Russ Smith – one of my all time favourite people.
Funny, funny guy. I worked with him on a Djambi Sumatra Wessex contract in the early ‘70s. Fit as a flea, never smoked, drank ‘normally’, medical every six months. We ended up in UK living fairly close by and we’d meet now and again for a few bevvies and a nostalgic ‘Brains Trust’. He’d gone on holiday to Morocco, with his wife. Two o’clock in the morning, in bed, dead. His funeral was well attended by Bristow people. My eyes were fine until the coffin came down the aisle with his uniform cap perched on the top.
Someone mentioned his ‘low & fast approach technique’. Err, yes ……… A Russ Smith empty Wessex arrival to a jungle rig site was always worth watching.
You’re missed Russ.
