Steven Pitt, aka Bugman.

[Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO]

It's with great sadness that I have to announce that Steve has lost his battle with cancer. Steve passed away earlier today, at home with his family after coming home from a hospice. 

As many of you know, he built his Sport 250 from a kit completing it in July 2018, but never stopped upgrading and improving. His first outing was to our summer BBQ after going to the wrong Fox and Grapes. 3 days later, we were at Thornes Park for his first show. His enthusiasm for all runs and shows was immense, even after we all left him in a carpark when his steering wheel collapsed leaving him to gaffer tape it back together to complete his journey. 

Steve was a regular at all our meetings and will missed by us all. 

Our thoughts go out to Dawn and Josh. 

 

 

 

[Morley]

He was there on my first meeting and gave me so much advice. Such a top man he will be so missed 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

That's very sad news indeed @Robin (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO He was a great fellow and a good member of this club. My thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. 

[TAFKARM]

Really sad news. Condolences to his family. 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Such sad news, I saw Dawn's message on FB when he came home, so felt the dread as soon as I saw the thread title.

 

He'll be a huge loss to all his family and friends, and was a great Club member to boot. Condolences to his family.

 

RIP

[Never Too Old]

 

So sad to read this report. I first met Steve at the Thornes Park and spent quite a time speaking with him, I came away with the impression that Steve was a terrific guy. Our thoughts are with Steve's family at this sad time.

Roger & Judy Sant

[Yorkshire_Pudding]

RIP Steve

 

A true legend, gentleman and good friend. My condolences to Dawn and Josh.

 

[Barnsley John]

Yes great man and verry talented engineer  last show we went to spent 2 hrs going through  how the turbo worked and cooling system he was going to improve also rc model plane pilot which i did 

Sorry for the loss john and jacky

[Breakable?]

It’s been an honour to have known Steve and spent time with him, he will be sadly missed

RIP Steve

Des & Deb’s 

[Andy_R]

It was truly an honour to have known Steve and he was a fantastic gentleman ... even when I dumped half my oil on his drive he was still as nice as ever. He will be missed by a lot of people and I hope he rests in peace.

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Very sad news, our sympathy to Dawn and Josh. What a great guy Steve was, so open, warm and friendly as well as being very knowledgeable. May he rest in peace.

 

 

 

[Martyn Vann - Warwickshire AO]

Very sad news! Our deepest condolences to Steve's family.

[Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator]

We all lost a true Gent today, Steve was so enthusiastic about his build it was a pleasure to meet him and follow his build thread on the forum. When I met Steve at the Yorkshire meets whilst his build was in progress I was always astounded by his engineering skills and knowledge on all subjects and how he could overcome problems, making his Westy build a fantastic achievement, along side his mammoth 74 page build thread Steve completed his build from factory collection to IVA pass, first time, in just under 8 months! ..  RIP Steve you have many many friends and family who will miss you greatly.  

 

@BugMan build thread:

 

[Gary Taylor]

So sorry to hear this sad news, our deepest condolences to all his family

[Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator]