Sad Loss!
We both came from the same Infantry Regiment to the AAC, great bloke to be around with!!
FLIGHT IS FREEDOM IN IT'S PUREST FORM,
TO DANCE WITH THE CLOUDS, WHICH FOLLOW A STORM;
TO ROLL AND GLIDE, TO WHEEL AND SPIN;
TO FEEL THE JOY THAT SWELLS WITHIN;
TO LEAVE THE EARTH WITH ITS TROUBLES AND FLY,
AND KNOW THE WARMTH OF A CLEAR SPRING SKY;
THEN BACK TO EARTH AT THE END OF THE DAY,
RELEASED FROM THE TENSIONS WHICH MELTED AWAY.
SHOULD MY END COME WHILE I AM IN FLIGHT,
WHETHER BRIGHTEST DAY OR DARKEST NIGHT;
SPARE ME YOUR PITY AND SHRUG OFF THE PAIN,
SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE, THAT I'D DO IT AGAIN;
FOR EACH OF US IS CREATED TO DIE,
AND WITHIN ME I KNOW,
I WAS BORN TO FLY
RIP friend