Sad week. Bollinger bankers taking home the
price of two Tornado GR4s lost in the North Sea .
Watched XV (R) Squadron at Waddington on Sunday, only for lives to be lost on
Tuesday. They gave a convincing demonstration of action in Libya or Afghanistan (Pyrotechnics at Waddington below)
I couldn’t help thinking of my years in
motor racing, watching heroes flashing past at a hundred and fifty only to die
on the next lap. It’s the same sort of grief. You flinched then; I flinch more
now I’m old. Pilots and drivers show the same dashing heroism; gain the same adulation
of a Grand Prix crowd.
I’m glad motor racing is safer, sad that
service flying is so demanding. I pay tribute to the Lossiemouth aircrew.
Bollinger bankers?
Don't forget the chief pilot of the Shuttleworth Collection, Trevor Roche, who also sadly died in the DH.53 crash at Old Warden on Sunday. But yes, my thoughts go out to the Tornado pilots, their friends and relatives. I've seen aircraft of XV (amongst others) at Lossimouth and over my dad's place outside Buckie; this is a sobering reminder that things can still go wrong.
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