Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 28/11/1957 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Wg Cdr H.G.F. Larsen DFC, RAE Bedford TP |
| Aircraft | Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig XK426 |
| Took off from | Hucknall, Notts (Tethered flight) |
| Purpose of flight | Tethered test |
| Incident location | Hucknall, Notts |
| Incident details | Rig lifted to about 30ft then toppled, striking ground heavily on rear legs. Rig rebounded under power, again to about 30ft. It then fell back hitting the ground with a swinging motion, hitting the gantry banked at about 30°, killing the pilot |