A nice story about Alexandre!
As John Farley knows I was lucky enough to fly with Alexandre in a MiG-29 two days before his death (which incidentally, I don't recall seeing in Pilot?).
Purely for self indulgence, there's a bit on my website about the flight. All questions of a giggly, adrenaline-rush nature gratefully received. All technical questions directed to Mr Farley please!
www.daves.info
He was a really nice chap, and throughly enjoyable to fly with. Whilst I wouldn't really agree that twin turboprops are "prosaic" there is no argument at all that all aircraft can, and do, bite. I suppose in some regards it's ironic that despite throwing MiG's around on a daily basis he died in an aircraft which was "less risky".
I agree the programme was very good too - the first bit of non-"sensationalised" aviation programming for a long time.