Doug Rigby

[Alan Cantwell 1131]

Sad to report that i had a phone call from Dougs mate, Phil Ogden, that Dougy passed away last night,more details as i get them, sad loss, Doug had a great presence on flight lines, his creations, mostly scratch built hiself,where always a joy to see fly, he had just got back on the scene, even though he was not a well man, he strived to not give in, he had his problems, but he was model aircraft, and LMA right through, he will be sadly missed
Alan

[stuart knowles 1611]

Shocking and sad news. I'm very sorry to hear it Doug was a stalwart modeller.

stu knowles

[Bob Thompson1894]

Thats awful. An icon is gone. I didnt know he had been ill, was talking to him last summer.

[andy johnson]

I got a call Sunday morning from Doug's brother, he died in hospital Saturday night after been rushed in with breathing problems, I only spoke to him on Thursday when he rang me to say he had received his paperwork from the CAA for his new 2/3 scale BD5, even so he was very ill he was desperate to get out and test fly it .He was building large models right to the end, I hope he's up there now sorting out a new building room for this next projects. He will be greatly missed
Andy

[BRIAN RAWCLIFFE]

We heard the sad news on Sunday at Longhorsley.On behalf of the YOF many thanks for entertaining
us with your flying.

[Dave Hayfield]

The news about Doug is very sad, he was a real character at LMA events. When Sheila and I did TX control at the shows, he was so keen on flying as much as possible that we gave him an extra large transmitter tag (35Mhz of course) because he kept on losing the standard ones. He and his remarkable models, proper aeromodeller aircraft built from scratch, will be missed.

[Bob Thompson1894]

It was on 66, I believe Dave! He even called his second owl that. Yes, a character.

[Dave Hayfield]

I'm glad you remembered Doug's owl Bob, here is a pic from our Ramsgate Model Show, about 1992 I think, Doug with his owl along with Ken Bones and a toy owl he bought from one of the traders and Simon Steggall with his owl. Fond memories!

[Bob Thompson1894]

What a great pic! Good days, Dave.

[Alan Cantwell 1131]

Dougs funeral will be this coming monday, at radcliffe crematoriam, post code M264EU, i am told all are invited to come along, and pay their respects to one of the LMAs great characters

[Lynne Roberts]

Just been informed that the funeral is at 10.00am

[Alan Cantwell 1131]

many apologies, i forgot to put the time, sure doug would have a laugh if all tuned up for someone elses

[andy johnson]

Doug's last model he built before he died was a 66% BD5 , he sadly passes away without seeing it fly so today Andrew (doug's brother ) ,Dave (doug's close friend ) and myself took the BD5 out for it's test flight . We had 3 faultless flights ,Doug would have been very pleased with its performance . I loved it and am now the new owner of it ,so it will be soon seen around the shows .

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My collection of Doug's BD5's is growing

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[paul needham]

Shame that Doug didnt see it fly, he's most likely watching from above.