Rumored Buzz on WD808
Gloster GA.5 F/four.forty eight (Javelin) next prototype WD808. Published off (ruined) 11 June 1953: Fatal crash just after enduring a 'Tremendous-stall'. At higher angles of attack the elevators ended up masked from the airflow from the wings and became ineffective, from which position Restoration was impossible. The pilot, Peter Lawrence, delayed