John Egging.
It was a decade ago that John Egging lost his life during Bournemouth Air Festival. He was flying as Red 4 in the Red Arrows display.
Two years later the John Egging Memorial Sculpture was unveiled on the East Cliff, Bournemouth. Then a major cliff fall in 2016 made the site inaccessible. The memorial was re-sited and unveiled for a second time at a new safe site. It is there to this day.
Apart from this year's festival being the 10th anniversary, today was particularly poignant because a further crash has taken place. A Wingwalkers biplane ditched into the sea just yards offshore from nearby Sandbanks. Thankfully, this time there were no fatalities and no serious injuries, either to the crew or to anyone on boats or on land.
John Egging.
It was a decade ago that John Egging lost his life during Bournemouth Air Festival. He was flying as Red 4 in the Red Arrows display.
Two years later the John Egging Memorial Sculpture was unveiled on the East Cliff, Bournemouth. Then a major cliff fall in 2016 made the site inaccessible. The memorial was re-sited and unveiled for a second time at a new safe site. It is there to this day.
Apart from this year's festival being the 10th anniversary, today was particularly poignant because a further crash has taken place. A Wingwalkers biplane ditched into the sea just yards offshore from nearby Sandbanks. Thankfully, this time there were no fatalities and no serious injuries, either to the crew or to anyone on boats or on land.