Sad news indeed, I first met Brian when he came through 240 OCU and he always had time for a chat when ever I saw him at Odiham. When I was posted to a Jag Sqn in Germany I was for my sins sent on the Maximash exercise at Wegberg, and a Chinook from 18 was tasked to ferry "casualties" from Rheindalen to the exercise and we both had a double take moment and a quick hello onboard, later on in my career I met him again when he went through the VC10 OCU and on to 10 squadron. We had a laugh to the fact that coming from Chinooks where the Loadmaster did an extensive range of tasks, on the VC10 he was not even allowed to put battery power on.
Ever such a charming and affable man and I will raise a glass to his memory this evening, RIP Brian.