My uncle Bill Keightley, who has died aged 101, was a photographer who specialised in taking pictures of aircraft. He spent most of his career at the Short Brothers aerospace company in Belfast, beginning his photography during the second world war. Some of his work, now of historical interest, is displayed at the Ulster Transport Museum.
Bill began his job at a time when safety measures were rudimentary. He hung out of one plane to photograph another, his foot jamming the door open while his hands held the camera. If things got bumpy, someone might grab his shirt.
