This appeared recently in the Shoreham Herald website. Presumably the right of way comment relates to the fact the RV6 was approaching from the right, but as the report points out this is only relevant if the aircraft are in visual contact which it appears they tragically were not.
VERDICT: Shoreham air crash
VERDICT: Shoreham air crash - Local - Shoreham Herald
Published on Thursday 25 October 2012 15:50
The family of a retired British Airways captain killed in a mid-air collision over Shoreham have said they are “deeply disappointed” with the verdict of an inquest into his death.
A jury concluded today (Thursday, October 25) that 63-year-old Alan Weal, from Goring, died as the result of an accident.
Speaking after the three-day hearing, held in Horsham, his wife, Penelope, said: “We are not at all happy with the verdict.
“As a family, we are disappointed the coroner directed the jury to enter a short-form accidental death verdict. His death was not an accident, it was preventable.”
Alan died on July 4 last year, after the aircraft he was piloting collided with another, piloted by Robert Rickwood and Barnaby Kerr, of Flying Time Aviation, based at Shoreham Airport.
Alan’s family maintain he had the “right of way” in the air.
His daughter, Victoria, said: “The tragic and preventable loss of my father has left a void that can never be filled.
“He was an amazing father, husband, grandfather and friend, and losing him has changed our lives forever.
“My dad lived life to the full, and our memories of him will live on in us, and all those who knew and loved him, forever.”
For a full report, see next week’s Shoreham Herald, out on November 1