Kevin loved model aircraft, both building them and flying them. We at Bromsgrove Model Fly Club were exceptionally fortunate to have Kevin supporting the whole club for many years. His bad jokes, dark chocolate biscuits, Cossack hat, advice, training, hard work, and laughter will be missed by everyone. 

There are many stories involving Kevin that make me smile, but this is one of my favourites. Kev used to extol the virtues of a particular make of engine, the “Irvine”, so taking his advice I bought and fitted an Irvine engine into my plane. One day up the patch (our flying field) I was struggling to get the engine started and Kev volunteered to help. Kev got down on his knees, and declined to use the electric starter motor; he always said "a properly set up engine should start with a single flick…..” well it didn’t start. He tweaked and tweaked until he finally said let’s tip the plane up and see if it has flooded with fuel. Well to my horror we noticed the bung that I had put up the exhaust was still there.  (The bung stops fuel dripping in the boot of my car). Kev’s face was a picture…. His comments cannot be written down due to them containing some swear words. The bung was removed and the engine started first flick. Kev’s reputation as an Engine Whisperer remained intact.