Did it not occur to you that RMH, having overflown Everset in a microlight and done lots of other amazing stuff, might know what he's about when he undoes his seatbelt in flight?
Yes, the latest RBR winner has got a very long way to go before even coming close to RMH. Because many of Richard's great flights were in machines powered by 2-stroke engines, before the advent of the much more powerful and reliable Rotax 912, I don't think anybody will match him.
Richard Meredith-Hardy, Microlight & Paramotor pilot CV
I saw the finish of the Grand Course he won in 1991, by completing 2015km in 3 days in an Air Creation Racer 447. The crowd at Blois Onzain loved this eccentric Englishman, fluent in French, modest about his achievement and generous in praise of his (French) machine.
From the video, RMH obviously still sorely misses his good Angelo d'Arrigo and thinks the accident he died in was totally avoidable.
Obituary: Angelo d'Arrigo | News | The Guardian