Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 14/10/1948 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Sqn Ldr D.D. Weightman DFC, ARB CTP |
| Aircraft | Bristol Brigand B Mk 1 RH824 |
| Took off from | Filton, Gloucestershire |
| Purpose of flight | Pilot was seconded to Bristol to test Brigand |
| Incident location | Northwick, Pilning, Gloucestershire |
| Incident details | On second production test flight port engine overspeeded and all four propeller blades detached, severing part of the nose structure then hitting starboard propeller and overstressing the engine mount, causing engine to detach. Pilot managed a forced landing, but was killed by impact with a tree |