Am I correct in saying that Kate Middleton's grandfather Peter Middleton was a flying instructor? I have no further details, does anyone?

Peter flew Mosquitoes in the RAF and then joined BEA. I believe he ended his career on the Trident.

... and William's Dad flew and crashed a BAE 146.

Not a crash, just a puncture. Then the captain put the nosewheel off the runway. :)

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/65F3C701-0FE7-4086-80FA-EEF5242D2A13/0/maas94_01_bae_146_cc2_ze700_29jun94.pdf

...beautiful: 1245mtr runway, touched down with 745mtrs remaining at 32 kts too fast with a 13kt tailwind.

Locked the wheels and burst both main tyres. Then ran off the end and damaged the nosewheel.

I wonder what the CVR would have revealed if there had been one!!
:O

Thanks for your reply Wrecker, I was curious as to the type of aircraft would have been used for instruction during the late 40's early 50's, I guess we can rule out the Mosquito!