The jet engine. The story of Sir Frank Whittle and Von Ohain. Interviews with the people that invented and flew the first jet engine [MEDIA]
i am interested in finding out about a test pilots death. Lieut (E) Peter Lawson Lubbock was killed when the wing fell off his Firebrand and the...
Can anyone help, please. He served at RAF Helensburgh and flew the Spitfire floatplane. Photograph wanted for article and book I am researching.
Date: 23-AUG-1945 Time: Type: [IMG] de Havilland Mosquito FB.Mk VI Owner/operator: Aero Flt RAE Registration: RF830 C/n / msn: Fatalities:...
Did anyone else see the documentary about Captain "Winkle" Brown ? If not, see it now on Catchup. The most amazing of men, a pilot in ww2 and a...
Object description: Head and shoulders portrait of Hanna Reitsch, in the cockpit of a glider. THE SECOND WORLD WAR GERMAN TEST PILOT HANNA REITSCH...
Might be of some interest to some folks....April 30th, 2013, go to the link to sign up for the event. I think it is 6PM GMT ( CST (Central...
Headstone is in Church Stretton Cunnery Road Cemetery,Shropshire. [IMG] Mr David R McCartney, of Rolls Royce. His death was registered at...
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details Kingsford, Desmond Glover Rank: Lieutenant Temporary Captain Service No: 121551 Regiment:...
Flight Lieut J.R.Talbot Test Pilot R.A.F.O 2/12/45 White Waltham Churchyard,Berkshire
During a test flight of a de Havilland Mosquito Mark VI, flying with flight test observer John H. F. Scrope, he collided in the vicinity of St...
I am new to this group/forum. Need advice to find information about a relative who was killed test flying a Gladiator in 1937. Where can I find...
Dear all, My name is Carol Dale, and my Father, Alan Stewart McCracken was a pilot in the RAF for the period 1938 to 1958. During that time, he...
THE WORST EVER FLIGHT TEST ACCIDENT? On June 7, 1942, Handley Page Halifax II V9977 of the Telecommunications Flying Unit took off from its...
Jeffrey Quill, the famous Spitfire test pilot is adamant in his autobiography (‘Spitfire – A Test Pilot's Story') that the first flight took place...
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