Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 23/03/1962 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Mr M.P. Evans, A&AEE navigator; Mr P. Evans, Handley Page FTO |
| Aircraft | Handley Page Victor B Mk 2 XL159 |
| Took off from | Radlett, Hertfordshire |
| Purpose of flight | Testing of newly-installed fixed leading edge droops replacing earlier leading-edge flaps |
| Incident location | Stubton, Lincs |
| Incident details | Aircraft entered a stable deep stall; pilots ejected successfully and one rear crew member managed to abandon the aircraft |