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Old 14th Mar 2007, 09:59
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teeteringhead

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The back-seater in the Welsh Jag/Cessna mid-air was on his last flight - the fizz was on ice at Colt awaiting his return........

He was originally a rotary mate (hence me knowing him well) who did the FJXO exceptionally well - he was just finishing at Colt as OC Ops and about to go to Staff College - ridiculously young - and looked even younger. The front seater was another notable Jag mate (and Ferrari driver!)

Strangest memory of the funeral was meeting the guy in whom the mate's original heart was still working! Matey had had the heart/lung transplant for lung problems, which left a servicable heart on the shelf in stores which was duly put into (IIRC) a London taxi-driver...... They'd done a lot of fund-raising together..
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