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A Test and draft for James Holt Phillips.

Date of Birth 13th March 1930.

Completed National Service in the Royal Airforce

Joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force 604 Squadron

Caught the eye of Group Captain John Cunningham, who was Chief Test Pilot de Havillands and was offered a position in the flight test team.

Production Pilot on Vampires, Venoms, Comets and other de Havillands light aircraft.

In 1962 (in the midst of the Cuban Missile Crisis), Jim took a Comet to the US Airforce Flight Test centre at Edwards Air Force Base in California to participate in the 1st Joint UK/US Infra Red Airborns Trials.

By the end of 1962 Jim joined the Trident and HS 125 flight test teams at Hatfield, UK.

Shortly aftwards he was appointed Project Test Pilot for the Trident Autoland programme

In 1966/67 awarded the Brackley Trophy by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (GAPAN) for his contribution to the development and flight testing of Autoland systems on the Trident.

https://www.airpilots.org/what-we-do/trophies-and-awards/award-winners/the-brackley-memorial-trophy/

In 1970 Jim was awarded Queens Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air.

Category:Recipients of the Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

In 1973 Jim was seconded to Airbus Industrie in Toulouse, France as the Hawker Siddeley representative test pilot for the A300 programme development.

Remained at Airbus Industrie flying the A300/A310 and A320 family of aircraft and becoming Chief Pilot.

Subsequently moved to Aeroformation (Airbus Training) as Chief Training Captain.

Retired in 1993.

Died on May 16th 2013 in Toulouse, France

http://thetartanterror.blogspot.com/2016/06/jimmy-phillips.html

Les Cowboys d'Airbus by Bernard Ziegler

John Cunningham (RAF officer)