Very sad to hear.
I followed the London to Sydney Air Race last year on the web with great interest and particularly "The Spirit of Kaitak" flown by Mike and his crew.
RIP
For those interested, I found a couple of links to the Air Race and have attached a Picture and a breif story of the Spirit Of Kaitak.
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/parchive/2...om.au/skt4.htm
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2...m.au/home.html