Kiwi Tales # 13: Bernie Lewis - From Tiger Moths to Test Pilot
Description
Bernie Lewis is a 96 year old RAF and test pilot veteran. He has had an incredible aviation career that most of us can only dream of, having flown a huge range of fixed and multi-wing aircraft including the Vulcan bomber flying test bed. Not bad for a farm boy from Takaka who was no good at maths!!
He has written a book titled "From Tiger Moths to Test Pilot" telling of his career. It is available for purchase from The Copy Press, Nelson.
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0:00 Introduction
6:31 Early Years
28:53 Learning to Fly 1948
31:13 Joining the RAF 1950
35:28 Germany Posting
44:24 Instructing
46:39 Empire Test Pilot School
57:47 Helicopter Conversion
1:02:21 Bristol Siddeley Test Pilot 1963
1:10:04 Scout Helicopter Incidents
1:20:42 Interesting Test Pilot Jobs
1:47:37 Test Pilot Questions
1:55:29 Return to NZ 1971, CAA
2:00:17 Flying the Dauphin Helicopter
2:03:53 Parachuting
2:05:37 Final Questions
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