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Men in the middle Without a referee, there can be no game. (Pic: Philip Fitzpatrick/Sportsfile) Reporter: ');  '); With news of a return to club activities, thoughts turn to the season ahead. In a special feature this week Michael McMullan looks at those who take up the whistle. Football referee Paddy Devlin and hurling whistler Micky Quigg talk about their experiences. So you think you can do better? Put your whistle where your mouth is. Those words struck a chord with Micky Quigg. As Derry GAA's Facebook post came calling for new referees, Quigg thought he could do better.

Facility. >> it's a major disaster narrowly averted and a personal tragedy. >> all four men on board the czar 52 die on impact. >> and when i saw the fireball explode over the trees, at that moment i knew my father was gone. >> crash images reveal the heartbreaking fact that mcgeehan attempted to escape from the airplane in the final desperate seconds. >> my dad initiated his ejection sequence. you could see the hatch below right before impact. but there just wasn't enough time for him to make it out. and the aircraft nosed into the ground. >> mcgeehan's good friend, now retired three-star lie...

You go about flying the aircraft, employing the aircraft in this case, but you also understand what the limitations are. >> there are no black boxes onboard to learn what happened inside the b-52 cockpit. so the crash footage is essential proof during the investigation. investigators determine that holland, alone, pushed the b-52 beyond its operational safety limits and that he had done so on many previous occasions without reprimand. footage from the early '90s shows holland show boating for photographers and flying below operational safety limits. >> those videos should have been enough evid...

We've got the gang up here. >> among them is teenager pat mcgeehan. his father, lieutenant colonel mark mcgeehan, is in the co-pilot's seat. >> my mother and i, along with my younger brother, brendan, were watching from our front yard. i was waving at the plane thinking maybe my father might be able to see us down there. >> lieutenant colonel arthur "bud" holland is the lead pilot. holland is skilled and experienced with thousands of hours in the b-52. but he's known to take risks in violation of air force safety regulations. >> bud having a reputation of knowing the aircraft very well. i thin...

>> what the animals look like. yeah. we've got the gang up here. >> among them is teenager pat mcgeehan. his father, lieutenant colonel mark mcgeehan is in the co-pilot's seat. >> my mother and i, along with my younger brother, brendan, were watching from our front yard. i was waving at the plane thinking maybe my father might be able to see us down there. >> lieutenant colonel arthur "bud" holland is the lead pilot. holland is skilled and experienced with thousands of hours in the b-52. but he's known to take risks in violation of air force safety regulations. >> bud having a reputation of kn...