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In 1965 he was a stunt pilot in the 1966 war film The Blue Max [10] in which he also played a dead German pilot. He continued as a test pilot until his death, which occurred while flying a prototype Britten Norman BN-2 "Islander" over the Netherlands on 9 November 1966.
Cockpit of a BN-2 Islander. The Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a rectangular fuselage and two wing-mounted engines; early aircraft were equipped with a pair of piston engines while later production models may be alternatively fitted with turboprop engines in their place.
Britten-Norman (BN) is a privately owned British aircraft manufacturer and aviation services provider. The company is the sole independent commercial aircraft producer in the United Kingdom. Britten-Norman has so far manufactured and sold its aircraft to customers in more than 120 countries.
George rose to the rank of Air Marshal and last served as Inspector General (Inspection & Safety) at Air headquarters. [2] Philipose's elder brother Simon joined the Indian Navy and trained as a naval aviator. Simon was killed when the Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander aircraft he was piloting crashed, in May 1985
November 28, 1989: BN-2 Islander, N127JL, flying to Westerly crashed into the sea 3 to 5 miles northwest of Block Island. All 8 people on board, 7 passengers and pilot John Beck Jr., were killed. Among the victims, Shirley Wood, was the publisher and co-editor of The Block Island Times, founding editor of People magazine, and former chief of ...
On 18 October 2011, a Nepal Army Air Wing Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander performing an ambulance flight from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu crashed near Dhorpatan, Baglung District and caught fire. None of the six occupants survived the accident. [8]
On 1 April 2019, 651 Squadron and its aircraft, the Britten-Norman Defender and Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander, were transferred to the Royal Air Force as part of ISTAR Force in No. 1 Group based at RAF Waddington. [20] [21] [22] 651 Squadron continued to operate the aircraft until they were retired from service on 30 June 2021.
In 1954, Desmond started Britten-Norman with co-founder John Britten, a fellow de Havilland graduate. Norman discovered, in John Britten, [8] a partner who was equally keen to make a career out of aircraft design. The two men built their first aircraft at Britten's home, on the Isle of Wight. The BN1F was a 36 hp (27 kW) ultra-light aircraft.