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John Allam test pilot
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A well known test pilot John Allam passed away quite recently. Does anyone know by any chance, what had happened to his logs? I am after few pages, but I have seen no reference to any of his family nor any body that could take them over. I hope that they were preserved due to their historical significance.
A well known test pilot John Allam passed away quite recently. Does anyone know by any chance, what had happened to his logs? I am after few pages, but I have seen no reference to any of his family nor any body that could take them over. I hope that they were preserved due to their historical significance.
Sorry to hear of Johnny's passing. A delightful chap, full of some fascinating stories from the age of early jet development. I was honoured to fly on a Victor K2 crew, with Johnny in the right-hand seat, having a go again in the aircraft type that he had test flown decades before. He was present for some of the dinners/events we had to mark the end of the Victor's RAF service in 1993.
At the time, 55 Sqn had made contact with the Handley Page Association, and they helped in putting us in touch with some of former Handley Page workers who had designed, built and developed the Victor, and it was great to have a few of them along for those dinners/events. So, agreed, the Association would likely be a good start to try and make contact with his family!
At the time, 55 Sqn had made contact with the Handley Page Association, and they helped in putting us in touch with some of former Handley Page workers who had designed, built and developed the Victor, and it was great to have a few of them along for those dinners/events. So, agreed, the Association would likely be a good start to try and make contact with his family!
In his book "Victor Boys", Vulcan Test Pilot Tony Blackman is generous in his praise of Johnny Allam, his counterpart at Handley Page. He mentions that when he rolled a Vulcan off the top at Farnborough in 1958, he subsequently learned that Johnny had previously done the same in a Victor.
Mr Bernoulli, I think the flight you referred to must be the one whose crew appears in the photograph towards the end of that book.
Mr Bernoulli, I think the flight you referred to must be the one whose crew appears in the photograph towards the end of that book.
I met John a few times in the mid '60s when attending meetings of the newly formed Chorleywood Branch of Air Britain.
One evening he brought along some drawings of a proposed Handley Page twin turboprop feederliner and told us how HP intended to produce it; this of course being the beginnings of the Jetstream; must've been about 1966 I suppose and I think we were the first outside the company to hear about it, although it did appear in publications like 'Flying Review International' a couple of months later. One of the other members was a Russian who was attached to the Soviet Embassy in London and naturally he was VERY interested in it!
One evening he brought along some drawings of a proposed Handley Page twin turboprop feederliner and told us how HP intended to produce it; this of course being the beginnings of the Jetstream; must've been about 1966 I suppose and I think we were the first outside the company to hear about it, although it did appear in publications like 'Flying Review International' a couple of months later. One of the other members was a Russian who was attached to the Soviet Embassy in London and naturally he was VERY interested in it!
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John Allam OBE FRAeS
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A well known test pilot John Allam passed away quite recently. Does anyone know by any chance, what had happened to his logs? I am after few pages, but I have seen no reference to any of his family nor any body that could take them over. I hope that they were preserved due to their historical significance.
A well known test pilot John Allam passed away quite recently. Does anyone know by any chance, what had happened to his logs? I am after few pages, but I have seen no reference to any of his family nor any body that could take them over. I hope that they were preserved due to their historical significance.
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A late reply from Nigel Allam
Hello all, I have only today been sent this thread from a good friend who knew of my fathers passing at the time.
The replies are correct they we have lent a lot of our fathers records and memorabilia to the HPA, and also retained the original flight logs of dads entire flying career; over 12000 flying hours as a test pilot!
I am happy to converse with anyone with a historical interest in this, or who would like access to material we have of the Handley Page days,.
The replies are correct they we have lent a lot of our fathers records and memorabilia to the HPA, and also retained the original flight logs of dads entire flying career; over 12000 flying hours as a test pilot!
I am happy to converse with anyone with a historical interest in this, or who would like access to material we have of the Handley Page days,.
