Stewert died on the 13th of August in the Philipines where he was living.
Looks like a stroke or a heart attack. He was 64. Still working in the business.
A memorial service was held weekend before last in his home village of Saltfleetby in Lincolnshire. Followed by beer in the Crown. A good send off for Stu.
Stated to be reliably totally unreliable by a close friend.
A little harsh you might think.
However his son told a story of an unaccompanied vist to see him as a child.
Arriving at the airport in Abu Dhabi with no Stu in sight he managed to get a taxi (quite enterprising for a young lad) and headed off to find dad. Arriving at security he explained who he was looking for. After a minute the penny dropped and the guard went
You mean Mr AHUH AHUH AHUH.
Let in to the compound he found dad propped against the bar.
Only comment " You made it then" !!!
I think they wrote the phrase burning the candle at both ends after meeting Stu, how he ever made 64 beats me. A larger than life character in many ways who had a hell of a career in the helicopter business working the far and middle east, africa and europe.
When someone goes like this you regret that you didn't make better use of the time when they were around, you cant get it back.
So long Stu