological Council and edited the mag for many years. He had a great sense of humour and was always very helpful with research matters.
I had no idea that Peter was ill. My sympathy to Beryl and family.
By: RAF Millom - 9th November 2007 at 21:31
Below is the link for the ‘Rapide’ magazine but am unable to decide whether it is still in publication as it is not possible to date the web page.
It is still available see,
By: Newforest - 9th November 2007 at 21:24
Welcome to the Forum Peter with the good news you are alive!
Below is the link for the ‘Rapide’ magazine but am unable to decide whether it is still in publication as it is not possible to date the web page.
http://www.airfield-research-group.co.uk/home.htm
Checked the obits. in the Bournemouth area and could find no trace of your namesake’s demise.
By: Squires Gate - 9th November 2007 at 16:57
Peter Moran RIP
Thank you to the various individuals who have either phoned or emailed following the announcement in ‘FlyPast’ that I had passed away! I am assuming that in fact it was my namesake who wrote for a magazine entitled ‘Rapide’ who has died (?). Anyway, I am alive and well and still living in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, and I am always glad to hear from my associates from the past. God willing I will get back to writing the odd article for ‘FlyPast’ in the future.
With best wishes
Squires Gate (Peter Moran)
By: N.Wotherspoon - 2nd November 2007 at 09:26
Peter Moran alive!
I missed the Flypast ****-up, but came home to be shocked by an email last night giving the same information – I had only had an email from Peter a couple of days before and correspondance with him over some research he is doing on the old target area at Pilling – Didnt want to ring Peter direct, just in case! But rang Russell Brown who lives close to him and knows him very well and confirmed he is still most definitely with us 🙂
It appears there is another Peter Moran, who possibly lived in the Merseyside/Cheshire area and wrote a couple of articles for the North West Aviation magazine “Rapide”? If it is this gentleman who has passed away I would like to pass on our group’s sympathies to his family and hope this confusion has not upset them.
By: victor45 - 1st November 2007 at 20:27
peter moran
i sincererly hope the rumours of peters death have been grossly over stated,i was privileged to have dealings with him some years ago and always found him a total gentleman, a great find in this aviation preservation world.
By: scotavia - 1st November 2007 at 18:28
I am even more shocked now in a better way….Peter is fine, I just spoke on the phone to him. Somebody somewhere made a mistake.
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