Mach 1.7 ejection…Check. 28 hours cold water survival…Check. Paddle your own damn self ashore…Check. Pints all around, please.
1st Oct 1959
English Electric test pilot Johnny W.C. Squier, flying prototype Lightning T.4, suffers structural failure, ejected M1.7, first UK pilot to eject supersonic. he landed in Irish Sea, and made his way ashore by himself after 28 hours in a dinghy.
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