HC Deb 22 January 1976 vol 903 c515W
Mr. Mayhew

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many flying hours on Harriers, and how many hours on the Harrier flight simulator, were logged, respectively, in each of the last three months by each of the pilots killed in the Harrier crashes on 19th January 1976.

Mr. John

To the nearest whole number, the flying hours logged by the two instructor pilots from No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit on Harrier aircraft were as follows:

Flight Lieutenant Roberts Flight Lieutenant Downey
November 1975 14 16
December 1975 11 14
January (to 19th) 1976 8 16

During the same period, Flight Lieutenant Roberts, who had flown a total of 1,00 hours on the Harrier, did not log any hours in the simulator, while Flight Lieutenant Downey, who had flown 911 hours on the Harrier, logged one hour in the simulator.