Bill Bedford

Celebrated test pilot, AW (Bill) Bedford died suddenly on 20 October, aged 75. After wartime service in the Royal Air Force and training at the Empire Test Pilot School, and service with the Royal Aircraft Establishment, he joined Hawker Aircraft, becoming chief test pilot in 1961. He made the first ...

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