Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
| Date | 26/08/1951 |
|---|---|
| Casualties | Flt Lt D.J.P. Broomfield DFM, Handley Page TP |
| Aircraft | Handley Page H.P.88 VX330 |
| Took off from | Stansted, Essex |
| Purpose of flight | Test flight in preparation for display at SBAC show |
| Incident location | Stansted, Essex |
| Incident details | During run across airfield at 525kt aircraft entered a series of pitches pulling +12g to -7g and broke up |