Yup, he had a lot of notable firsts, one was the first Jet carrier landing? he also did the trials with the flexible deck that you belly landed on, it was designed so you could do away with the the weight of an undercarriage on naval fighters ( only the British could think that one up ) flew lots of captured German aircraft including the ME163 even though he was banned from a powered flight I believe he did one.
Awe inspiring Gentleman.