20 years, Mark Hanna

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26th Sep 2019, 09:14

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20 years, Mark Hanna

Tempus fugit. Seems like yesterday.

26th Sep 2019, 11:25

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A sad loss - mark was on the F-4 course ahead of mine.

I recommend that the accident report should be read in detail: http://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/3..._059_A_ENG.pdf .

26th Sep 2019, 11:31

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Vintage Aviation Echo
An excellent article here...

26th Sep 2019, 22:10

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20 years already?

I remember watching him display one of the company Spits at the White Horse show. I was on top of the hill - thrilling stuff watching him roar uphill towards you and clear the ridge. A fine aviator and top bloke, sadly missed.

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Good grief - 20 years already. I remember hearing that sad news like it was yesterday.

28th Sep 2019, 10:30

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Originally Posted by BEagle

A sad loss - mark was on the F-4 course ahead of mine.

I also seem to recall from the depths of ageing memory, that he was on the final Hunter TWU course?

28th Sep 2019, 11:02

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One Tuesday afternoon in spring 1988, Mark flew a Spitfire into Sibson for a break during filming at the Nene Valley Railway - I think it was for the series 'Piece of Cake'. I well remember chatting idly with him while sitting in the shade of that beautiful aircraft. The impression of a quiet, unassuming man is still with me thirty years later.