Warbird Information Exchange

Tim - I wish to clarify a detail . Mike Twite the then editor of FlyPast was lost in the crash of a Varsity at Marchington along with ten other people.
The purpose of the flight was to position the aircraft to Liverpool airport for a display. During the course of the flight some air to air work was carried out with a Cessna for the magazine.
At no stage was the air to air sortie a factor in the accident - the Varsity crashed trying to make an emergency landing after engine failure.
Indeed pictures taken from the Cessna were used in the inquiry.
The other notable incident in the 1980's was the loss of Steven Piercey from Propliner magazine and several others at Hanover during an air to air sortie.