A GRANDFATHER died in the Shoreham air disaster after parking his motorbike outside the air show to take photographs of the planes, his family revealed yesterday.

Computer-aided design technician Mark Reeves, from Seaford, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, was among at least 11 people who died when the vintage Hawker Hunter jet plummeted on to the A27 on Saturday afternoon.

His family said he was combining two of his favourite hobbies when he rode his cherished Honda bike to take photographs at the popular air show when the crash happened.

“As many times before, he had travelled to an air show and parked up on the outskirts to grab the best photos, but he had never been to the Shoreham Airshow before,” the family said in a statement.

“We will remember him as a gentle, loving, incredibly giving family man — husband to Wendy, father to Luke, granddad to three beautiful granddaughters, brother to Denise and loving son of Ann and Kenneth.”