Aeroplane Monthly 1983-12
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D.Middleton - Neville Duke /Test Pilot Profile/ (8)
Hunter F.1 WT557 flown by Duke for Cyril Peckham's camera, 1954.
Hunter F.1 prototype WB188 first flew on July 20, 1951 from Boscombe Down with Neville Duke at the controls.
Neville Duke photographed in front of a Hawker Fury at the time of his record flights to Rome and Karachi in May 1949.
Neville Duke, left, Gp Capt E.M. Donaldson and Sqn Ldr Bill Waterton with Meteor F.4 EE549 on September 7, 1946.
The first Hawker P.1040, VP401, was later fitted with a Snarler rocket and became the P.1072.
The second Hawker P.1052, VX279, was given an afterburning Tay with a single orifice beneath swept wing tail surfaces to become the interim Hawker P.1081. When T. S. “Wimpey” Wade was killed in this aircraft in April 1951 Neville Duke became Hawker’s chief test pilot.
The second Hawker P.1052, VX279, was given an afterburning Tay with a single orifice beneath swept wing tail surfaces to become the interim Hawker P.1081. When T. S. “Wimpey” Wade was killed in this aircraft in April 1951 Neville Duke became Hawker’s chief test pilot.
Neville Duke poses with production test pilot Frank Bullen in a two-seat Hunter in August 1955.
Neville Duke flying Hawker's dark blue and silver Hawker Tomtit, now preserved by the Shuttleworth Trust.