That's dreadful news
M'larky Jim was my BFT instructor, and later Senior Pilot when we were on 824NAS: so many stories, I think we all had fun making them
Arriving at Culdrose, we had the usual meet up with our preceding course and were advised 'don't get Dave Mallock, he always chops his students' so I was mortified the next day to find myself allocated to Dave
Years and years later he 'mentioned' that as the 705 A1 QHI he always got and chopped the marginal ex EFT students, and specifically asked for me so that he could see one student through to Wings. Nice to have known at the time!
Many escapades: hover wheel change in a Whirlwind after blowing a tyre at Predannack; gaffer taping him into his cabin on Ark and never finding out how he escaped, not a word the next day; his amazing flight and night 'auto' into a field after the Merc Enterprise rescue (and well deserved AFC) to mention just a few.
Sadly missed.