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Old 3rd Dec 2005, 06:14
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If you gave me the choice of seeing only one pilot displaying one aeroplane, I'd say, without any hesitation, "Ray Hanna in a Spitfire!".

I still vividly remember an impromptu Spit display some years ago. He followed the curve of the taxiway, very low, banked to avoid the floodlight posts on the outer edge! If I'd stood a few feet closer, his lower wing tip would have removed my legs at the knees! I've never been that close to anything going that fast, that low! The entire display was flown with immaculate super-smooth precision!

RIP, Ray Hanna.
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