Donnington Airpark owner Ray Smith broke down as he recalled both men, saying they would be missed.
"You couldn't get better fellas, they were real gentlemen," he said.
"They were great characters, believe you me.
"Robin I'd known for about 20 years, Errol I'd known about eight years."
The grief is palpable.
The demise of highly experienced flyers is often, for that, all the more perplexing
(Another gentleman to the core, still grieved by many, family and beyond - Graham White last year, in the sea near Moruya.)