if ever anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. e in the skies. since the age of three, pete and his brother dan often flew with their father, andrew. ballooning is a field and he was passionate about aviation as a job and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. i guess you could say we were born into hot air ballooning. pete gained his licence at the age of 17, i gained mine at 19, and we've flown in many countries around the world and been very lucky to do so. the brothers took up competitive flying. here they are winning thejunior world championships in poland two years ago. they were both involved in a contest in worcestershire injune when pete's balloon crashed and he was killed. dan's ground crew that day was andrew, with his wife louise doing the same for pete. losing your son is just... yeah, it's just horrific. people say, oh, he was doing something he loved when he sort of left the planet. but that's sort of bittersweet in reality. it really is. i mean, i think it's also a lot harderfor his mother because she was on the m

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if ever anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. ne pilot, he lived his life in the skies. since the age of three, pete and his brother dan often flew with their father, andrew. ballooning as a field, and he was passionate about aviation as a job, and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. the brothers took up competitive flying. here they are winning thejunior world championships in poland two years ago. they were both involved in a contest in worcestershire injune, when pete's balloon crashed and he was killed. dan's ground crew that day was andrew, with his wife, louise, doing the same for pete. losing your son is just... yeah, it's just horrific. people say, oh, he was doing something that he loved when he sort of left the planet, but that's sort of bittersweet, in reality. it really is. i mean, i think it's also a lot harderfor his mother because she was on the marker cross to actually... ..where they were all dropping the markers, and she was, yeah, basically there. so it's very, very raw. an air accident investigation will s

if ever anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. ften flew with their father, andrew. ballooning is a feel, and he was passionate about aviation as a job, and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. the brothers took up competitive flying. here they are winning thejunior world championships in poland two years ago. they were both involved in a contest in worcestershire injune, when pete's balloon crashed and he was killed. dan's ground crew that day was andrew, with his wife, louise, doing the same for pete. losing your son is just... yeah, it's just horrific. people say, oh, he was doing something that he loved when he sort of left the planet, but that's sort of bittersweet, in reality. it really is. i mean, i think it's also a lot harderfor his mother because she was on the marker cross to actually... where they were all dropping the markers, and she was, yeah, basically there. so it's very, very raw. an air accident investigation will seek to discover what happened and crucially, what, ifany, lessons can be learned. dan is determ

but keeping his name alive, keeping pete gregory flying will at least offer the family some solace. jon maguire, bbc news, bristol. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. hello. good afternoon. yesterday, we had a brief spell of warmth. it has mostly gone now, still quite warm in the south east, but it is cooling off into the weekend. guess what? low pressure is paying a visit once again. it seems to always arrive at the weekend. trust us, it is nothing to do with us. here it is coming in. but i don't think we are talking about persistent rain and gales, just a mixed bag, sunny spells and showers. so today, a few showers around, but generally speaking, not around, but generally speaking, not a bad day for many. still quite warm, very warm across parts of yorkshire, mid 20s, 26 in norwich. belfast and glasgow, the low 20s. aberdeen. not a bad day on the thermometer, the ideal conditions for many. but this evening and overnight, this is the low pressure swelling around just to the west, north—west of ireland. and notice the showers piling into western scotland and

if ever, anyone was born to fly, it was pete gregory. s passionate about aviation as a job and ballooning as his hobby and his passion. i guess you could say we were born into hot air ballooning. pete gained his licence at the age of 17, i gained mine at 19, and we've flown in many countries around the world and been very lucky to do so. the brothers took up competitive flying. here they are winning thejunior world championships in poland two years ago. they were both involved in a contest in worcestershire injune when pete's balloon crashed and he was killed. dan's ground crew that day was andrew, with his wife louise doing the same for pete. losing your son is just... yeah, it's just horrific. people say, oh, he was doing something as he loved when he sort of left the planet. but that's sort of bittersweet in reality. it really is. i mean, i think it's also a lot harderfor his mother because she was on the marker cross to actually...where they were all dropping the markers, and she was basically there, so it's very, very raw. an air acc