Sad week. Bollinger bankers taking home the
price of two Tornado GR4s lost in the North Sea .
Watched XV (R) Squadron at Waddington on Sunday, only for lives to be lost on
Tuesday. They gave a convincing demonstration of action in Libya or Afghanistan (Pyrotechnics at Waddington below)
I couldn’t help thinking of my years in
motor racing, watching heroes flashing past at a hundred and fifty only to die
on the next lap. It’s the same sort of grief. You flinched then; I flinch more
now I’m old. Pilots and drivers show the same dashing heroism; gain the same adulation
of a Grand Prix crowd.
I’m glad motor racing is safer, sad that
service flying is so demanding. I pay tribute to the Lossiemouth aircrew.
Bollinger bankers?