Given we all keel over eventually (or at least nobody's beaten the system yet) yes, I think you can.
Well after "compulsory retirement", with that level of achievement and that many friends and admirers - well I think that most of us might hope for something similar when we shuffle off. (Not many will achieve it mind you).
Similarly, it was a very appropriate funeral - my complements to John Brownlow for an excellent memorial speech, and to the Windrushers gliding club for ensuring that his passing was marked appropriately. Interesting to glance at some of his certificates and awards: 37 years as a Fellow of the RAeS shows the level of his achievements in early life, including another showing him coming top of his RAF Flight Engineers course in 1945.
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