Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 06/05/1949 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr J.A.C. Northway, TP; Mr J.M. Radcliffe, head of flight development; Mr R.M. Pollard, FTO engines; Mr E.J.N. Archbold, FTO; Mr R.H. Daniels, FTO; Mr C.W.E. Flook, FTO; Mr J.L. Gundry, FTO |
| Aircraft | Bristol 170 Mark 21 G-AIFF |
| Took off from | Filton, Gloucestershire |
| Purpose of flight | CA release trials |
| Incident location | English Channel 30 miles south of Portland Bill |
| Incident details | Fin failed owing to rudder lock in an extreme yaw condition during single-engined flight test |