[SUBARMAN]

The report suggests that the absence of a valid licence was not contributory. Just a breach of the rules - Colin was famous for that.

Having read the full report section about the risky manoeuvres, he had little margin for error undertaking the sort of flying witnessed on the camcorder footage. A trademark of Colin's style of driving/flying.

I just hope the camcorder was not dropped on the dual controls. It nearly happened to me during a helicopter flight - I was enjoying myself and not concentrating on managing the equipment I was using - and that was during level flight! I can see it could therefore easily happen, especially during more extreme manoeuvres. I wonder how they recovered the camcorder? Maybe it was thrown clear? If so, unlikely to have been wrapped around the controls? Who knows!

Makes me think about the margin for error correction when exploring the risk envelope - eg in the heat of the chase around a blind corner at high speed - we've all done it? I certainly have.

What a tragedy!