Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Jan. 01, 1959 - English Electronic PPI Lightning travels at 1, 280 m.p.h. its Pilot goes home - by Bus; Chief Test Pilot of the English Electronic Company Roland Bea Beamont attended a conference at the Savoy Hotel London - yesterday - when it was announced that he had piloted the new English Electric P1 Lightning - more than twice the speed of sound at that height. It accelerated from a low speed to its target and back again in 3 min. 40 sec. It is as anything in Russia or America. After the conference Test Pilot Beamont traveled home aboard a London bus. Photo Shows Looking like any City Business Cent completed with dark overcoat and bowler hat - Test Pilot Ronald Beam Beamont boards a bus after the conference yesterday
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13189338
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46933283
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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