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John Farley
| John Farley OBE (deceased) John Farley is a well known test pilot who has flown all versions of the Harrier family. After an engineering apprenticeship at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough in 1950, he joined the RAF for pilot training. He completed a tour flying Hunters, and after a time as flying instructor at Cranwell, he joined the Empire Test Pilots School at RAE Bedford. As project test pilot on the P1127 in 1964, he started what was to become 19 years of Harrier test flying. In his career he has flown over 80 types of aircraft and in 1990 became the first western pilot invited to fly the Russian Mig-29. He died on 13th June 2018. |
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Night Attack by Michael Rondot. April evening: Wittering, 1993. Seventy five years after the formation of the Royal Air Force, Michael Rondot now portrays the most important new aircraft to enter RAF service, the night-attack Harrier GR7. |
Clipped Signature - John Farley. Joined the Royal Air Force in 1950 and completed a tour on the Hawker Hunter. After time as an instructor he became a test pilot, spending 19 years on the Harrier and its variants until retiring in 1983 aged 50. He became a freelance pilot and the first westerner to fly the Russian MiG-29 in 1990. He died in 2018. |
GR3 Field Trip by Stuart Brown. Harrier GR3s of No. 1 squadron in a secluded hide following a field exercise. The unique vertical take off capabilities of the Harrier allow front-line squadrons to deploy from dispersed sites. |
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