Absent Friends

[ricardian]

I have e-mailed three days or so ago with no response

I've just sent an email and a message via LinkedIn

[limeygal]

That's worrying. Perhaps he has taken a trip to Reunion or somewhere for his hols. It is summer down there, so let's hope it's that.

[ricardian]

I have just received this email message:

This is Alastair, Ian's Son, I sadly inform you that Dad passed away on the 6 Nov 2021, after taking ill with a sudden case of Cancer.

[G-CPTN]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

[Wodrick]

I have the same e-mail Rest Ian.

[Rwy in Sight]

Very sad news and particularly the cancer part

[EA01]

Oh wow....really?, dreadful...very sad. Ian16th?....

[EA01]

Just discussed this with Mrs Fliegenmong....its odd how I have only ever known Ian16th as Ian16th here on this forum..maybe at TOP....Its the internet for heavens sake....anyone could be anything, though you often post pictures of yourselves..THe Exs with Cape....Mr/s OFSO at Lunch etc., I've seen Hydro there too,..so you often catch up I see, but I'm not there, or I'm more likely to meet up with Tamalcap in Finland actually, but anyway, I digress, a damn shame to have lost Ian...and a shame I never met him in real life... Rest well and Gods comfort to your family Ian.....

[om15]

I am sorry to hear the news. Condolences to family if they browse here.

[tango15]

Always very sad news to lose any of the members, but more so in that way. My condolences and RIP Ian.

[TheGreenGoblin]

How very sad. I feel so sorry for his family who will be/will have been caught up in the Covid lockdown ref. South Africa. His son, and grandson (of whom he was so rightly proud) would have been hard pressed to get back to Natal for his funeral from Australia.

Although I never met him, Ian appeared to be a really nice guy who was also as a stalwart in the South African Air Force Association as well. I hope that they are aware that they now have a missing man formation.

Vale Ian, you will be missed.

[Smeagol]

I must add my condolences to Ian's family if they read this. As yet another person who9 only knew Ian through this medium, he always came across as a pleasant, knowledgeable, genuine person who had led a full and interesting life. RIP Ian.

[limeygal]

Saddened to hear this. Ian always seemed a gentleman and the voice of reason, and could always be relied on to steady the ship. He will be sorely missed here

[TheGreenGoblin]

I hope the denizens of this place will forgive me for posting this song. It was one of Ian's favourites and he introduced me to Peggy Lee and the song. It seems somehow apt!

[CharlieOneSix]

So sad to hear this news. I enjoyed Ian’s posts and he will be missed here. Rest easy, Ian.

[PHXPhlyer]

RIP Ian.

PP

[TheGreenGoblin]

Although I never met him, Ian appeared to be a really nice guy who was also as a stalwart in the South African Air Force Association as well. I hope that they are aware that they now have a missing man formation.

Vale Ian, you will be missed.

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Chairman of the South Coast chapter of the SAAF Association, Ken Bannister , a former weapons technician on the Valiant, says it was the only one of the
three types to drop a nuclear weapon –and even that was a test. Valiant air radar fitter, Ian Andrew, says it was the Valiant in 1958 that began the highly successful tests on in-flight
refuelling using the probe and drogue system that led to the vital service it is today in all the world’s top air forces. Bannister and Andrew agree that the Cuban crisis was probably the most
frightening period of their careers. “We were convinced that those bombers, armed with nuclear weapons, in their scramble pans at the end of the runway, would be launched against the
Warsaw Pact countries,” said Andrew.

The V Boys of Margate Natal ...

[PHXPhlyer]

TGG:
Good research job.

PP

[Wodrick]

+1 good read

[Karearea]

A sad conclusion to your enquiries, ricardian and Wodrick.

ian16th will be much missed: rest in peace, sir.