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Dukeyboy
07-03-2009, 11:04
Sad news,

I don't know if this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8130528.stm) has been reported elsewhere, if it has appologies.

In summary, yesterday the lead ac of a pair of Tornado jets crashed into a hillside in Scotland. Unfortunately the crew were unable to abandon the aircraft and were killed in the crash. At this point obviously the cause in unknown but I'd like to leave a note and raise a virtual glass to absent brothers.

The names have not yet been released but I've a few colleagues both front and back seat on the F3 fleet.

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Flight is freedom in its purest form,
To dance with the clouds which follow a storm,
To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,
To feel the joy that swells within.

To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,
And know the warmth of a clear spring sky,
Then back to earth at the end of the day,
Released from the tensions which melted away.

Should my end come while i am in flight,
Whether brightest day or darkest night,
Spare me no pity and shrug off the pain,
Secure in the knowledge that i'd do it again.

For each of us is created to die,
And within me I know,
I was born to fly.

Plagiarised from another forum.

Redstormer
07-03-2009, 12:25
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bflagg
07-03-2009, 12:41
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Soesterberg_Spotter
07-03-2009, 14:28
Crew has been named:

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Jul/Week1/15328889.jpg
Flight Lieutenant Nigel Morton (left) and Lieutenant Kenneth Thompson

R.I.P!

verana_ss
07-03-2009, 15:04
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Playloud
07-03-2009, 15:32
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3rdELTy
07-03-2009, 18:37
"We toast our hearty comrades who have fallen from the skies, and were gently caught by God's own hands to be with him on high.
To dwell among the soaring clouds they've known so well before, from victory roll to tail chase at heavens very door.
And as we fly among them there we're sure to hear their plea, Take care my friend, watch your six, and do one more roll for me..."

Maple
07-04-2009, 01:03
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Caddie87th
07-04-2009, 04:56
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Fabri91
07-04-2009, 14:26
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A.S
07-04-2009, 20:52
/o

crossfade
07-04-2009, 23:32
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Lance
07-05-2009, 21:08
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rossi
07-06-2009, 17:48
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