Farewell Ted Crispin and my grateful thanks go with him. He is plastered all over my early log-book.
This was a formidable character; the finest of a very fine breed of forthright naval aircrewmen. He taught me so much as a young Wessex pilot; above all, how to be humble - especially after I had dipped the nose scoops into the Indian Ocean at 110 kts and ripped them off. He ensured the dangers of over-confidence were well hoisted in.
Many of us will remember him long after his passing. My sincere condolences to his family.