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7/24/2019 ZD325 Flightgolbal Article
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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