W H (Slim) Sear
Slim Sear Has Died at Yeovil.
He was Chief Test Pilot from 1952 - 1967
A key figure in the introduction of Whirlwind,Wessex and Sea King
Led the flight programme for Anti Submarine coupled mode dunking
and the Westminster Programme
Was CTP during the 1960 Upheaval that brought together Bristol Helicopters, Fairey, Saunders Roe and Westland.
Retired as CTP in 1967 and became Flight Shed superintendent to retire in1977
Slim joined the Army in 1939 transferred to the RAF to fly and was subsequently transferred to the Roal Nany.
He was a graduate of the ETPS
awarded OBE in 1967
Few who met him or flew with him will forgat his forthright turn of phrase,
RIP Slim you made your own unique piece of History.
Dave G