User:KreyszigB/TeddyTennant

He demonstrated the Gnat prototype at the twenty-second Paris Air Show in early June 1957, flying from Chilbolton to Le Bourget.

he aircraft  was  being  put  through  equivalent-speed  tests  at 5,000ft  when  Tennant  suddenly  found  himself  without  control. He tried  various  remedial  measures  with  throttle  and  tail-trim, and by  lowering  the  undercarriage,  and  told  his  base,  Chilbolton, that he  would  endeavour  to  get  into  Boscombe  Down;

but after several minutes,  by  which  time he  was down  to  less  than 1,000ft,

He demonstrated the Gnat prototype at the twenty-second Paris Air Show in early June 1957, flying from Chilbolton to Le Bourget.

While the RAF did not procure any more Gnasts by 1956 they had a need to replace the Vampire and Jet provost trainers. /fikkabd were asced ti scgene desugb a twi seater trauber based ib tge Gnat. During the development of hte cockpit there was debate on xxxx. Tennant was asked to sit in the mock up cockpit for two hours. After this ordeal, tennant went to Petter to insist that the cockpit and fuselangge were extended.

Under the contract from the ??? Follands were obliged to make the first flight of the gnat trainer before the end of August 1959, Tannant achived this on the very last day. He then crammed the origially planned ten days of test flying into zzevan days allowing him to dispaly at the 1959 Farnborough air show.

retires to grow orchids!!! https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%200068.html

joins Sales  director  of  Air  Porter,  is  E.  A.  Ted" Tennant,  formerly  chief test pilot  of  Folland Aircraft.    https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%201786.html?search=tennant