Geoff writes: whilst we were on holiday yesterday, we got a phone call from Simon in Brighton, to say that Mark Stewart, a hang gliding friend of ours from around here, had had a heart attack just before he was about to test fly a glider, and was in hospital. We heard nothing else, so hoped that was good news. Unfortunately, we heard today that he had died. Very upsetting. He had had heart problems before and had received a heart bypass, I think. He found the original problem himself, when trying out a new stethoscope on his heart – he was a vet – and on hearing some irregularity, went straight to the doctor, resulting in the bypass operation. But that was a few years ago, and all seemed ok, as far as we knew. We last saw him just a few weeks ago, in the hang gliding competition which was held on the LMSC sites, and had a few drinks with him in the evening. Mark was an extremely nice person, and we will miss seeing him on the hill. Our condolences to his family.

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