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Jun 22, 2018 · As chief test pilot for Hawker Siddeley, John Farley led development of the UK’s “Jump Jet” in a career covering almost 100 types – and including writing assignments for Flight...
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Jun 15, 2018 · John Farley, the former test pilot and FLYER contributor, died earlier this week. John was most noted for the Harrier jump jet test programme and for his displays, including the ‘Farley Takeoff’.
John Farley was an experimental test pilot heavily involved in the development of the Hawker Siddeley P.1127 and British Aerospace (BAe now BAE Systems) Harrier. Farley was born April 17, 1933 in Hastings, East Sussex.
Jul 12, 2018 · Arguably the last of the ‘household-name’ British post-war test pilots passed away on 13 June when John Farley, best known for his involvement with Hawker Siddeley and later British Aerospace on the Harrier programme, died aged 85.
May 11, 2022 · Former Dunsfold Chief Test Pilot John Farley’s presentation of his story of the Harrier development from 1951 to 2015. This hour long presentation is a unique insight into the early development of the “jump jet” and the evolution of Hawker’s prototypes P.1127 to the Harrier as a military aircraft.
John Farley was a highly respected pilot and aeronautical engineer who played a crucial role in the development and success of the Hawker Harrier. Born in 1927 in the United Kingdom.
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Jul 22, 2018 · The British test pilot John Farley, famous for his work on the Harrier jump-jet, passed away in June. The artist and aeronautical engineer Stephen Mosley shares a personal recollection of an immensely skilled and principled man.
