Could someone please tell me which Squadron Roger Topp was with when he broke the Turnhouse to Northolt speed record in 1956 in Hunter WT739? I thought it was 43 Squadron but someone told me it was 111 Squadron.
Many Thanks
OG
By: Old Git - 2nd October 2015 at 07:28
Thank you for trying Sabrejet – I can’t find it either. All I know it was the 1954 airshow at Turnhouse.
Best Rgds
Keith
By: Sabrejet - 2nd October 2015 at 05:45
Nope. Can’t find it – apologies 🙂
By: vampiredave - 30th September 2015 at 13:29
No.111 Squadron re-equipped with Hunter F.4s in June 1955 and the following August, Roger Topp established a new Edinburgh – London speed record when he flew Hunter WT739:R from Turnhouse to Farnborough in 27 minutes and 52 seconds at an average speed of 717.5 mph. An earlier squadron record had been achieved by the former CO, Sqn Ldr John Gillan in February 1938. Roger Topp formed the squadron’s first Hunter team in 1956.
By: Sabrejet - 30th September 2015 at 05:33
Rings a bell: it’s possible. Give me a couple of days.
By: Old Git - 29th September 2015 at 23:31
111 I think: he led the squadron’s aerobatic team that year.
Thank you for that Sabrejet – looking at your “Monicker” would you happen to know the serial of the RCAF Sabre that was the first aircraft to break the sound barrier at an airshow in Scotland at an airshow at Turnhouse in the 1950s???
By: Sabrejet - 22nd September 2015 at 21:14
111 I think: he led the squadron’s aerobatic team that year.
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September 22, 2015 at 9:10 pm