A DIAMOND IN THE SKIES

摘要

On 11 December 1977, the unthinkable happened close to the summit of a canyon near Burgos in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains north of Madrid. Neil Williams died piloting a CASA 2.111 - Spanish-built Heinkel He 111 - destined for Blackbushe, and the then brightest star of British aerobatics was extinguished. The crew included his second wife, Lynn, and two engineers. Tributes flowed to the man who had become an international idol in competition aerobatics, and whom many believed should have been crowned world champion in Kiev the previous year.