Tom Bradbury RIP

This doesn't appear to have been mentioned, but Tom Bradbury, a
leading light in gliding meteorology, died on 2 February.

He was a remarkable authour and communicator having written countless
excellent and highly understandable artices in Sailplane & Gliding,
many of which have been reprinted elsewhere in the world. Tom was also
the authour of the seminal Meteorology and Flight. If you've not read
it but have an interest in the weather, I highly recommend it.

Tom was also a very good competition weather forecaster. I believe he
was mainly active in the 1960s and 1970s. I've seen some of his work
in old S&Gs and it's remarkable what he could forecast given the tools
of the time (i.e. almost none!). I've also seen accounts that his team
forecasts for the British at various international Championships were
instrumental in their victories.

He'll be sorely missed.


Dan