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Alan Derek Piggott MBE (27 December 1922 – 6 January 2019) was one of Britain's best known glider pilots and instructors. He had over 5,000 hours on over 153 types of powered aircraft and over 5,000 hours on over 184 types of glider .
John J. Montgomery - U.S. physicist, first controlled glider flight in U.S., and U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame member; Story Musgrave - astronaut on a Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, CFI-Glider; Klaus Ohlmann - 36 world records, [13] member of the Mountain Wave Project [14] Derek Piggott - author, flight instructor and movie stunt pilot [15]
In 1961, Southampton University's Man Powered Aircraft SUMPAC took to the air at Lasham Airfield on 9 November, piloted by Derek Piggott, achieving a maximum flight of 650 metres (2,130 ft). One week later, on 16 November, the Hatfield Puffin flew, and eventually managed a maximum flight of 908 metres (2,979 ft) but it was difficult to turn.
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The first officially authenticated take-off and landing of a human-powered aircraft (one capable of powered take-offs, unlike a glider) was made on 9 November 1961 by Derek Piggott in Southampton University's Man Powered Aircraft at Lasham Airfield. [13] [14] The best flight out of 40 attempts was 650 metres. [15]
A replica of the 1853 machine was flown at the original site in Brompton Dale by Derek Piggott in 1973 [25] for TV and in the mid-1980s [26] for the IMAX film On the Wing. The glider is currently on display at the Yorkshire Air Museum. [27]
Derek Piggott (1922–2019), British glider pilot; Emeline Piggott (1836–1919), Confederate States of America spy; Francis Taylor Piggott (1852–1925), British jurist and scholar of Japan; Jim Piggott, Canadian ice hockey player, after whom the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy is named; Joan R. Piggott (born 1947), American historian
27 December – Derek Piggott, glider pilot and flight instructor (died 2019) Deaths. 5 January – Sir Ernest Shackleton, explorer (born 1874)