FAO: - Jenny Money from Brighton.
Hi Jenny - the loss of your uncle Peter was a serious blow to the aviation industry at that time as well as being one that need not have happened. Just a tiny ancedote from those days at the time when the Sea Vixen was undergoing acceptance trials at Boscombe. Apparently there was good realtions between them and the team at Christchurch and at one Development Meeting Peter was talking of how much of a problem the poor visibility from the off-set cockpit could be, especially in rain and on the approach; whereupon Jock Elliot commented that he had no trouble with it; "What do you do?!" queried Peter - "Open the canopy and push in the port rudder" was the reply from JE!. Later modifications were incorporated to alleviate the problem.
Best Regards - Bob
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