Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 16/05/1928 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | E.R.C. Scholefield, Vickers Chief TP |
| Aircraft | Vickers Vanguard G-EBCP |
| Took off from | Brooklands, Surrey |
| Purpose of flight | The aeroplane had been fitted with a new tail unit from a Vickers Virginia Mk X in an effort to eliminate control problems |
| Incident location | Shepperton |
| Incident details | The tail unit apparently failed as a result of excessive rudder force |