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Jimmy Dell
| Jimmy Dell OBE (deceased) Jimmy Dell joined the RAF in 1942 and after the war flew F-86Es and the first radar equipped F-86D with the USAF. He was the first RAF Lightning Project Test Pilot and later became Chief Test Pilot at English Electric/BAC test flying Lightning, TSR 2 and Jaguar. One of a unique breed of aviators who have achieved great career success as a fast jet test pilot within both military and commercial environments. Probably best known for his work on the English Electric Lightning, Jimmy Dell has used his skill, courage and intimate knowledge of aerodynamics to reach the very top of a highly demanding profession. Joining the RAF in 1942, Jimmy Dell did his initial pilot training in Southern Rhodesia. By 1944 he had already become a Flying Instructor for advanced trainers. After the war Jimmy performed various training and test flying roles on aircraft such as Spitfires, Meteors, Venoms and Hunters. He also led test flight teams to the USA and France to work on aircraft such as the F-100, F-104, F-105, F-106, Mystere 4 and Mirage 3. In 1960 he joined English Electric on the Lightning development programme and was Chief Test Pilot from 1961 to 1970. Jimmy also worked on the TSR2 programme and flew 12 of the aircraft's 24 test flights, before its untimely cancellation in 1965. He worked on the French / UK Jaguar programme, and finally became Director, Flight Operations with responsibility for all Tornado test flight activities across the three participating countries. Jimmy Dell retired in 1989. Amongst his awards was the OBE for services to test flying. Sadly, Jimmy Dell died on 25th March 2008. |
Items Signed by Jimmy Dell OBE (deceased) |
| Clipped Signature - Jimmy Dell. Price : £35.00 | Served in the RAF as an instructor during World War Two, and later flew the F-86 Sabre with the USAF. Chief Test Pilot for English Electric / BAC, he test flew the Lightning, TSR2 and Jaguar, retiring in 1989. He died in 2008....... | |
| QRA Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £240.00 | A pair of 29 Squadron Lightning F.Mk3s tuck their gear up and head skyward from the Wattisham tarmac in the summer of 1972. ...... | |
| The Sentinel by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £230.00 | High in its element, a lone BAE Lightning F.6 glints in the evening sunshine as it returns from a sortie over the North Sea in the late 1970s. ...... | |
| Lightning Tribute by Stephen Brown (AP) Price : £190.00 | Lightning F. Mk 1As of 56 Squadron on a pilot training sortie during 1963. During the early 1960s many Lightning squadrons gave their aircraft colourful paint schemes, none was more striking than 56 Squadron (The Firebirds), who in 1963 doubled as t...... | |
| A Bolt for the Blue by Gerald Coulson. (AP) Price : £295.00 | Gerald Coulson's dramatic painting Bolt for the Blue, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning, captures the very essence of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing out of RAF Wattisham, a Lightning F.3 ...... |
| A Bolt for the Blue by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £225.00 | Gerald Coulson's dramatic painting Bolt for the Blue, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning, captures the very essence of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing out of RAF Wattisham, a Lightning F.3 ...... | |
| A Bolt for the Blue by Gerald Coulson. (C) Price : £325.00 | Gerald Coulson's dramatic painting Bolt for the Blue, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning, captures the very essence of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing out of RAF Wattisham, a Lightning F.3 ...... | |
| Testing Time by Keith Aspinall. (B) Price : £55.00 | A TSR2 deploys its parachute while a Lightning flies by. Test pilot Roland Beamont finally made the first flight from the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, on 27th September 1964. Initial flight t...... | |
| Lightning Strike by Keith Aspinall. (B) Price : £180.00 | ...... | |
Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot. Price : £75.00 | 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall EE Lightning T5 XS420 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall, taking off in full reheat for a max performance rotation and climb. No other jet fighter has been sorely missed since the Lightning retired from RAF service and...... |
Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot (AP) Price : £120.00 | 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall EE Lightning T5 XS420 226 OCU / 145 Sqn RAF Coltishall, taking off in full reheat for a max performance rotation and climb. No other jet fighter has been sorely missed since the Lightning retired from RAF service and...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Jimmy Dell OBE (deceased) |
| RAF Lighting Aircraft Prints. Pack Price : £200.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : A Bolt for the Blue by Gerald Coulson. Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot. The Sentinel by Ivan Berryman. | |
| RAF Lighting Aviation Art Prints. Pack Price : £215.00 Saving : £130 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Thunder & Lightnings by Gerald Coulson. Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot. The Sentinel by Ivan Berryman. |
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