Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron is a University Air Squadron connected to the Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.[1]
Northern Ireland Universities Air Squadron | |
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Active | 2015-present |
Role | Training, Recruiting |
Part of | No. 6 Flying Training School |
Garrison/HQ | Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove |
Equipment | Grob Tutor T1 |
Incidents
edit- On Sunday 5 March 1950, 1.25pm, Proctor 'NP389' crashed at Sydenham, with Flying Officer Sidney Thomas Bryans, aged 30, of 84 Northland Road, Derry, who attended Foyle College, with William Angus Lister Morrison, aged 21, of Killowen, and Ernest Harold Porter, aged 21, studied engineering, of 418 Lisburn Road, Belfast, who died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast after five minutes, who attended the Methodist College Belfast[2][3]
- On Sunday 30 May 1954 at Loughgall at 4.25pm, Harvard 'KF751' crashed, with Brian McClay, aged 24, of White Lodge on Balmoral Avenue, who gained a Mechanical Engineering degree in 1953[4][5]
- On Wednesday 3 March 1976 XX612 crashed at Balloo, County Down, after taken off from RAF Sydenham[6][7][8]
- Squadron Leader Robert John Burge, on a training flight, was killed on Friday 16 October 1992. He had been the commanding officer for only two weeks. The other occupant survived, a female. He was the son of John and Brenda from Birkdale[disambiguation needed]. He had taken off from Belfast City Airport. The aircraft crashed at Comber. The occupants were taken to Ulster Hospital.[9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Northern Ireland Universities' Air Squadron". Royal Air Force. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Monday 6 March 1950, page 1
- ^ March 1950 incident
- ^ May 1954 incident
- ^ Belfast Telegraph Monday 31 May 1954, page 5
- ^ Belfast Telegraph Wednesday 3 March 1976, page 1
- ^ BBC Rewind
- ^ 1976 accident
- ^ Liverpool Echo Saturday 17 October 1992, page 4
- ^ Belfast News Letter Saturday 17 October 1992, page 1
- ^ Air crash