On Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 7:27:26 PM UTC-5, Duster wrote:
A bit surprised that nobody appears to have mentioned a most famous soaring pilot who flew the planes in "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" "Blue Max", "Darling Lilli", "Chitty Chitty Bang Band", "Villa Rides", "Von Richtofen and Brown" among others, who passed away last year.

A: Derek Piggott