Doh, getting Sturgeons and Seamews mixed up:o:o

No worries John :). Same company but thankfully the Sturgeon wasnt quite as ugly as the Seamew 😀

Anyone else? Its hard to believe that with all those superb photos turning up on here from various collections, that no-one has what i’m looking for :(.

Thanks Propstrike. The pilot Harold Penrose was probably referring to was his assistant Peter Garner, who was killed when the engine stopped and he subsequently failed to pull out sufficiently from the resulting dive.

Baz your referring to a Boscombe test pilot, tasked with recommending modifications to help bring the aircraft upto to an acceptable level for squadron service. Thankfully that specific bit of advice was not implemented 🙂

It was Harold Penrose who made the comment “Very nearly a very good aeroplane”

Cheers Dave. Its a fascinating book that i highly recommend, as i already have it. But sadly its lacking in cockpit photos.. or indeed any close ups of that area inside and out.

Thats interesting John. Is that not the Seamew rather than Sturgeon?

Either TT.2 or TT.3 would do John, as although they have different noses / profiles, i’m 99% sure they shared the same windscreen assembly.

A good result for Key Publishings Historic Forum

I started this thread in October 2010, and received this very moving email a few days ago;

“Hello, I am the eldest daughter of Ed Griffiths, and have just found your article about my father in Key Publishing Aviation.
I was so happy to find it as this is the only information I have ever found about what happened that day which I remember very clearly. Unfortunately us children where considered to young to be told of the event in any detail and it has remained a mystery to me.
Do you have anymore info, and where did you find what you have written which was so nice and sympatheticly put across. If so I would be so very grateful for any news you may have , or sites where I can find out more.
I cried this morning when I read your post written in 2010. But, it has made me happy to know a little of him.
Yours sincerely, Gillian Griffiths”

If anyone has any further information to help Gillian learn a little more about her extremely brave test pilot father then please contact me, and i will pass the information on. Thank you in advance!

Rob.