The 1991 Scottish Rally Champion, Donald Milne, died at the weekend when his Bucker Jungmann biplane collided with a Bell 412 fire fighting helicopter at Mutxamel airport north of Alicante , Spain
Milne had earlier served as a mentor for the young future world champion Colin McRae.
Ironically, McRae died when he himself was flying a helicopter in 2007.
65-year old Milne had been a businessman connected with the North Sea oil drilling business and competed in a wide variety of cars, including a Nissan 240RS and a Nissan powered Peugeot proto.
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He lent these cars to McRae to drive and this helped him win the 1988 Scottish championship.
This tragedy coincided with the crash last weekend of an Escort Mark 2 at the Loco 2 Rally in south England.
The car impacted trees and took the lives of both clubmen crew members, Shawn Rayner and Steve Dear.
