Originally Posted by
Discorde
I've often wondered whether Neil Williams was a victim of incapacitation of some sort - medical problem or CO poisoning. He was a very capable operator and in the view of some observers it's unlikely the accident was purely the result of incompetence or misjudgement.
Here are some of
Neil's articles as published in Shell Aviation News.
I was told by someone who was a friend of Neil's, that they had been requested (not by Neil) to lend an altimeter that was appropriate to the type so Neil could make the flight. The individual with the altimeter did not have confidence that it was serviceable and refused to lend it. Between that time and the time of the flight, the altimeter was stolen from their home. There was no suggestion that Neil was aware of this.
I've always wondered why an altimeter specific to the aircraft type would be necessary and why an alternative would have been at all difficult to source elsewhere.