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WORLD NEWS

B e pilot

killed

DUNSFOLD

Bri t ish Aerospace tes t p i lo t ,

ay lo r Sco t t ,

was

killed

in

h a t a p p e a r s to be a freak

ccident while tes t f ly ing

a

a r r i e r

GR.5 on

October

22.

The a i rc ra f t depar ted BAe ' s

unsfold airf ieldat 1700hron

ts final pre-delivery test

l ight before handover to the

oyal Air Force which was

cheduled

for the

nex t

day.

he aircraft cl imbed

out to

he wes t pass ing th rough

oscombe Down ' s a rea where

he zone control ler made the

ast radio contact at 1710hr

hen every th ing appeared

o rm a l .

The

H a r r i e r t h e n

pera ted at high level in its

at

1740, Lon don Mil i tary R ada r

o t iced tha t the H a r r i e rwas

t ray ing ou t s ide its p l a n n e d

rea.

When London Mi l i t a ry

ailed to make rad io con tac t ,

and Divers ion

(D&D) was informed at

750hr. D&Dasked a Un i ted

t a t e s Air Force C-5 Galaxy

RAF Mi ld -

to Dover AFB, Maine ,

theHar r ie r w h ich

at

30,000ft.

the

a r r i e r at about 1800hr and

the cockpitwas

and the canopy

TheGalaxy crew

a video recordingof the

andth i sis nowbeing

The Galaxy shad

the Ha rr ie r un t i l the

ran out of fuel, and

the At lan t ic at

903hr, some250 n.m.sou th

of I re land .

A ' s earch -and-rescue oper

was launched w hen the

the

u n d e r s t a n d s t h a t no

or pi lo t ' s pe rsona l

was heard . A

air, g round , and sea

was made cover ing a

10 n.m.ei the r s ideof

the

of las t radio contact at

710hr,to thepo in t wherethe

was in te rcep ted

At 1800hr the nex t day a

in a

field

on

bourne S toke , abou t 5 n.m

wes t of Boscombe Down

airfield. The parachu te ,

d inghy pack , and cockpit-

canopy frame were also found,

some dis tance from the pilot.

T h e M a r t i n - B a k e r Mk.12

eject ion seat had not been

found as we go to p ress . Br i t

ish Aerospace could not

confirm

or

deny repo r t s th a t

the sea t remained in the

aircraft .

Taylor Scott

Aged 40, Tay lo r Sco t t was

marr ied wi th two chi ldren.

Tay lo r Sco t t jo inedthe Royal

N a v y in 1964.After t rai n ing

he flew Sea Vixens before a

tou r wi th the US Navy ,

including the F igh te r W eap

ons School (Top Gun)

at NAS

Mi ra m a r . F ro m 1974 to 1977

Tay lo r was an Air W e a p o n s

Instructor f ly ing F-4 P h a n

toms from

Ark

Royal before

be ing appo in ted the Royal

N a v y ' s Sea Har r ie r Pro jec t

Liaison Officer at Dunsfold .

In 1979 he left the Royal

N a v y to jo in B r i t i sh Aero

space as a Sea Harr ie r t e s t

p i lo t . In 1982 Tay lo r Sco t t

w a s i n s t ru m e n t a l in clearing

the AIM-9L S idewinder for

usein theF a l k l a n d s War and

vo lun teered for active service.

On temporar y reca ll

he

helped

form andtra in 809S qn before

r e t u rn i n g to BAe. In 1983 he

was appo in ted Sea H a r r i e r

Pro jec t Tes t P i lo t andearl ier

t h i s m o n t h was appo in ted

Depu ty Ch ief Tes t P i lo t at

Dunsfold .

UK space plea

fails

LONDON

A las t-d i tch effort by leaders

of theUKspace comm uni tyto

gain an increase in Govern

men t fund ing appearsto have

failed.

Al though the October 19

p re s e n t a t i o n to the Govern

ment 's Advisory Counci l on

Science and Techno logy was

favourably received, hopes

were dashed when Pr ime

Mi n i s t e r Ma rg a re t Th a t c h e r

conf i rmed tha t no further

funding would be forthcoming.

Th a tch er sa id Br i t a in wou ld

con t inue to par t i c ipa te in

Europe an Space Agency(Esa)

projects . To what degree wil l

depend largelyon theou tcome

of theEsa Counci l meet ingin

the Hague

on

Nov emb er 9-10.

Norwegian MS

flight lost

DOMB S ~

The th ree occupan ts of a

Norweg ian emergency-med i

cal services helicopter died

w h e n the mach ine c rashedon

October24.

Opera ted by Nor ske Luft

A m b u l a n s e ,theM BB BO.105

had taken

off

from Dom bas,

at about 1945hr. Accordingto

in i t ial reports , it came down

tail first in mou n ta ins soon

af te rwards . The pi lo t , a

doctor, and a p a ra m e d i c on

board all died, as did the

pat ien t whom they were

t ry ing to reach.

FLIGHT

HfTBtN Tim L

N XT W K

McDonnel l Doug las is

modifying an F-15 Eagle

for operat ions from

bombed runways . Mike

Gaines repo r t s on Stol

Eagle from St. Louis .

Bri tain 's f i rs t emergency-

medical hel icopter has

saved l ives , and increased

the efficiency

of

g round-

based ambu lances in

sou th -wes t Eng land . But

after six m o n t h s of t r i a l s

the p rog ramme came c lose

to be ing abandoned

becauseoflackofcash .Ian

Goold repo r t s f rom Tru ro ,

Cornwal l , wi th p ic tu resby

Jan ice Lowe.

The abi l i ty to fly at high

angleof a t t ack cou ld mean

the d ifference between

w i n n i n g and losing a

dogf igh t . Norman Lynn

re p o r t s on US research

into h igh alph a fl ight .

London's new City

Airport opened for

business on a misty

October 26. The

Cat

2

unofficial

designation of the

ILS limitations with

it s 7

2

glideslope

received its first

revenue flight from

Plymouth at 0730.

The Brymon Air

ways, and Eurocity

Express flights to

Par i s and Brussels

soon followed. The

two airl ines do not

expect to make a

profit from their

operations for at

least three years.

Foggy starttoLondon City

3 October