Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 17/04/1949 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr H. Foster Dixon, Fairey Rotary division CTP; Mr D. Garroway, FTO |
| Aircraft | Fairey Gyrodyne VX591 |
| Took off from | White Waltham, Berkshire |
| Purpose of flight | High-speed practice for an attempt on 100km closed-circuit speed record |
| Incident location | Ufton Nervet, Berkshire |
| Incident details | Number one rotor blade detached in flight owing to fatigue failure of retaining nut |