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Neville Duke, WW2 British fighter ace, test pilot, celebrated author and world-renowned ambassador for aviation, left us on April 7. He became ill while flying his beloved Grumman Tiger (registered G-ZERO), landed safely and was taken to a hospital where he died.
At the 1952 Farnborough Air Show a tailless DH.110 broke up in flight during a supersonic fly-by, killing the pilot and 28 spectators. Duke immediately climbed into another supersonic aircraft and as soon as the runway was cleared of debris, took off and continued the show. The next day he received this letter: "My dear Duke, it was characteristic of you to go up yesterday after the shocking accident. Accept my salute. Yours, in grief, Winston Churchill."
-- Pilawt
At the 1952 Farnborough Air Show a tailless DH.110 broke up in flight during a supersonic fly-by, killing the pilot and 28 spectators. Duke immediately climbed into another supersonic aircraft and as soon as the runway was cleared of debris, took off and continued the show. The next day he received this letter: "My dear Duke, it was characteristic of you to go up yesterday after the shocking accident. Accept my salute. Yours, in grief, Winston Churchill."
-- Pilawt