Thank you very much for the kind comments.
I felt deeply honoured to be asked to give the address at the Service, but there was obviously a corresponding responsibility to do justice to a great aviator and fine man. If I managed to come close to doing that, I'm content.
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A few people have PM'd asking me to post the tribute here. The problem is that my notes are in 'bullet points' form which mean a lot to me but wouldn't mean much to anyone else. I'll prepare a full version and post it.
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