Former D.H. test pilot celebrates altitude record centenary

摘要

At sywell, northants, on August 14, former de Havilland test pilot Desmond Penrose added the oldest flying de Havilland design to his logbook, in the form of the "Biggies Biplane" Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 replica, G-AWYI. The flight celebrated the centennial of a British altitude record set in August 1912, when designer Geoffrey de Havilland took the prototype B.E.2 up to a height of 10,560ft.