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"Sox" Hosegood

Noted that it is this great test pilots’s 92nd birthday today.

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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!

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By: DragonRapide - 4th January 2013 at 11:26

Quite a resume!

Happy birthday “Sox”!

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By: whalebone - 4th January 2013 at 10:39

More info

http://thetartanterror.blogspot.co.uk/2006/06/charles-td-sox-hosegood-1920.html

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