A DIAMOND IN THE SKIES

Whether as test, display or aerobatic pilot, Neil Williams was revered. No wonder the aviation world mourned his loss 40 years ago, and remembers him to this day as one of the greats NEIL WILLIAMS Neil Williams in the cockpit of one of the Rothmans Aerobatic Team’s Stampes. VIA LYNN WILLIAMS Exiting the rear cockpit of a Tiger Moth after an early aerobatic sortie from Pengam Moors near Cardiff. VIA LYNN WILLIAMS On 11 December 1977, the unthinkable happened close