Wednesday 19th February whilst towing my van to Port Pirie I received the tragic news that my son in law had died a few hours earlier in an aviation accident back in Victoria.
A highly qualified and experienced pilot, Peter was conducting an IFR training flight with his student when their twin engine aircraft collided with another twin on a similar exercise over Mangalore Airport around 11.30am.
It was, quite simply, a freak accident that took the lives of four people and shattered the lives of countless others.
Next morning, having stowed the van at a Port Pirie caravan park, James and I headed back in the Jeep to Melbourne to be with my (Claytons) daughter Fiona and grandkids Sophie, 11 and Tom, 6.
My time here with Fiona and the kids is amazing and I am in awe of her strength. We talk a lot about the how's and what's of the future, the joys of the past and the challenges of everything including the next couple of weeks...and years. And we talk about the silver lining.
What stays in my mind is some words she said. "Pete has given me a gift. I just haven't worked out how to unwrap it yet"
So here we are for a bit.....but my travels will go on.
A highly qualified and experienced pilot, Peter was conducting an IFR training flight with his student when their twin engine aircraft collided with another twin on a similar exercise over Mangalore Airport around 11.30am.
It was, quite simply, a freak accident that took the lives of four people and shattered the lives of countless others.
Next morning, having stowed the van at a Port Pirie caravan park, James and I headed back in the Jeep to Melbourne to be with my (Claytons) daughter Fiona and grandkids Sophie, 11 and Tom, 6.
My time here with Fiona and the kids is amazing and I am in awe of her strength. We talk a lot about the how's and what's of the future, the joys of the past and the challenges of everything including the next couple of weeks...and years. And we talk about the silver lining.
What stays in my mind is some words she said. "Pete has given me a gift. I just haven't worked out how to unwrap it yet"
So here we are for a bit.....but my travels will go on.
RIP PETE
AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL, HUMBLE & LOVING HUMAN
WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU
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