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Brian George Watts 1928-1996
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Brian George Watts was the Flight Engineer on the first flight of Concorde 002 G-BSST back in 1969.Brian Watts was born in Bristol, England in 1928. He served as an...
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George Wood 1927-1978
George Wood was born in 1927 and educated at Manchester Grammar school. He joined the Royal Air Force as a Flight Navigator in Bomber Command, serving on a B-29 Washington Squadron. After leaving the...
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Jack D.Wells 1920-xxxx
Jack Wells, Northrop test pilot flew the maiden flight of the Northrop X-21
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Sqn Ldr Leslie V. Worsdell 1917-2008
Leslie Worsdell was the first apprentice flying instructor trained pre-war by Marshall of Cambridge. He played an important part in flying training over a career of 50 years in aviation, which...
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Don P Thometz 1922- 2003
Don Thometz was an Army Air Corps instructor during World War II and a United Airlines DC-3 copilot in United’s early years. He flew nonscheduled cargo operations to Alaska and flights that supported...
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Don Papish 1929-1964
Donald Hall Papish was a former USAF pilot, who joined Northrop as test pilot. He flew the Northrop X-21 and Northrop F-5. He died on the 3rd July 1964 from injuries sustained during a demonstration...
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Frederick C.Rowley 1916-1989
Roy "Pappy" Seligman,Herb Crawford,Pat Gallo,Carl Alber,Corwin "Corky" Meyer,Fred RowleyOn September 20th 1951, test pilot Fred Rowley flew the Grumman XF9F-6 Cougar on its first flight.On August 14th,...
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Carl E.Alber 1915-1994
L-R, Roy "Pappy" Seligman,Herb Crawford,Pat Gallo,Carl Alber, "Corky" Meyer and Fred RowleyCarl Alber made the first flights of the Grumman Gulfstream 1,the E-2C and C-2 Greyhound
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Flt Lt Richard Carew Reynell 1912-1940
Richard Carew Reynell was born in Reynella, South Australia on January 9th 1912 and was educated at St Peter's, Adelaide. He went to England in 1929 and passed the Oxford University entrance...
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Sandford Bruce Fleming 1924-1996
Bruce Fleming was a Second World War and Korea fighter pilot. Bruce was a test pilot for Canadair and his last assignment was checking out the Challenger executive jet.F/O S. B. Fleming was a veteran...
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Allan Deacon 1932-1990
Allan Deacon was an ex Royal Navy pilot who had also flown at Boscombe Down. He was Chief Test Pilot for Shorts in Belfast until his death. He ejected from ZH203 Tucano Mk 51 off Rathlin Island, Mull...
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Carl Anson Cover 1893-1944
Carl Cover trained at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Air Service, during WWI.Carl A. Cover wore two hats with Douglas Aircraft Company. He was vice-president of...
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Thomas E Twiggs 1934-2012
Thomas E Twiggs was born June 12. 1934,Twiggs was a graduate of Crossnore High School in June 1952. He was a graduate of Lees McRae College in Banner Elk, 1954 with an AA degree.Twiggs attended North...
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Arthur Roy 'Barny' Barnard 1922-1998
Arthur Barnard joined Rolls-Royce, Ltd., in 1952. Served in R.A.F. from 1942 and transferred to F.A.A. in 1944, training on Corsairs. Served in Far East until 1946 and later joined 800 Sqn. on...
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A/Cdre Cyril 'Cyclops' Brown 1921-2003
Cyril Bob Brown was born on January 17 1921 and educated at Southend Grammar School. He joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a sergeant, completing his pilot training in time to join the...
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James Gibson 'Mac' McCowan 19xx-2003
J. G. 'Mac' McCowan joined the RAF as a Boy Entrant and in 1938 volunteered for flying duties. He did his flying training in Canada and returned to England in 1943. Serving in India and Singapore,...
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Alexander 'Al' J. Lilly OC 1910-2008
Alexander John Lilly was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1910.He was a son to Harold Lilly, owner of an automotive and farm equipment dealership that specialized in Ford automobiles. Through his...
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Arthur George 'Tim' Sims 1907-1986
Arthur Sims was born in London in 1907 and went to Canada in 1927.He spent the next four years in the employment of Canadian Wright Ltd. and British Aeroplane Engines Ltd. at Montreal. He assembled,...
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