Dear All,

[Dirk Taeymans]

Dear All,

At the evening of 3 April I received a phone call from the wife of Frank Kooiman. She had the sad news that Frank Kooiman passed away in a hospital in the Dutch Nijmegen. He had a car crash.

No other cars were involved. He drove with his car on a straight road with high speed against a tree. There were no break tracks on the road. That day he left home early in the morning without telling where he was going. He crashed around 17h24 near the town of Well on the first of April.

I talked to Frank a week ago. He told me that he was suffering more and more from his fatigue syndrome which was bringing him down. He also had to quit his new job because of this. Because of this he had worries about his future.

He was always proud of his radar project.

I have known Frank for his love for astronomy. He was a very good practical engineer in electronics and programming. He made things possible because of his logical thinking. We had the same interests. He was a great man.

I will miss him, as we all will.

Frank will be cremated in Nijmegen on Friday 6 April.

Kind regards,

Dirk Taeymans

[petros_syros.]

Unfortunate loss of a great man and a great mind, on behalf of the Greek LR users our deepest condolences to his friends and family.
Petros

[JohnZ]

This is very sad to hear...

Please pass on our wishes and deepest condolences to his family.

Rest in peace Frank.

-John,
A Greek LR user.

[oradelgarda]

sad news...

R.I.P.

[weather1967]

I cannot believe it.Very sad news we heard today.

Many wishes and deepest condolences to his family.

Rest in peace Frank.We would always remember you,thank you for all.

Dimitris

[Guest]

I am deeply grieved to learn about the sad demise of Frank Kooiman.

Frank's lightning detection software was one of the key things that has inspired me to concern myself with lightning detection, and later to build a lightning detection network.

I think we will miss him and his commitment to our common hobby very much.

My deepest condolences to his family.

With sadness,
Egon Wanke

[ZaventemLR]

I'm very sad about this bad news
We were in relation since 7 years with regard to the lightningradar project, only 7 little years ... I would have liked to know him for many more years but .
A pioneer is gone, leaving his unconventional projects as orphans.
He will always be in my thoughts.

Rest in peace Frank; now you may travel peacefully in heaven.

My sincere condolence to his wife and family.

Daniel Verschueren
(his 'ground station partner' as he liked to call me)

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Je suis très attristé de cette mauvaise nouvelle.
Frank et moi étions en relation depuis 7 ans dans le cadre du projet lightningradar; seulement 7 petites années ... J'aurais aimé le connaître encore pour de nombreuses années, mais ...
Un pionnier vient de s'en aller, laissant ses projets non conventionnels orphelins.
Il sera toujours dans mes pensées.

Repose en paix Frank, maintenant tu peux voyager en toute sérénité dans le ciel.

Mes sincères condoléances à son épouse et sa famille.

Daniel Verschueren
(son «partner ground station» comme il aimait m'appeler)

[meteopedara]

They are always the greatest minds to go away in a tragic way.
Now Frank will be dominated by what he had always studied there.
See you soon Frank.

Condolences by Fabio

Weather Station Pedara
A Sicilian LR

[eongibier]

Mes sincères condoléances à toute la famille, nous perdons un homme très gentil.

Serge
Château des Prés
France

[meteosismi]

My sincere condolence to his wife and family.
Antonio Lalopa.