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Old 8th Aug 2004, 08:57
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John Farley

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I did not mean to imply that the V programmes were plain sailing when I said all three were successful.

There were 20 test flying accidents in all. Six each for the Valiant and Vulcan and eight for the Victor. Some were non fatal. Plus three of the reseach single seaters also crashed.

These rates may seem high today, but they were not abnormal for the 50s and 60s. People simply did not know as much about aviation in those days as they do today.
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