First VTOL flight of the Hawker P.1127

Friday, October 21, 1960 - Dunsfold Aerodrome, United Kingdom

 

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This was a tethered flight, flown by Hawker Chief Test Pilot A.W. 'Bill' Bedford. An untethered flight followed in November of the same year.

Source: "P.1127", FLIGHT, 2 December 1960, Page 864

 

Aircraft related to this milestone
Hawker P.1127

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