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Old 23rd July 2019, 10:28   #18
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Originally Posted by Jim Jamieson View Post
Referring to crashes into the ground,
I used to fit Econocruise cruise control systems and the technical guy (Mike Watkins) at the factory in Rugby had a share in what I think was an American plane.
He was doing a display, I think in the Manchester area and his aircraft flew into the ground.
This would be in the early 80’s. I had spoken with him a few days earlier and it was on a follow up call to the factory for technical help that I learned of his death.
A very sad event, no matter what the cause.
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