View Full Version : Alex Henshaw passes away
camlobe
25th Feb 2007, 17:48
Reported in another forum. Condolences to the family of this great aviator.
camlobe
Hot Charlie
25th Feb 2007, 18:42
Very sad news indeed. What a legend he was.
RIP
AWYRCYMRY
26th Feb 2007, 10:19
Goose neck landing in a desert with camels around and arabs and there families, HOW HARD THAT MUST HAVE BEEN, and sitting in a cocpit about the same size as a 737 toilet hahahaha NOT EASY:} :} :}
ANOTHER PIONEER IN AVIATION:{ :ok:
Farmer 1
26th Feb 2007, 10:28
Very sad news.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/Robert47/th_092802.jpg
RIP, Alex. You will not be forgotten.
Genghis the Engineer
26th Feb 2007, 10:56
A remarkable man, whom we can all admire and look up to, and inspired many of us. Deepest respects.
G
Alex - I wish I could have met you and passed on my sincere appreciation for your numerous fantastic achievements.
Leaving us is enough to make a grown man cry.
Snapshot
26th Feb 2007, 14:02
Alex,
you never liked computers much so don't know if you'll get this?
You are one of the finest men I have ever had the privilege to know and also call a friend!
You are equally one of, if not the finest aviators my country has ever known!
You were a man of honour, integrity and justice in every sense of the word!
I shall miss our lunches and phone chats putting the World to rights in only the way we could!
Your energy, friendship and encouragement as you know, kept me going during some dark days
over the last 10 years! I only trust I can continue to instil the core values of men like yourself
into my Son as he grows? As I know if he is a 10th of what you were, he shall one day be a fine man!
Our Country and Birmingham has lost one of its heroes!
The Cape records shall always be yours and no one can deny,
when a Merlin is heard in the skies for years to come, it shall remain... Always... Your signature!
I shall miss you very much, I shall never forget you and what you stood for!
You put the 'Great' in Great Britain!
Thank you for all you did for me and my Country, ill raise a glass or two when next in Cape Town
God bless you
Your friend
Andrew
tezzer
26th Feb 2007, 14:37
My father always used to recall his childhood memories of the great man, flight testing out of Castle Bromwich, as it was then, a few mile cycle ride for my dad in what must havebeen the forties. He was an inspiration to a man I loved dearly.
The late XV105
4th Mar 2007, 11:22
A quick search didn't reveal it, so a link to the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/6417003.stm
Rest in peace, great man.
We have much to be grateful to you for.
Snakecharmer
4th Mar 2007, 17:41
'Flight of The Mew Gull' - motivational reading.
old-timer
4th Mar 2007, 20:03
Deepest respects, a true gentleman & an excellent aviator,
godspeed Alex,