Sadly, dear old Bill, with whom I had the pleasure of joining Bristow and flying the S58T, is no longer with us. It was oft' said that you could tell his real age from the spread of the nicotine rings on his beard
. 'Twas that which got to him in the end though, and after a lifetime of 60 gaspers a day (?), he finally succumbed to lung cancer a couple of years ago. I believe he died only a couple of months after it was diagnosed, which was when he finally stopped flying. A wonderful man, a great character without whom the world is a less colourful place.