Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 30/09/1949 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr S.E. Esler DFC, Avro deputy CTP |
| Aircraft | Avro 707A VX784 |
| Took off from | Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Purpose of flight | Early test flights resulted in adjustments to all control surfaces, the operation of which was judged too heavy. This flight was to clear the alterations made and the pilot was advised to avoid the stall since no anti-spin parachute was fitted |
| Incident location | Blackbushe, Hampshire |
| Incident details | The aircraft was stalled inadvertently and crashed |