Who was the first british pilot to break the sound barrier?
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John Derry
John Derry
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John Derry The Sound Barrier 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash de Havilland DH 108 Sound barrier Neville Duke Test pilot Farnborough Airport John Carver Meadows Frost Segrave Trophy
Squadron Leader <b>John</b> Douglas <b>Derry</b> DFC (5 December 1921 – 6 September 
1952) was a ... <b>Derry&#39;s</b> DH 108 test flight was fictionalized in the 1952 film The 
<b>Sound Barrier</b>, directed by David Lean, in which <b>John</b> Justin plays Philip Peel, a 
test&nbsp;... The <b>Sound Barrier</b> is a 1952 British aviation film directed by David Lean. It is a 
fictional story ... <b>John Derry</b>, another de Havilland test pilot, has been called &quot;
Britain&#39;s first supersonic pilot,&quot; because of a dive he made on 6 September 1948 
in a&nbsp;... On 6 September 1952, a prototype de Havilland DH.110 jet fighter crashed 
during an aerial display at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, 
killing 31 people. The jet disintegrated mid-air during an aerobatic manoeuvre, 
causing the death of pilot <b>John Derry</b> and onboard flight test observer Anthony 
Richards. The de Havilland DH 108 &quot;Swallow&quot; was a British experimental aircraft designed 
by John ... <b>John Derry</b> is thought to have probably exceeded the speed of sound 
in a ... A Very British <b>Sound Barrier</b>: DH108, A Story of Courage, Triumph and&nbsp;... The <b>sound barrier</b> or sonic barrier is the sudden increase in aerodynamic drag 
and other ... up at about Mach 0.9. <b>John Derry</b> has been called &quot;Britain&#39;s first 
supersonic pilot&quot; because of a dive he made in a DH 108 on 6 September 1948. Neville Frederick Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC &amp; Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS (11 January 
1922 – 7 April ... piloted by his friend <b>John Derry</b>, had broken up in flight, killing 
Derry and his observer Tony Richards, ... His other books include The <b>Sound</b> 
<b>Barrier</b> (1953), The Crowded Sky (1959) and The War Diaries of Neville Duke (
1995). ... of the history-making Bell X-1, first test pilot to break the <b>sound barrier</b> in 1947. 
A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate 
experimental, newly ... Scott Carpenter &middot; Albert Scott Crossfield &middot; Eugene Cernan &middot; 
John Cunningham &middot; Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr. <b>John Derry</b> &middot; Desmond &#39;Dizzy&#39; de 
Villiers&nbsp;... Farnborough Airport (IATA: FAB, ICAO: EGLF) is an operational business/
executive general ... Following a demonstration of its ability to break the <b>sound</b> 
<b>barrier</b>, the aircraft disintegrated, killing 31 people, including the crew of two: test 
pilot and record breaker <b>John Derry</b> and Tony Richards. This incident led to 
major changes&nbsp;... John Carver Meadows Frost known as &quot;Jack was a British aircraft designer. His 
primary ... mph) and later on became the first jet aircraft to exceed the speed of 
<b>sound</b>. The first D.H.108, TG-283, was alleged to have suddenly jumped from 
Mach .98 to Mach 1.05 while being test-flown by <b>John Derry</b> on 9 September 
1948. The Segrave Trophy is awarded to the British national who demonstrates &quot;
Outstanding Skill, ... 1948, <b>John Derry</b> &middot; GBR, &quot;For becoming the first British pilot 
to break the speed of sound, which he did flying a de Havilland Vampire.&quot; 1949 ... 
in ThrustSSC (pictured) – becoming the first person to break the <b>sound barrier</b> on 
land.&quot;.
John Derry
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