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| *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | |
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 Chris Capper *Signature Value : £20 | Chris Capper served in the Royal Air Force from 1941 until 1952. During this time he became a flying instructor and later flew the Mosquito in squadron service. He joined the Empire Test Pilots School in 1948 then served three years at Aero Flight Farnborough where he made 51 flights with the DH108 Swallow. He joined de Havilland in 1953 and was involved in development testing of the 2nd prototype D11110 from Hatfield. Moving to Christchurch/Hum he then flew over 500 sorties on development and testing of the DH 11 0/Sea Vixen and personally flew 88 of the 150 odd aircraft produced. He subsequently took charge of development and testing of the DH125 making the first flight in 1962, finally retiring in 1982 |
 John Wilson *Signature Value : £20 | John Wilson served in the RAF from 1942 to 1948 when he left the Central Fighter Establishment to join the de Havilland Aircraft Co at Hatfield as Experimental Test Pilot. In 1949, with John Cunningham, he made the first flight of the prototype Comet 1 and the following year the first flight of the Vampire trainer prototype. After the death of John Derry at Farnborough in 1952 in the prototype DH 110, he took charge of the flight development of the Sea Vixen as a front line all weather fighter for the Royal Navy. In 1959 he transferred to the DH design department as Chief Operations Engineer where he was responsible for the development of the automatic blind landing system for the Trident airliner and Trident, DH 125, DH 146 flight decks. |
| The Aircraft : | |
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| Sea_Vixen | The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was a twin boom, two seat jet fighter of the Fleet Air Arm during the 1950s–1960s, originally known as the DH.110, an aircraft designed for both the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm (FAA). The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen was designed as an all-weather, missile-armed, high-speed jet fighter. The Royal navy required a fighter to replace the aging De Havilland Sea Venom and the Fleet Air Arm took the Sea Vixen, but the Royal Air Force did not, instead opting for its competitor the Gloster Javelin. The first De Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen prototype first flew on 26 September 1951 piloted by WW2 ace John Cunningham. In 1952 tragedy struck while the aircraft was being demonstrated at the Farnborough Airshow on 6th September 1952. Following a display by a Sea Vixen on its ability to break the sound barrier, it disintegrated, killing 31 people, including the aircraft's two crew: test pilot and record breaker John Derry and Tony Richards. Crew: Two, Length: 55 ft 7 in (16.94 m) Wingspan 51 ft 0 in (15.54 m) Height: 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) Empty weight: 27,950 lb (12,680 kg) Loaded weight: 41,575 lb (18,860 kg) Maximum takeoff weight 46,750 lb (21,205 kg) Powerplant: 2×Rolls Royce Avon Engines Mk.208 Maximum speed Mach 0.91 (690 mph, 1,110 km/h) at sea level Range 790 mi (1,270 km) with internal fuel Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (15,000 m) Rate of Climb: 9,000 ft/min (46 m/s) Armament: Rockets: 4 × Matra rocket pods with 18 × SNEB 68 mm rockets each Missiles: 4 × Red Top or Firestreak missiles Bombs: 2 × 500 lb (227 kg) bombs. |
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Wilson, John