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Old 14th Nov 2012, 21:37
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Keith Baynes
 
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Neville Browning

I used to fly with Neville Browning in the Herts and Essex club's Prentice and Chipmunk. I had learned on the Prentice in the RAF. I did the Neville Bread Run on one occasion - doing a pretend dead engine forced landing in the Prentice in a farmer's air strip in Fyfield, having a drink at the local, going to the baker, getting REAL bread, and then back to Stapleford Tawney. My memories are of the most incredibly gifted pilot who, in chatting to friends was asked why he did his aerobtics so low. His answer? "I'm older than anyone else, so it doesn't matter any more,"

I was indirectly instrumental in getting the BBC to produce a short programme of Neville. This was shown just after his death. Luckily I have a DVD of that programme. Unruly? Yes, but what a gentleman!
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