This is ages late but I just heard this weekend...
Max was, by far, the friendliest and most helpfull person I met at the DZ during my time living in Hawaii.
I will always remember him with a smile and his picture of an island and palm tree in my logbook will always remind me of a most excellent 2-way over Oahu's beautiful north shore.
"Viele Glück" Max. May your skies be forever blue.
-Brian