Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 02/04/1951 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr T.S. Wade DFC AFC, Hawker CTP |
| Aircraft | Hawker P.1081 VX279 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | General air test |
| Incident location | Ringmer, Sussex |
| Incident details | Some emergency overtook the aircraft; the pilot ejected at 2,000ft but the seat's rotation prevented him from separating from it and using his parachute |