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SFCC
Harrier.
Probably
Almost true!
Dave Mackay
Mr Mackay joined the RAF in 1979 and spent 16 years with the service, half of that time as a test pilot.
He graduated with his test pilot wings from the French test pilots’ school, Ecole due Personnel Navigant d’Essais et de Reception (EPNER) in 1988 through an exchange with EPNER and the RAF’s Empire Test Pilot School.
His work included trials on the Harrier G7, before becoming Officer Commander of the Fast Jet Test Flight at Boscombe Down in 1992.
In 1995 he left his position as Principal Fixed Wing Tutor at the Empire Test Pilots’ School to join Virgin Atlantic. He became a captain on the Boeing 747 in 1999 and also flew the Airbus 340.
He has flown over 11,000 hours on over 100 different types of aircraft.