I was probaly the last student of Lou Levitt. Finished my assymetric course at Worksop 20 Mar 58. Great guy and fun to fly with. He had a girl friend who lived just off the end of Scampton R/W so we had to visit her on my first night trip on the Mk7. Five minutes in a max rate turn at 200ft until the lights down below came on then back to Worksop for a few SE circuits.
I was doing the ground school at Bassinbourn in May when I was called out to take a phone call. It was an invite to the funeral. Apparently he'd left £100 in his will for a party. Wish I could have made it.
I was told he was doing a very, very low high speed pass and that the dinghy had inflated. It was the usual sand filled coffin. Don't know if the cause was later revised.
Thanks to Lou I got onto
PR Canberras for which I was forever grateful.