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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 4, 2018 19:26:32 GMT 12
I think we have discussed this before but I cannot find the old thread. My understanding is that ten New Zealanders have trained at the famous Empire Test Pilots School at RAF Boscombe Down.
I know that three of them were Harvey Sweetman, Bernie Lewis and Steve Moore. Who were the other seven please?
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Post by errolmartyn on Aug 4, 2018 23:04:56 GMT 12
No 2 Course, 1944-1945: J. B. Starky & R. M. Trousdale
No 3 Course, 1945: H. N. Sweetman
No 7 Course, 1948: C. K. Saxelby
No 8 Course, 1949: W. J. Runicman
No 16 Course, 1957: C. B. Lewis
No 18 Course, 1959: J. M. Henderson
No 44 Course, 1985: S. J. Moore
Source: The History of the Empire Test Pilots' School by John Rawlings and Hilary Sedgwick pub 1991.
If the correct number is ten then either I have missed seeing some names in the book's listings or they were of a course later than 1990.
Errol
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 4, 2018 23:54:16 GMT 12
Thanks very much Errol. I believe both Harvey and Bernie both told me there had been ten Kiwis go through the school.
In the BBC series Test Pilot which featured Steve Moore the CO of the school stated Steve was the first New Zealander to go through there since 1945. I know Bernie was in the RAF (though a Kiwi), so I assume Saxelby, Runciman and Henderson must have been Kiwis in the RAF too and the reference was to RNZAF members rather than New Zealanders? Or was the C.O. simply wrong?
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Post by errolmartyn on Aug 5, 2018 12:46:11 GMT 12
Thanks very much Errol. I believe both Harvey and Bernie both told me there had been ten Kiwis go through the school. In the BBC series Test Pilot which featured Steve Moore the CO of the school stated Steve was the first New Zealander to go through there since 1945. I know Bernie was in the RAF (though a Kiwi), so I assume Saxelby, Runciman and Henderson must have been Kiwis in the RAF too and the reference was to RNZAF members rather than New Zealanders? Or was the C.O. simply wrong? You are correct. Errol |
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Post by Bruce on Aug 5, 2018 13:02:22 GMT 12
In the last episode of "Test Pilot" at the graduation there is a comment about "after hearing Steve Moore's stories of early Maori wind tunnels...". I met Steve in Wellington the other day and finally got that story from him! sorry to say, its not suitable for a public forum like this  |
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