Impressive obituary in today’s Daily Telegraph for this RAF Tanker pilot who has died too young at age 64. Former CCF RAF cadet and only ever tanker pilot to win a DFC, He won his DFC with 216 Squadron during the Kosovo air campaign. He was a volunteer pilot for 618 Squadron giving cadets glider flights in Kent. He started his flying service in 55. Squadron flying Victor tankers and then as a Captain in 57 Squadron flying tanker ops in the first Gulf war. He also trained young pilots on the Tucano. He completed his service for the MOD as a project manager working on the procurement and introduction of the Voyager transport/air refuelling aircraft. He then had a variety of jobs in civil aviation including Cathay Pacific, British Airways and Flybe then co-founding Aspire Flight Training and finally Flight Safety International at Farnborough. He was evidently happiest with a guitar in his hands, wild camping on Dartmoor or coastal walking his dogs in North Devon.
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