Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 16/11/1960 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Lt-Cdr J.R.S. Overbury, Hunting TP |
| Aircraft | Hunting Jet Provost T Mk 2B G-AOUS |
| Took off from | Luton, Bedfordshire |
| Purpose of flight | Diving trials |
| Incident location | Langford, Bedfordshire |
| Incident details | Aircraft was recovering from a dive to maximum design speed when the nosewheel descended, opening the wheel bay doors, which detached. This caused nose-up trim change and severe overstressing leading to the detachment of both wings and total break-up of aircraft structure |