Question 184 - Name the aircraft and the pilot A - PB1 XG332, pilot was George Aird

Mad Mike · Apr 9, 2012

Ok, here is a picture of a lucky unlucky pilot:

Name the aircraft type and the pilot.

The name of the pilot is easier to find if you know the aircraft type.

Have fun,

Mad Mike

Boff · Apr 9, 2012

English Electric Lightning prototype PB1 XG332, pilot was George Aird who came down to earth through a greenhouse roof, breaking both legs and right thigh.

The aircraft suffered an engine fire which burned through the tailplane actuator rods causing XG332 to go into a violent pitch-up about 10 seconds before landing at the DeHavilland aerodrome at Hatfield on September 13th 1962.