Jimmy Dell RIP
ehangar; Jimmy died on March 25th. Funeral is 1130 tommorow in St Annes.
I joined BAE Flight Operations in June 1977 as a Tornado Test Navigator. Jimmy had just moved to Munich as the Panavia Director of Flight Operations. He was a legend! but a very modest man, who never raised his voice or got angry in all the time I knew him. He worked tirelessly behind the scenes dealing with all the Panavia and NAMMA politicians who didn't want to spend any money in ensuring that the aircrew got the best and safest Tornado we could get.
He had some great flying stories to tell, especially about Lightning test flying. Once, he left the runway on landing and rolled a Lightning in attempting to test the maximum crosswind landing limit. He found the limit.
I shall remember him fondly, as one of life's natural gentlemen. RIP