January 4, 2013 at 8:28 am
Noted that it is this great test pilots’s 92nd birthday today.
By: pagen01 - 4th January 2013 at 11:40
People like this certainly pioneered the helicopter into successful daily usage. Seem to recall that he had some pretty hairy moments with the Bristol 171 and 173 development trials!
I hadn’t realised that he was a FAA pilot during the war.
Happy Birthday!
By: DragonRapide - 4th January 2013 at 11:26
Quite a resume!
Happy birthday “Sox”!
By: whalebone - 4th January 2013 at 10:39
More info
http://thetartanterror.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/charles-td-sox-hosegood-1920.html