On May 30, 1949, in the heart of Britain, Armstrong Whitworth's deputy chief test pilot, John Oliver Lancaster, better known as "Jo,” took the reins of the first Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 prototype, ...
In June 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 faced one of the most shocking incidents in aviation history. Just after takeoff, the cockpit windshield blew out, and Captain Tim Lancaster was violently ...