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| Wife watched Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging before crash | Wife watched Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging before crash |
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| The wife of a Red Arrows pilot has described watching her husband's final performance before his jet crashed in fields in Dorset. | The wife of a Red Arrows pilot has described watching her husband's final performance before his jet crashed in fields in Dorset. |
| Jon Egging, 33, from Rutland, was killed when his Hawk T1 crashed following the Bournemouth Air Festival in August last year. | Jon Egging, 33, from Rutland, was killed when his Hawk T1 crashed following the Bournemouth Air Festival in August last year. |
| Dr Emma Egging told Bournemouth Coroner's Court her husband had been well and was in good spirits. | Dr Emma Egging told Bournemouth Coroner's Court her husband had been well and was in good spirits. |
| She said she watched the display with other pilots' wives and with friends. | |
| Dr Egging told the court he missed a flight earlier in the summer because of neck and back pain. She said he had received treatment from MoD physios and from a private osteopath. | |
| She said after the missed flight he had taken 10 days' rest. His neck was giving him no trouble on the day, although he had taken ibuprofen for a sore back in the morning. | |
| Dr Egging also told the court she and her husband had enjoyed a quiet meal the evening before the display and had gone for a run together on the morning of his death. | Dr Egging also told the court she and her husband had enjoyed a quiet meal the evening before the display and had gone for a run together on the morning of his death. |
| She said she met her husband, who was born in Southam, Warwickshire, while they were both members of the Southampton University Air Squadron. | |
| The hearing, which has been scheduled to last two days, is taking place after the Military Aviation Authority completed its independent inquiry. | The hearing, which has been scheduled to last two days, is taking place after the Military Aviation Authority completed its independent inquiry. |
| Other witnesses due to give evidence at the inquest include Flt Lt Egging's team-mate Flt Lt Chris Lyndon-Smith and his commanding officer Sqn Ldr Ben Murphy. | |
| The hearing continues. | The hearing continues. |